Philip Haines has 40 years management experience in events and tourism. This includes: 

• Founding, running and selling an event management software company.
• Buying, managing and selling a tourism technology company.
• GM of a international reservation management systems company.
• Financial and IT management of a travel group including a tour operator and event management company.
• Live event and concert promotion.  
• Management consultancy to government, private sector and associations.
• Director of a professional services benchmarking company.

He is a Fellow of The Tourism Society, a regular speaker at conferences worldwide, and a former Advisory Council member of the Pacific Asia Travel Association.

Hainesnet projects are led by Philip Haines together with other experienced and professional partners.