Travel buyers and other senior travel professionals gathered at The Dorchester, London, for the last Dinner Club of 2024.

The invitation-only event, sponsored by Synergy, Etihad, South Western Railway and SAP Concur, began with a Champagne reception, followed by a three-course dinner in the hotel’s Park Suite.

After-dinner speaker Dr Phil Evans, an expert in transforming transport through the use of technology, gave a fascinating talk about how transport might look in the year 2050, which prompted a lively Q&A.