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Posted Jun 28, 2010
The Beat is delighted to announce two distinguished industry executives confirmed to speak at The Beat Live, Sept. 20-22 in Chicago. Headlining our travel business conference are Hogg Robinson chief executive David Radcliffe and Travelport GDS president and CEO Gordon Wilson.
Register today: www.thebeat.travel/live
Wilson and Radcliffe are among the most influential executives in global corporate travel. Radcliffe will take questions from The Beat's Jay Campbell in our live interview format, and Wilson will deliver a keynote speech with audience Q&A. Visit our registration page for more details on the agenda: www.thebeat.travel/live
Register today. The Beat Live will take place at the W Chicago City Center.
www.thebeat.travel/live
Posted Sept 1, 2010
The big news from last week was not that United and Continental passed Department of Justice scrutiny. It was that they did it by giving Southwest an incredible gift. In a behind-the-scenes deal, Southwest was granted 36 slots at Newark from Continental as part of a slot divestiture that cleared the merger of the DOJ's one area of concern. As a result, the DOJ dropped anti-trust proceedings and the merger has cleared a major hurdle on its way to approval.
Posted Sept 1, 2010
Posted Aug 31, 2010
In my last two pieces on this subject I explained that airline suppliers still incentivise travel management companies in the belief that this will bring them greater volume and share despite the inroads they themselves have made direct with the corporate sector. Also because some fear what they may lose if they don't as they get denied access to TMC bookers and account managers if they are not "in the programme." I also explained how the shape of these deals has changed in order to react to the removal of commissions and subsequent new style management fee and transaction fee contracts.
Posted Aug 31, 2010
Posted Aug 23, 2010
I'm an avid user of consumer flight-search tools. I always have one or two trips I'm planning at any given time. I use a handful of flight search engines on a daily basis, always checking fares at least once or twice a day (you'd be surprised how quickly options and fares move around). I'm also a general believer that flight search options out there are pretty good. Especially for domestic travel, it's not hard to quickly know what is available and for how much. But that doesn't mean there isn't room for improvement or that some folks aren't doing some interesting things. I wanted to draw your attention to a few innovations in flight search that I think are poised to become mainstream.
Posted Aug 23, 2010
After 42 years in the business and three years out, I am still aghast that almost all corporations I meet and hear about have not been able to crack the compliance issue. By this I mean their directors, executives and workforce being given a travel policy and complying with it.
Posted Aug 20, 2010
Congrats to Ron DiLeo of the Association of Corporate Travel Executives! Ron will deliver a keynote speech at 9 am Wednesday Sept. 22 at The Beat Live in Chicago.
Here's Ron's pitch.
Posted Aug 20, 2010
The following is a proposal to speak at The Beat Live . Readers of The Beat will vote for their choice among eight proposals, and the speaker with the most votes will deliver a keynote speech on Wednesday Sept. 22.
Posted Aug 20, 2010
The following is a proposal to speak at The Beat Live . Readers of The Beat will vote for their choice among eight proposals, and the speaker with the most votes will deliver a keynote speech on Wednesday Sept. 22.
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