Stay tuned for location and dates for The Beat
Live 2010. We're aiming for September again. We're looking at US. cities with a rocking beat. We loved Cleveland and we loved Austin ... where's better? Feel free to suggest locations or speakers and content by
emailing us here.
The Beat's readers named Southwest Airlines the 2009 Supplier Of The Year, ProMedia.travel announced Wednesday during The Beat
Live.
Polled this summer, readers of
The Beat were asked which company in each of six supplier segments they "most admire for its policies, management style and service for business clients." Those who voted for their own company were disqualified.
Other winners included:
• American Express for most admired payment system
• Hertz for most admired car rental company
• Marriott International for most admired hotel company
• Concur as most admired technology provider
• Continental Airlines as most admired airline
• BCD Travel as the most admired travel management company
(from left) ProMedia.travel CEO Tim Reid, Southwest Airlines corporate sales and distribution director Rob Brown and The Beat founder Jay Campbell
(from left) The Beat founder Jay Campbell, Concur director of travel and industry relations Suzanne Fletcher and ProMedia.travel CEO Tim Reid
Congratulations to Gregg Brockway of TripIt for his
"election" by readers of The Beat to the position of Guest At The Pulpit at The Beat
Live. Gregg on Sept. 23 will discuss
mobile, social and open technologies. Check out our full agenda and register
here for The Beat Live. Early-bird rate expires today!
Click the links below to see what each candidate in this year's Keynote Vote intends to discuss. All readers of
The Beat should have received an emailed ballot via a Survey Monkey poll. If you did not,
send your vote to Jay. Please do not vote for someone in your own company; you will be disqualified if you do. The highest vote-getter will deliver a keynote speech Sept. 23 at The Beat
Live in Austin Texas. Runners up will participate in a panel discussion Sept. 22.
Register here to attend. Our early-bird rate expires Aug. 21 ...
Rock Blanco, Travel GPA
April Bridgeman, BCD Travel
Gregg Brockway, TripIt
Richard Eastman, The Eastman Group
Ric Leutwyler, Pegasus Solutions
Got an opinion or idea? Of course you do! You read
The Beat. Here's your chance to speak in person to our influentual audience of corporate travel and technology executives at
The Beat Live in September: Read on to learn how to submit a pitch and throw your hat in the ring for our 2009 Keynote Vote ...
You are invited to the "live music capital of the world" for The BeatÂ
Live, a travel business conference rocking Austin, Texas Sept. 21-23, 2009.
Register here.
The Beat
Live '09 will be held at
The Four Seasons in Austin Texas, Sept. 21-23. More announcements imminent ...
Confirmed: The Beat
Live 2009 will take place Sept. 21-23 2009, Austin Texas ... More To Come
