Upcoming Events

MAR 15

2010 NBTA Strategic Travel Symposium (NYC) (2 days)

MAR 21

2010 CASMA w/The Beat Live Tour (Montreal) (4 days)

MAR 22

2010 NBTA Mexico (Mexico City) (3 days)

MAR 30

2010 NBTA Europe Virtual Forum w/Jay (1 day)

APR 13

2010 NBTA Canada (Toronto) (2 days)

MAY 12

2010 ITM Annual Conference (London) w/Jay (2 days)

MAY 16

2010 ACTE Global (Chicago) (3 days)

JUN 06

2010 NYU Hospitality Conference (NYC) (3 days)

News Feeds

	TheBeat.travel blog

	TheBeat.travel news
GDSX Releases Mobile Pre-Trip Approval App, Deloitte To Test TMC Travizon Building Mobile Security App ASTA Asks BA To Delay Agency Net Fare Program Sabre Socializing Itineraries For The (Midmarket) Enterprise United Joins AA In Clamping Down On ARC Number 'Trend'

	TheTransnational.travel


	Management.travel
Total U.S. travel agency air sales processed through ARC in February rose 16.8 percent year over year, the highest such increase since January 2007... KesselRun Corporate Travel Solutions named former BCD Travel executive Dee Runyan as senior partner... The U.S. Travel Association created a "board member council" to "defend and promote" meetings, incentives and trade shows, co-chaired by Maritz Travel CEO Christine Duffy... Amadeus delayed the target date for general release of its Amadeus One agent desktop from the second half of this year to 2011... Continental Adjusts Thinking With New Exit Row Fees

	Procurement.travel
Republic Airways Holdings' James Reichart will oversee agency and corporate sales, and distribution across the Midwest and Frontier brands.... United Airlines' corporate customer revenue in February increased 13 percent year over, according to a presentation by CFO Kathryn Mikells.... Global distribution system hotel bookings in January 2010 increased 5 percent while average daily rate declined 1.2 percent to�$155.19�versus January 2009... Hyatt Hotels Corp. reported a net loss in fourth quarter 2009 of $12 million compared with a net loss of $142 million the year before... Hertz Global Holdings reported adjusted fourth-quarter net income of $23 million compared with an adjusted net loss of $73 million the year before...

Posted Aug 12, 2009

The Beat Live 2009 Keynote Vote

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