I had some fun last week in a
column with a faux New Year's resolution to get One Equity Partners' Greg O'Hara to participate in an interview. His company had declined that opportunity multiple times, I noted, which was too bad since he holds seats on the boards of several of
The Beat's focus companies: Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Rearden Commerce, Travel Leaders Group and Travelport. Guess what? I saw Greg two days later at the Tzellebration (Travel Leaders) holiday party. After introducing me to some colleagues and noting that the column was fun for him too, Greg said that while he could not do an an interview, he could pen a guest column. So here's how you can help.

Two readers responded to last week's
GUEST column by Doug Weeks regarding travel management company globalization, which itself was in response to
feature in The Beat on the role of TMCs ...
The Millennium Foundation officially launched its
global initiative to finance healthcare for the world’s poor by presenting their initiative to the United Nations on Sept. 23.
The Institute of Travel Management named the winners of its second annual
Project Icarus environmental awards, recognizing those companies that exhibited leadership in developing sustainable travel programs.
The lawsuit between
Actuate and Carlson Wagonlit Travel has ended in a settlement, and a CWT spokesperson indicated that Actuate will continue as a technology vendor for CWT.
Actuate's software powers CWT's Program Management Center, a data reporting portal used by more than 10,000 CWT clients in more than 20 countries, according to CWT's June 20 lawsuit against its vendor. Actuate had threatened to terminate the pair's relationship due to a contract dispute, according to CWT's complaint. It's not known how the parties settled, but the case was dismissed on Oct. 6.
