2010 Upcoming Events

SEP 06

2010 NBTA Europe (Lisbon) (3 days)

SEP 20

2010 The Beat Live (3 days)

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	TheBeat.travel news
Hilfman Gets The Nod As Smisek Names Officers Atlas Shrugs Off Other Mobile Solutions In Concur Alignment INTERVIEW: AirTran Execs On APIs, GDSs And 'Religion' In Distribution UA 'Aligns' Humanitarian Groups On Merchant Fees, Maintains Agency Stance GSA's ETS2 RFP Considers Mobile, Non-GDS Content, EMDs And DOD Use

	TheTransnational.travel
5Q With Best Western's Dorothy Dowling SWA Deal At Newark Prompts DOJ To OK UA/CO Merger IHG Seeks Global Dynamic Pricing Adoption After Asia Success Delta Air Lines applied to U.S. and European authorities for approval to operate daily roundtrip service from Boston and Miami to London Heathrow... Bankrupt Japan Airlines Group intends to retire 103 aircraft, "completely eliminate" unprofitable routes and cut about 16,000 employees, according to a reorganization plan submitted to Tokyo District Court...

	Management.travel
The new United Airlines named Continental veteran Dave Hilfman senior vice president of worldwide sales... Southwest Airlines through a proposed deal with United and Continental would obtain at Newark slots for 18 daily roundtrip flights... Hotel request for proposal processor Uversa International partnered with RateTiger to provide automated hotel rate checks... Standard Companies Centralize Travel Program 5Q With Marriott's David Townshend

	Procurement.travel
Hotel rates booked in global distribution systems climbed 6 percent and bookings rose 24.5 percent worldwide in July over last year... Avis Budget sweetened its offer to purchase Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group... GSA adjusted upward by 10 percent to $77 the standard reimbursable per diem for hotel rates, effective Oct. 1 for fiscal year 2011... PricewaterhouseCoopers for 2011 predicted a 4.1 percent rise in U.S. lodging rates... North American corporate airfares, hotel rates and meeting costs in 2011 generally will increase as rental and chauffeured car costs decrease, according to Carlson Wagonlit Travel...

Posted Apr 2, 2010

Advito Reduces 2010 Hotel Rate Forecasts

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Posted Sept 25, 2009

The Beat 2009 Readers' Choice Awards

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

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Posted Aug 11, 2009

April Bridgeman, BCD Travel

The following is a proposal to speak at The Beat Live. The Beat's readers will vote for their choice among five proposals, and the speaker with the most votes will deliver a keynote speech on Wednesday Sept. 23. The other candidates will join a Tuesday morning panel discussion, "The Views," in which they will offer a shortened version of their pitches. Click here for the conference agenda.

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Posted Jun 29, 2009

Continental Joins BCD In Call For ACTE-NBTA Merger

Continental Airlines has joined BCD Travel in urging ACTE and NBTA to reconsider a merger. Here's the Continental letter to the boards of the associations, in its entirety:

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Posted Feb 6, 2009

Advito 2009 Business Travel Cost Predictions

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Posted Oct 13, 2008

Partying Like Rock Stars At The Beat Live

(from left) Former Pfizer travel buyer Phil Dunphy, Continental Airlines SVP of worldwide sales Dave Hilfman and BCD Travel Americas president Danny Hood

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Posted Sept 29, 2008

BCD Travel Launches Podcasts

BCD Travel launched a series of podcasts based on its Insight on Corporate Travel publication and hosted by free podcast hosting company PodBean.com. The broadcasts also are on iTunes.

They start out with a commercial for BCD and its publication, but eventually (about one minute in) offer a variety of BCD's and Advito's comments on industry issues. The questions sound canned--coming from a radio voice which is presented as belonging to an interviewer who isn't identified--but the answers are more natural, though obviously prepared.