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Posted Dec 7, 2011
Farelogix is inviting 15 to 20 corporate travel buyers "who are proven industry thought leaders" to a new forum in January to address what they "need to do [their] job more effectively as relates to the changing face of airline products, technologies, travelers, and managed travel programs." At least one invited buyer is not sure of whether to attend for fear of legitimizing the effort.
Posted Sept 6, 2011
To a large degree, the latest distribution debates are about controlling relationships with travelers. But what about the people who pay the bills in the end? They're not invited to the table to discuss airline-GDS economics, they're left out of the loop on direct supplier-to-traveler marketing, and they're often not privy to incentive deals among their suppliers. Corporate travel buyers are not paranoid, but the strategic ones are asking hard questions.
Join us at The Beat Live Sept. 19-21 to hear from four veteran travel buyers who don't roll over, who speak their minds and who are open to new models for improving traveler service and keeping a lid on costs. Seated at The Buyers' Table will be HP's Maria Chevalier, Steven Mandelbaum of The Advisory Board Company, US Foodservice's Jennifer Steinke and Oracle's Rita Visser.
Register for The Beat Live today.
http://www.thebeat.travel/live
Our agenda also includes a speech by Amadeus EVP for Commercial Philippe Chérèque, an interview of Carlson Wagonlit Travel President for Suppliers, Products and Technology Andrew Winterton and 'Hot Seat' quizzing of Concur Chairman and CEO Steve Singh.
Check out our full agenda here:
http://www.thebeat.travel/live
See you in Vegas!
Posted Sept 2, 2011
This perspective piece by Management Alternatives' Will Tate was originally published in the Aug. 22, 2011, issue of Business Travel News .
We've all been in the dark (figuratively speaking, that is). That place where something seemed wrong, but you couldn't put your finger on it? Or you didn't know what it was that you didn't know? Travel managers may be in that situation now ... and not know it.
Posted Jul 26, 2011
Just like maintaining your health, the modern travel management program requires regular "check-ups" to ensure that everything is running smoothly and efficiently. Travel and Transport’s Partner Solutions Group has put together 10 "prescriptions" that will help you to maximize savings in your travel program.
Click here to download the whitepaper.
These insights are excerpted with permission from Travel & Transport's Inside T&T blog.
Posted May 10, 2011
The leaders in business travel expect business travel to increase. GetThere customers represent the largest global travel spenders and they gave a clear viewpoint of travel budget planning in this year’s annual benchmark survey. Seventy-six percent say they are increasing their travel budgets, a clear recognition of the importance of business travel. And this growth is not limited to the U.S. Travel managers predicted higher travel budgets for Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East, and Latin America.
Posted Mar 18, 2011
Ever since working at AT Kearney, I’ve liked the concept of maturity models. You might know them by the term "Stages of Excellence" or some other label. Done well, they are good at helping you quickly get a feel for where your company stacks up against others.
Posted Mar 9, 2011
Innovations in mobile and cloud computing have revolutionized the lives of business travelers. Consumer-targeted mobile travel apps now flood the marketplace, empowering individuals to easily view and manage their itineraries check-in for flights, look-up flight status/schedules and so much more. I use the term "empowering individuals" because all of this fantastic technology is primarily targeting individual travelers, leisure and business, to enable them to fend for themselves when on the go.
Posted Feb 9, 2011
How much does the average business traveller know about travel programme management? I would argue strongly that the answer is very little which is a problem. How much does the average travel buyer know about the practicalities of using travel to meet individual traveller’s needs? Again I would argue very little except for their own particular experiences. Is this a healthy state of affairs? No.
Posted Oct 11, 2010
Below is a talk I gave at The Beat Live, a travel business conference attended by some of the top executives in the industry a few weeks ago in Chicago. It's my perspective on how some of the existing major players in the industry need to re-think their capabilities and roles in order to adjust to the changing market.
I welcome your comments and thoughts.
Posted Sept 13, 2010
Why is it so damned hard to get great value from the sea of travel data out there?
You’d think that corporate travel, a large and mature industry, would have cracked the code by now. And yet most buyers are still struggling to get anything more than mediocre value from their data reporting tools.
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