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 Aug 20, 2010

The Beat Live 2010 Keynote Vote

Congrats to Ron DiLeo of the Association of Corporate Travel Executives! Ron will deliver a keynote speech at 9 am Wednesday Sept. 22 at The Beat Live in Chicago.

Here's Ron's pitch.

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Chris Vukelich, eNett

The following is a proposal to speak at The Beat Live. Readers of The Beat will vote for their choice among eight proposals, and the speaker with the most votes will deliver a keynote speech on Wednesday Sept. 22.

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Posted Aug 20, 2010

Michael Strauss, PASS Consulting

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Cindy Sauter, Atlas Travel International

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Evan Konwiser, FlightCaster

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Posted Aug 20, 2010

Randall Kane, Acquis Consulting Group

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Dwayne Ingram, Amadeus

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Michael Hilton, Concur

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Ron DiLeo, Association of Corporate Travel Executives

The following is Ron DiLeo's winning proposal to speak at The Beat Live on Sept. 22, as chosen in August by readers of The Beat. Register here for The Beat Live.

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Posted Jul 20, 2010

Throw Your Hat In The Ring For A Keynote At The Beat Live

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 for our 2010 Keynote Vote ...