Stay tuned for location and dates for The Beat Live 2010. We're aiming for September again. We're looking at US. cities with a rocking beat. We loved Cleveland and we loved Austin ... where's better? Feel free to suggest locations or speakers and content by emailing us here.

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The Beat readers voted for TripIt cofounder and president Gregg Brockway to present his views on current and future travel technologies as a keynote presentation at The Beat Live in Austin Sept. 23. An excerpt of Brockway's presentation follows and his presentation deck can be found here.

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Check out coverage of The Beat Live from those who were in attendance in Austin this week. We'll add loads to this next week after we get through all our notes!
Dow Jones Newswires: Charles Petruccelli: Business travel isn't likely to recover before 2011
[$$] Dow Jones Newswires: AmEx's Petruccelli: No Business Travel Recovery Until End 2010
Holly Hegeman: And The Beat Goes On ...
TripIt: The Beat Live is one smart conference
Tom Botts: Live From The Beat Live - Two New Words We Love: Fansumerism & Tripiting
Tom Botts: Gilliland: What Airlines Need Is A Chief Merchandising Officer
Chatter on Twitter Using #beatlive Hashtag

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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

Hello earthlings. How is everyone today?
I myself am just peachy. I returned yesterday from a nice two day jaunt to Austin, TX., where I was honored to have been asked to give the luncheon keynote presentation at The Beat Live conference.

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Congratulations to Gregg Brockway of TripIt for his "election" by readers of The Beat to the position of Guest At The Pulpit at The Beat Live. Gregg on Sept. 23 will discuss mobile, social and open technologies. Check out our full agenda and register here for The Beat Live. Early-bird rate expires today!

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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

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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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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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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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