A recent report by American Express Business Travel includes lists of airline service fees charged by U.S. and non-U.S. carriers, as well as other stats, a good overview of the ancillary fee topic and some advice on how to manage through the complexities. It is
available here.
American Express executive Charles Petruccelli wrote to The Beat
in response to feedback on "Petruccelli Attempts To 'Provoke The Status Quo,' Advocates Outsourced Travel Mgmt.," published Sept. 25.
"When I addressed The Beat
Live conference recently, one of my objectives was to get our industry to start challenging the status quo. I'm glad to see a debate emerge around the evolving role of the travel manager. But if we're going to have a healthy debate, it's important to define the terms--so I'd like to set the record straight about my position on the topic of travel management outsourcing.
[UPDATE: Petruccelli wrote a letter to "set the record straight."
Find it here.]
This letter is in response to "
Petruccelli Attempts To 'Provoke The Status Quo,' Advocates Outsourced Travel Mgmt." published Sept. 25.
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.
