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	TheBeat.travel blog

	TheBeat.travel news
FEATURE: Massivegood Participants Take Steps Ahead Of June Corp. Travel Launch TRX To Delist From Nasdaq GDSX Releases Mobile Pre-Trip Approval App, Deloitte To Test TMC Travizon Building Mobile Security App ASTA Asks BA To Delay Agency Net Fare Program

	TheTransnational.travel
To win approval from European regulators for a joint venture, AA, BA and Iberia agreed to give up slots at London and/or New York airports... Greece became a member of the U.S. Visa Waiver program.... Marriott International by 2015 plans to open 30 new properties in Europe, doubling to 80,000 its room count in the region.... 5Q With ATPI's Graham Ramsey BT Streamlines Hotel Negotiations With Bidders' Conference

	Management.travel
Continental Airlines starting in the fall will charge for food in economy class on domestic flights less than six hours.... TRX will leave the Nasdaq by the end of this month partly because of its inability to meet requirements for a minimum $1 share price and $2.5 million in equity... Total U.S. travel agency air sales processed through ARC in February rose 16.8 percent year over year, the highest such increase since January 2007... KesselRun Corporate Travel Solutions named former BCD Travel executive Dee Runyan as senior partner... The U.S. Travel Association created a "board member council" to "defend and promote" meetings, incentives and trade shows, co-chaired by Maritz Travel CEO Christine Duffy...

	Procurement.travel
Republic Airways Holdings' James Reichart will oversee agency and corporate sales, and distribution across the Midwest and Frontier brands.... United Airlines' corporate customer revenue in February increased 13 percent year over, according to a presentation by CFO Kathryn Mikells.... Global distribution system hotel bookings in January 2010 increased 5 percent while average daily rate declined 1.2 percent to�$155.19�versus January 2009... Hyatt Hotels Corp. reported a net loss in fourth quarter 2009 of $12 million compared with a net loss of $142 million the year before... Hertz Global Holdings reported adjusted fourth-quarter net income of $23 million compared with an adjusted net loss of $73 million the year before...

Posted Feb 2, 2010

ROI On Travel And Meetings – Why Bother?

Have you noticed a surge of interest in measuring ROI on travel and meeting (T&M) spend? I’ll get right to the point. Trying to measure the return on travel or meeting spend is not worth the effort.

It’s like taking a long walk in the desert with a crappy map. You wouldn’t do it by choice.

Posted by:

Scott Gillespie

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Scott Gillespie

Posted Aug 28, 2009

All In The Family: Travel, Procurement, Meetings

In the August issue of Monthly Metrics from Procurement.travel, there are some interesting statistics that caught my eye. And they back up or confirm some important trends that I see happening at companies today. These numbers come from a survey of 148 corporate travel professionals.

Posted by:

Kevin Iwamoto

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Kevin Iwamoto

Posted May 27, 2009

How Much Is A Relationship Worth? Travel ROI

Do you really need to travel to see your client? Why can't you have a videoconference instead? While I'm an advocate of virtual meetings, travel is necessary in many cases. Rather than supply you with another article on the value of travel, let's focus on the return on investment.