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2010 NBTA Europe (Lisbon) (3 days)

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2010 The Beat Live (3 days)

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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 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 ...

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Posted Oct 16, 2009

The Beat Letters: O'Neil-Dunne On 'Control Freaks' And Pegasus

Consultant Timothy O'Neil-Dunne wrote two letters in response to recent coverage.

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Posted Oct 7, 2009

Excerpts From Gregg Brockway's The Beat Live Keynote, With Q&A

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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Posted Aug 21, 2009

Congrats Gregg, See You In Austin

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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Posted Aug 10, 2009

Gregg Brockway, TripIt

Readers of The Beat selected this option among a choice of five excellent pitches for a speech at The Beat Live. 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.