2010 Upcoming Events

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2010 NBTA Europe (Lisbon) (3 days)

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2010 The Beat Live (3 days)

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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 7, 2010

Usual Suspects: The Beat Live 2010

Outspoken, witty and very smart, The Beat Live's usual suspects are back. Airline industry experts Dave Hilfman of Continental Airlines and Holly Hegeman of PlaneBusiness Banter will return to The Beat Live as master of ceremonies and lunch speaker, respectively. Highly rated by attendees to our first two editions of The Beat Live, these instigators are joined in kind by Rearden Commerce's Tony D'Astolfo, whose impersonation last year of John McLaughlin from ABC's The McLaughlin Group was as hilarious as his panel discussion was educational.

D'Astolfo will again moderate our session known as The Views, in which multiple participants are tasked with presenting and debating positions on industry issues. Hilfman returns for what may be the industry's best recurring emcee performance, while "outspoken" is an understatement for airline critic Hegeman, whose unabashed bashing and praising is the ideal lunch accompaniment.

These top performers will band together with AA managing director of distribution and merchandising strategy Bridget Blaise-Shamai, Hogg Robinson chief executive David Radcliffe, Travelport GDS CEO Gordon Wilson and other experts for what we aim to make the best yet installation of The Beat Live.

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Posted Mar 18, 2008

Stock Market = Gambling, but Please Put Down the Gun

We're big fans of PlaneBusiness and Holly Hegeman, who yesterday shared a sentiment that many both inside and outside financial services likely share. Okay Holly, now put down the gun.