Compliments of: 
Exhibitors at the 2009 ACTE Global Education Conference in Prague:
Abbit Meeting Support
Control over group travel in meeting spent is one thing. Control over the value created by meetings is another. MAP™ (Meeting Architecture Process) is the world’s first SOP for optimising the value side of meetings (the meeting content). MAP™ is based on the Bestseller “Meeting Architecture, a Manifesto” and the tool is available in premiere at the transACTE booth of Abbit Meeting Support where you can meet the author.
Abbit Meeting Support
Ouder Vaartstraat 43
Turnhout
Antwerp 2300
Belgium
Contact:
Maarten Vanneste
President & CEO
Phone: +32 14 44 88 33
Fax: +32 14 42 06 61
[email protected]
AirPlus International
AirPlus International provides savings to over 32,000 customers worldwide through a suite of business travel payment solutions which include central bill accounts, corporate cards and online management tools. AirPlus is travel agency neutral, the leading issuer of UATP worldwide and the preferred partner of various airlines such as Air China, British Airways, Continental Airlines, Luxair, Lufthansa German Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Swiss International Air Lines, TAP Portugal and Singapore Airlines. For more information, please visit www.airplus.com, contribute to our blog at www.airpluscommunity.com, follow us at www.twitter.com/AirPlus, and become a fan at www.facebook.com/airplusinternational.
AirPlus International
Hans-BÖckler-Strasse 7
63263 New-Isenburg
Germany
Contact:
Rana Walker
PR/Marketing Manager
Phone: +1 (703) 373-0947
Fax: +1 (703) 373-0941
Mobile: +1 (202) 531-0757
[email protected]
Amadeus IT Group
Amadeus provides distribution, IT and point-of-sale solutions to help its customers adapt, grow and succeed in the fast changing travel industry. Customer groups include travel providers (airlines, hotels, car rental companies, railway companies, ferry lines, cruise lines, insurance companies and tour operators), travel sellers (travel agencies) and travel buyers (corporations and travellers). Solutions are grouped in four solution categories - Distribution & Content, Sales & e-Commerce, Business Management and Services & Consulting. Amadeus employs nearly 8000 employees representing 95 nationalities in 217 markets.
Amadeus' vision is to provide next generation travel technology that encourages collaboration amongst all players within the travel industry. We are investing in a range of technology solutions that will allow the seamless integration of content, data and systems.
Amadeus is expanding its unique approach to corporate travel by providing over 3000 corporations with the technology solutions that span all the travel steps to provide the Total Trip Experience for corporate travellers. The move towards mobile technology is an integral part of the vision of what the travel experience should be.
Contact:
Pilar Tramullas
Head of marketing, Corporate and distribution channels
[email protected]
American Express
American Express Global Commercial Card provides payment and expense management services worldwide.
At a time when many companies look for opportunities to reduce costs in meetings and events spend, American Express can help simplify your meeting and event management procedures, identifying new opportunities to reduce costs and streamline processes.
The American Express Corporate Meeting Card provides convenience for payment and expenditure tracking and the industry leading meetings360SM software is a revolutionary end-to-end meetings management solution. Jointly managed by American Express and StarCite, meetings360SM offers meeting professionals the opportunity to gain better spend visibility, create process efficiencies, and drive savings from their meetings management programs.
More information can be found at http://www.americanexpress.co.uk/corporateservices
American Express
Belgrave House
76 Buckingham Palace Road
London SW1W 9AX
United Kingdom
Contact:
Kate Harris
Strategic Meetings Management Director, EMEA
[email protected]
www.americanexpress.co.uk/corporateservices
BCD Travel
As a leading provider of global corporate travel management, BCD Travel simplifies and streamlines the business of travel. This benefits our client’s organization on every level: from the bottom-line to the business traveler. BCD Travel operates in more than 90 countries on six continents, with US$14 billion in total sales and a combined worldwide workforce in excess of 13,000. BCD Travel is a BCD Holdings N.V. company. For more information, visit www.bcdtravel.com.
BCD Travel
Six Concourse Pkwy NE
Suite 2400
Atlanta, GA 30328
USA
Contact:
Thad Slaton
Senior Director, Marketing
Phone: +678-441-5292
[email protected]
bmi
bmi is the second largest airline at London Heathrow, one of the world's busiest and best-connected international airports. We have a large international network covering the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, Africa.
bmi is committed to using technology such as E-ticketing, Online Booking, Self Check-in at the airport and via the internet, helping to speed up the pre-flight experience. This, combined with streamlined behind-the-scenes processes and procedures, means the airline can boast one of the best punctuality records of any airline operating in the UK.
Customers can travel in Business Class style for less with bmi’s world leading Premium Economy. With greater leg room in a separate cabin and a dedicated in-flight team, bmi offers more luxurious travel at highly competitive fares.
bmi's global reach is further extended by being a member of Star Alliance, a grouping of 21 International airlines offering customers a worldwide network and a smooth integrated travel experience. Star Alliance offers more than 17,000 daily flights to over 900 destinations in 160 countries.
bmi
Donington Hall
Castle Donington
Derby, Derbyshire DE74 2BN
United Kingdom
Contact:
Julie Jones
Head of Business Sales
Phone: 0208 990 5228 (option 5)
Fax: 0208 990 5127
[email protected]
Carlson Wagonlit Travel
Carlson Wagonlit Travel believes policy should be the cornerstone of any well-managed travel program. This month, we introduce enhancements to two innovative global products: CWT Policy Builder and CWT Policy Messenger.
CWT Policy Builder
New features allow more “what if” analysis and predictive modeling when creating a travel policy. This allows travel managers to see, in a click, the would-be budget impact of changes.
CWT Policy Messenger
This award-winning tool uses automated, itinerary-specific messages to educate travelers regarding policy and other aspects of the program. By setting custom criteria, travel managers can easily reward or change behavior, ultimately empowering their travelers to make smart travel choices while increasing savings.
In a time when economic pressures are pushing many organizations to find new ways to control travel costs, Carlson Wagonlit Travel helps you do just that by improving the scope and application of your policy.
Carlson Wagonlit Travel
31 rue du Colonel Pierre Avia
Paris Cedex 15 75904
France
Contact:
Stephanie DeNote
Director, Global Products & Services Marketing
Phone: +1-760-599-6580
Mobile: +1-760-583-9283
[email protected]
Concur
Concur is the world’s leading provider of on-demand Employee Spend Management services. Concur helps organizations control costs by uniting online travel booking with automated expense reporting, and streamlining invoice processing. Concur's suite of award-winning on-demand services allow companies to get up and running quickly so they can focus on what’s most important. By automating and optimising business processes, Concur delivers actionable business intelligence and rapid ROI, helping companies increase efficiency, control employee spend and drive down operational costs. Concur’s business travel and invoice solutions are trusted by thousands of companies and reach millions of employees worldwide. Learn more at www.concur.cz
Concur
City Tower
Hvezdova 1716/2b
Prague 140 78
Czech Republic
Contact:
Telephone: +420 212 220 800
conTgo
conTgo delivers the Mobile Travel Assistant, a innovative and unique service designed to make life easier for the corporate traveller, while reducing the cost of travel for the company and managing travel security. The service works on any mobile phone on any mobile network, and can be started without installation of software or training of users.
The Mobile Travel Assistant is already used by more than 120,000 corporate travellers in 20 countries, and can be delivered via your TMC or directly from conTgo.
conTgo
The Hub, IQ
Fowler Avenue
Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 7JF
United Kingdom
Contact:
Johnny Thorsen
Co-founder & CEO
Phone: +44 1252 302 326
Fax: +44 1252 302 327
Mobile: +44 755 401 8322
[email protected]
Diners Club International
When you work with Diners Club International®, you work with a specialised business partner – one with the resources and insight to help you gain control over travel and entertainment expenses. Through the years we continue to bring new ideas to the complicated task of managing the travel and entertainment expenses of thousands of organisations and their employees. We are experts at delivering and analysing cost information via Global Vision® to help you align employee spending with your business objectives, while giving your travellers comfort and peace of mind. With the Diners Club Corporate program, you have the information you need at your fingertips to control the costs of travel and entertainment – from negotiating with preferred vendors to monitoring individual and group spending. The Diners Club Corporate program; premier service, worldwide acceptance, comprehensive spending data.
For further information go to www.dinersclubcorporate.com
Contact:
John O'Hagan
Senior Vice President, Business Development EMEA
[email protected]
Egencia, an Expedia Inc. Company
Egencia, an Expedia, Inc. company, is the fifth largest travel management company in the world. As part of Expedia, Inc., (NASDAQ: EXPE), the world's largest travel marketplace, Egencia helps business get ahead with a complete corporate travel offering supported by best-in-class online and offline service, and global market expertise. With real-time availability of data and customizable reports that are integrated globally, Egencia is committed to helping increase efficiencies and savings by giving its customers more insight and control over their travel program.
Egencia, an Expedia Inc. Company
Tour Franklin, Défense 8
100-101 Terrasse
Paris
Haut de Seine, 92042
France
Contact:
Joseph Siart
Account Executive
Phone: +33 1 73 01 02 60
[email protected]
www.egencia.fr, www.egencia.co.uk, www.egencia.de
etouches
etouches provides event & meeting planning professionals an online suite of integrated applications that offer efficient, cost-effective tools to support the planning and management of any type of meeting. etouches works the way you do, capitalizing on 25 years of event planning, to streamline the execution of world-class events from conception to delivery. Integration with other business management tools such as online travel booking, financial software and CRM systems enables results reporting and ROI.
etouches is :
- Powerful - integrated modular system with your other business tools such as online travel booking, financial management, and CRM enabling closed-loop reporting and ROI
- Global - currently offered in 22 languages including Russian, German & Czech
- Affordable - Offered as a Software as a Service (SaaS). No software license, monthly, maintenance, or user fees.
etouches
90 Grove Street, Suite 01
Ridgefield, CT 06877
US
Contact:
John Collins
EVP Business Development
Phone: 203-403-9006
Fax: 203-431-9305
Mobile: 908-400-1700
[email protected]
FCm Travel Solutions
FCm Travel Solutions is a global travel management consultancy offering local service, end-to-end solutions, and worldwide competitiveness. The FCm difference is we still believe in people doing business with people. Local and personal service always comes first, we take ownership of our clients’ challenges, and provide 100% accountability for results. Throughout the world, our team of like-minded, market leaders meet this commitment by sharing the same business DNA.
FCm creates flexible solutions as individual as every business, to deliver measurable time and cost savings. Our complete range of solutions includes expense management, procurement, traveler security, event management and executive travel. We also provide instant access to the world’s best rates of the day through our global negotiating strength and multi-source platforms. For further information visit www.fcm.travel
FCm Travel Solutions
Farringdon Point, Farringdon Road
London EC1M 3JF
United Kingdom
Contact:
Mr Ciarán Kelly
Director of Multinational Business Development, EMEA
Phone: + 44 (0) 7919 212 410
Mobile: + 44 (0) 7919 212 410
[email protected]
Finnair Plc
Finnair, one of the world's oldest operating airlines, focuses on transporting passengers between Europe and Asia, via Helsinki. Finnair's intercontinental destinations in Asia include Seoul, Delhi, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Bangkok.
Finnair's European route network offers several daily frequencies to all major European cities. Timetables are built in such a way that the offer quick connections to the Asian flights.
Finnair also flies to 12 destinations within Finland. In addition to regular scheduled traffic, Finnair operates leisure flights to more than 60 destinations.
Finnair already operates one of Europe's youngest and most eco-efficient fleets. Thanks to the strong growth in Asian traffic, the long-haul fleet will be renewed in the coming years with Airbus A340, A330, and starting 2014, new technology Airbus A350XWB aircraft.
Finnair Plc
Tietotie 11 A
Vantaa 01053
Finland
Contact:
Marjo Hamalainen
Marketing Planner
Phone: +358503928455
Mobile: +358503928455
[email protected]
GetThere (SPONSOR)
GetThere®, the world’s leading travel procurement solution, is one-hundred percent committed to bringing companies convenience and cost savings through online corporate travel. Travel is the second largest controllable expense for most organizations. So a corporation’s travel policy -- and the way it’s managed -- significantly impacts the bottom line. To help companies manage their travel spend, GetThere® combines innovation and travel industry expertise to bring the best in online travel technology to corporations and corporate travelers around the globe. More than 3,000 corporations worldwide, use GetThere®.
GetThere
3150 Sabre Drive
Southlake, TX 76092
United States
Contact:
1-800-850-3906 Phone
1-682-605-0352 Fax
[email protected]
www.getthere.com
or
United Kingdom Office
23-59 Staines Road
Hounslow
Middlesex
TW3 3HE
Tel: +44 (0)208 538 8500
Fax: +44 (0)208 538 8757
Hotel Sourcing Alliance
The Hotel Sourcing Alliance is a global community of corporate travel managers, supply management professionals and hotel sales executives committed to advancing the hotel program management practice by utilizing “Hotel Sourcing Analytics” and the “Hotel Sourcing rating system”.
“Hotel Sourcing Analytics” is considered by some of the largest companies in the world as simply, “the best business intelligence behind a company’s hotel program”. It gives companies the ability to see the most comprehensive financial picture of their hotel program: how much money the company is spending, saving and leaving on the table daily.
“The Hotel Sourcing Rating System” significantly improves the way companies and hotels evaluate each other as business partners, as well as maximizing the value of their respective hotel programs in real financial terms.
As members of the Hotel Sourcing Alliance companies and hotels realize better results in real financial terms.
Hotel Sourcing Alliance
3948 Legacy Drive Ste 106-228
Plano, Texas 75023
United States
Contact:
Fernando Avila
President & CEO
Phone: 469-361-2282
Fax: 469-361-2282
Mobile: 214-662-0238
[email protected]
HRG
HRG’s philosophy is to focus on three differentiators - its people, its technology and its breadth of service. It is these three areas that combine to deliver service excellence, cost savings, efficiency and innovation to clients around the globe. The company has experienced management and skilled operators together with a strong reputation for technology which it develops and owns in-house. In addition, HRG is the only major travel management company to offer a real breadth of service.
We use our resources to remove the impact of complexity and ongoing change associated with corporate travel, allowing clients to focus on achieving their corporate objectives.
Today present in nearly 120 countries including all the key driver markets around the world, HRG is totally committed to delivering a value offering to its extensive client base from a broad range of industry sectors including Automotive, Banking and Finance, Manufacturing, Media and Entertainment, Oil and Gas, Pharmaceutical and Telecommunications.
HRG
Global House
Victoria Street
Basingstoke
Hampshire RG21 3BT
UK
Contact:
Mr. Francis McFadden
Product Manager
Phone: +44 (0)1252 881 000
[email protected]
IBM - Global Expense Reporting Solutions
The IBM Global Expense Reporting Solution (GERS) is a comprehensive, web-based solution that allows for the electronic creation, approval, auditing, reporting, and loading of expense report data for employees of an organization of any size, industry, and geography. Developed in the late 1980’s, the GERS solution has continually evolved with emerging technology, workflow enhancements and industry best practices. With web-based application and statistical analysis reporting engines written utilizing the Java programming language, customers can access the GERS solution in various scenarios and locations with only one single instance of code.
The total solution offers numerous benefits including:
- Travel reservation system integration / pre-trip authorization
- Corporate card integration with single or multiple providers
- Network Connected or Disconnected environment
- IBM hosted or client-site local installation
- Multi-form capability
- Multi-company/multi-country organizational structure
- Global Managed Business Process Services (MBPS) support (administration, receipts, helpdesk, audit, etc.) for the out-tasking of business processes
- Extension into other outsourcing areas such as procurement, travel sourcing/fulfillment, finance & accounting, and HR
IBM - Global Expense Reporting Solutions
150 Kettletown Rd, MD 269
Southbury, CT 06488
US
Contact:
Helen Donovan
Customer Advocate
Phone: 203-486-7927
Fax: 203-486-5737
[email protected]
MasterCard Worldwide
MasterCard Worldwide advances global commerce by providing a critical economic link among financial institutions, businesses, cardholders and merchants worldwide. As a franchisor, processor and advisor, MasterCard develops and markets payment solutions, processes over 18 billion transactions each year, and provides industry-leading analysis and consulting services to financial instition customers and merchants. Through its family of brands, including MasterCard, Maestro and Cirrus, MasterCard serves consumers and businesses in more than 210 countries and territories. For more information go to www.mastercard.com.
MasterCard Worldwide
2000 Purchase Street
Purchase, New York 10577
USA
Contact:
Leigh Bochicchio
Vice President, Segment Management and Alliance Development
Phone: 1-914-249-3692
Mobile: 1-914-255-3393
[email protected]
Meridian Global Services
Meridian Global Services core business is focused on providing a range of international VAT and Travel and Expense (T&E) compliance and consulting services to over 15,000 clients worldwide. We utilise our global footprint, our deep industry expertise and our leading edge technologies for optimal results. Our long lasting client relationships lays testament to why we are repeatedly chosen by the world's most successful organisations, comprising of over 50% of the CAC 40, DAX, FTSE 100, Nikkei 225 and Fortune 500.
Meridian offers a unique expense management solution, Expenseflo.
Meridian’s Expenseflo service provides the COMPLETE expense management solution comprising of an Expense Management System (EMS), an Audit and a VAT recovery service. Expenseflo will maximise your company’s savings and ensure you get more from your travel budget. Our expense management service:
- Minimises expense-handling process costs
- Provides full reporting of expenses
- Maximises employee expense compliance
- Integrates seamlessly with card provider, ERP and accounts payable systems
- Maximises VAT recovery – a business in which Meridian is the world leader
Meridian Global Services
Tallaght Business Park
Tallaght
Dublin 24
Ireland
Contact:
Marie Maguire
Marketing Manager
Phone: 00 353 1 463 5864
Fax: 00 353 1 459 0809
Mobile: 00 353 87 218 3735
[email protected]
www.meridianglobalservices.com
Sabre Travel Network (SPONSOR)
Sabre Travel Network® is the world’s leading provider of high-performance travel solutions. By combining its unique expertise and leading technology, Sabre powers business performance across the travel industry. Sabre’s multi-channel merchandising and procurement solutions enable corporate and leisure agencies, corporate travel programs, airlines, hotels and other travel suppliers around the world to make money, save money and provide better customer service. For more information visit us at www.sabretravelnetwork.com.
Sabre Travel Network
3150 Sabre Drive
Southlake, TX 76092
United States
Contact:
Rick Meisner
Director, Corporate GDS Relationships
1-682-605-2232 Phone
1-682-605-0375 Fax
[email protected]
www.sabretravelnetwork.com
or
Sabre UK Marketing
Trinity Square,
23-59 Staines Road
Middlesex TW3 3HE - London
Tel.+44 (0)20 8538 8500
Fax +44 (0)20 8538 8757
StarCite
StarCite provides a technology platform that makes meeting and event planning, booking and management simpler and more cost-effective for corporations, hotels, venues and meeting suppliers worldwide. StarCite’s solutions deliver visibility, cost savings, and control over meeting spending for businesses and enhanced revenue opportunities for suppliers. Through Web-based, on-demand technology, StarCite automates and supports every key element of the meeting planning and procurement process: planning, budgeting, buying, attendance, payment, and results measurement. Using StarCite’s proprietary online marketplace, meeting buyers can connect and conduct business with over 93,000 hotels, venues, destinations and suppliers globally.
StarCite
Werdener Strasse 4
Duesseldorf 40227
Germany
Contact:
Blanka Michalski
Marketing Communication Manager
Phone: +4921154213655
Fax: +492115421360
Mobile: +491735255055
[email protected]
Traveldoo
Traveldoo is the provider of online business travel services that simplify the travel planning experience, optimise travel spend, help manage travellers’ exposure to risk. Traveldoo solutions enable businesses to achieve travel procurement efficiency and cost savings, make travellers' lives easier, help travel vendors effectively develop online sales. Traveldoo also provides premier implementation services and flexible customer support to ensure successful deployments.
Traveldoo Enterprise
Traveldoo Enterprise™ is the online corporate travel services platform for large organisations to provide simplified online travel reservation services to their employees, optimise travel spend, increase cost savings and reduce travellers’ exposure to risk.
Traveldoo Portal
Traveldoo Portal™ is a hosted e-commerce solution for business travel agencies and distributors to run superior, full-featured online business travel services under their own brand, cut their transaction costs by 50% to 70%, differentiate and create sustainable growth.
Traveldoo
130, rue Victor Hugo
Levallois-Perret, 92300
France
Contact:
Christine Leroy
Sales Manager
Phone: +33 (0)1 55 46 95 43
Fax: +33 (0)1 55 46 95 31
Mobile: +33 (0)6 45 68 40 45
[email protected]
Travelocity Business (SPONSOR)
Travelocity Business is a full-service corporate travel management company that combines the best in technological innovation with agent expertise to offer you cost reduction, customer service, and confidence. Travelocity Business helps companies easily manage their travel programs and reduce costs, while providing more choices to their travelers.
Contact:
DeAnne Dale
VP Sales and Account Management
[email protected]
www.travelocitybusiness.com
TRX Inc.
TRX is a global technology company that develops and hosts software applications that process complex data records and automate manual processes, enabling our clients to optimize performance and control costs.
Our travel data reporting solution, TRAVELTRAX, simplifies the management of your corporate travel program, providing you with accurate, comprehensive, and timely reporting through a Web-based, intuitive data reporting tool. Our reservation processing suite automates travel processes to increase efficiency and reduce costs and will be further enhanced through the CORREX Gen6 initiative - a multi-phased evolution of the CORREX travel reservation processing platform that will incorporate agency and corporate interfaces and take advantage of Web 2.0 innovation. The RESX expanded features and functionality makes our online booking solution even easier for corporate travelers to make policy-controlled reservations, helping companies reduce costs. TRX Travel Analytics offers packaged spend management services designed to help companies maximize savings in their travel management programs.
TRX, Inc.
2970 Clairmont Road, Suite 300
Atlanta, GA 30329
USA
Contact:
Andrew Fish
Manager, Business Development for Europe
Mobile: 07788692525
[email protected]
