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Business Travel Update
Boston, MA
3 March 2005
Omni Parker House
One-way ACTE advances the business travel industry is by providing regional venues for business travel professionals to exchange insights, share knowledge, and debate hot topics. When you participate in an ACTE Executive Forum, you'll benefit from the combined talents of ACTE's 2,500 international members - all dedicated to professional growth through the constant identification of emerging issues, continuing education and on-going peer networking.
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Agenda |
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8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. |
Registration & Continental Breakfast
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8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. |
ACTE Welcome & Update
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9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. |
View from the Top: Senior Management Weighs In
This "Perspectives from the Top" session will explore how successful companies use purchasing discipline to find the balance between new business opportunities and optimization of travel spend.
Moderator:
Michael Boult, Chief Operating Officer, eCLIPSE Advisors
Panelist:
Chris Staal, Vice President Strategic Sourcing, Thomson Corporation
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10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
Networking and Coffee Break
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10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
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Best Practices from the Best and the Brightest
In this frank and open discussion a team of corporate travel managers will expound on how each of their companies are responding to air fare simplification, the recently announced plans for the expansion of discount carriers at Logan and the general frail health of the domestic airline industry. This same group will also talk about how they are preparing for both new entrants to travel distribution and changes to the business model that airlines are demanding.
Moderator:
Mark Williams, Managing Consultant, IBM Business Consulting Services
Panelists:
John Asselta, Director of Meeting and Travel Services, KPMG
Terese Fiore, Director of Corporate Travel, Genzyme Corporation
Sharon Fogarty, Corporate Travel Manager, Thomson Corporation
Garth Jopling, Travel Manager - Canada, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Tom McCabe, Director Global Travel Services, Global Commodity Leader, Perkin Elmer
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12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
Lunch and Keynote Presentation
Compliments of: Omni Parker House Hotel and eCLIPSE Advisors
Behavior Change: The Next Frontier in Cost Savings
Mike London of Best Buy will share his company's experience in achieving $5 million in T & E savings by focusing on traveler behavior and the processes involved that contributed to the savings results.
Presenter:
Mike London, Executive Vice President of Global Sourcing, Best Buy Co., Inc.
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Planning Committee |
Co-Chairs:
Kerin McKinnon, Executive Vice President, Business Development, Atlas Travel
Jesse Suglia, National Director of Business Travel, Omni Hotels
Terese Fiore, Director of Corporate Travel, Genzyme Corporation
Sharon Fogarty, Corporate Travel Manager, Thomson Corporation
Robert Leonardi, Travel Manager, Citizens Bank
Curtis Shaw, Corporate Relations Manager, Worldspan
Allan Wood, Regional Manager, Business Development, Travizon
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Forum Location & Hotel Accommodations |
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Omni Parker House
60 School Street
Boston, MA 02108
1-800-THE-OMNI
Fax: 1-617-742-5729
The Omni Parker House is offering a special room rate of $139 for forum attendees. Please identify yourself as an ACTE delegate when making your reservation to take advantage of this discounted rate
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