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Creating Solutions
Chicago
Swissotel Chicago
23 June 2005
This annual ACTE Executive Forum will educate attendees on the hottest issues in the industry: airline airfare simplification and distribution. First hear the home town carrier - United Airlines - share its strategies for addressing the future needs of the business travel market as it seeks to find its own financial footing. Then listen to a frank assessment of airfare simplification and what effect it has had on corporate travel spend. Finally, get involved in the debate over distribution - the topic that continues to make headlines across industry press. Be prepared for controversy, insight, and the opportunity to reconnect with colleagues.
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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
Greeley Koch, President, ACTE
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9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. |
Keynote
A known industry leader will describe for attendees a vision of the future of business travel and the changes and upheavals we can expect before the dust settles.
Presenter:
Graham Atkinson, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales & Alliances, United Airlines
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9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
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How Have We Fared?
This session will take a look where airfares have gone since airfare simplification was kicked off by the network carriers in January, as well as explore the new strategies some corporations are taking to optimize their air spend.
Moderator:
Mark Walton, Principal, Consulting Strategies, LLC
Panel:
Prashanth Kuchibhotla, Air Procurement Manager, eCLIPSE Advisors
Patty Little, Director, Travel Services, McDonald's Corporation
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10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. |
Coffee/Tea Break
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11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
Channel Surfing
The hottest topic in the industry - distribution - continues to capture the trade press headlines. This interactive session will seek to find answers from representatives of the key sectors in distribution: airline, GDS, GDS alternative and TMC on the emerging issues and offer you the chance to pose your questions to the panel.
Moderator:
Jay Campbell, Founder, Business Travel Beat, Inc
Panel:
Tom DePasquale, President & CEO, Outtask
Jeff Kinder, Senior Vice President, Supplier Development, Travel Distribution Services, Cendant Corporation
Margaret Hansen, Director, Corporate Travel, A.T. Kearney, Inc
Jean Sloan, Senior Vice President, Client Management, TQ3 Travel Solutions
Derek Lewitton, Vice President, Sales, ITA Software
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12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. |
Networking Lunch
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Planning Committee |
Tom Lacny, Senior Vice President, Global Markets, WorldTravel
Harriet Washburn, Industry Representative
Michael Polosky, BTO Global Travel Services Manager, IBM
Mark Walton, Principal, Consulting Strategies, LLC
Gregg Cothern, Vice President, Multi-national Corporate Sales - The Americas, Radius
Victoria Gutowski, Manager, Corporate Business Travel, USG Corporation
Robin Graham, National Sales Manager, Loews Hotels
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Forum Location & Hotel Accommodations |
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Swissotel Chicago
323 East Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60601-9722
Phone: (312) 565-0565
Fax: (312) 565-0540
http://chicago.swissotel.com/
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Local Executive Forum Sponsors |
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ACTE Education |
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For information about this or other ACTE Educational Forums, please call the education department at 1-703-683-5322 or email [email protected]
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