"Questions about Managed Travel in India: Traveller Safety, Accommodation Woes and Adoption of International Standards"

Delhi
25 May 2006

The advantages of managing corporate travel are acknowledged in India’s corporate circles. It offers financial advantages helping to sustain the continuity of commercial success but in the light of current uncertainties more is being asked about issues such as traveller safety and security, the rising cost of hotel accommodation, and the relevance and benefits of international benchmarks in a market where peculiar conditions are themselves hailed as being advantageous to the company’s practical approach in meeting managed travel goals. Get the inside story at this forum.



  Agenda

8:30 - 9:00

Registration
9:00 - 9:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:15 - 10:30 “International Standards: The Preaching and the Practice of Managed Travel - How much do we honestly need to adopt?”
Business travel volume increases are most prominent in many Asian markets with India registered as among the highest. International business traffic has grown significantly and with it an expectation of international standards in the practice of managing business travel. How does India measure up in its practice of managing business travel against other international markets in this region? What critical factors make it urgent today for India’s professionals to adopt international standards? What unique features, inherent in India’s key business markets, are inadequately expressed in programmes management? What should the industry and the individual be doing for the profession to progress?

10:30-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 - 12:00        “Critical Review of Programmes - Safety and Security of Traveller” 
The safety and security of the business traveller remains a prime concern of both the corporation and the traveller. In the findings of ACTE’s 2005 survey on managed travel in India, this issue was among the top three concerns of travel management professionals from all regions in the world. How has the industry responded to this finding? What current safety and security threats is India challenged with? What are the best practices in managing this risk in India?
12:00 - 12:15 Closing Remarks

12:15 - 14:00 Networking Lunch & Presentation:
"Hotel Accommodation: Inventory and the Rate Effect"
What does the inventory of business hotel accommodation look like in the key Indian business markets and how does this relate to the cost of hotel accommodation? What is the mid and long term forecasts of hotel developments, and how does this compare with the forecasted demand for business accommodation?
  Forum Location and Accommodations

To Be Announced


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