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Sizing Up the Indefatigable--Always Surprising--Great Hotel Sourcing Event of 2007
Dallas, Texas
12 September 2007
Hilton Anatole
Is the hotel industry now on the downward side of the wave crest it has been riding in recent history as some recent industry news items might indicate? Understanding the current economics of the hotel industry and how this might affect outcomes of the annual corporate travel-hotel sourcing event will be front and center at this Forum, along with an examination of new opportunities for streamlining and adding efficiencies to the process.
Agenda
| 08:00 – 08:45 |
Registration & Continental Breakfast |
| 08:45 – 09:00 |
ACTE Welcome & Update |
| 09:00 – 10:00 |
Hotel Yield ManagementPeering through the lens of an economic perspective, the near term fortunes of the hotel industry will be examined including: Presenter: |
| 10:00 – 10:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 10:30 – 11:30 |
Great Expectations!This session will set expectations for corporate hotel programs based on 2008 hotel industry forecasts and explore: Presenter: |
| 11:30 – 12:30 |
Whats the Score?A new rating system is emerging to help standardize the assessment of the both the business a corporation brings to a hotel and as well as the value a hotel brings to the corporation through a scorecard. Expected to dispel the fog that surrounds the assignment of value to many corporate buyer-hotelier relationships, this new metric will provide a foundation of trust for hotel negotiations to proceed and some hope will lead to streamlining the hotel RFP process. Presenter: Presenter: |
| 12:30 – 13:30 |
Networking Lunch |
Forum Location and Hotel Accommodations
Hilton Anatole
2201 Stemmons Freeway
Dallas, TX 75207
Tel: 1-214-748 1200
Fax: 1-214-761 7520
Special Room Rate and Instructions: The hotel is offering a special rate of $139 single for the night of September 11 2007. To reserve your hotel room please call the Hilton Anatole at 800-955-4281 and ask for the group rate for the Association of Corporate Travel Executives. This rate is only valid until August 13, 2007.