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Looking at the Next Wave of Challenges in Business Travel Management

Executive Forum

Atlanta, Georgia
21 September 2006
Hyatt Regency Atlanta

This Forum will begin with a keynote delivered by Trip Davis, President & CEO of TRX, who will share his view on the trends and challenges the industry can expect to see emerging. Following the keynote, a presentation that examines the business continuity plan (BCP) developed by a pharma company in response to the possibility of a pandemic will provide attendees with a template for producing their own BCP. Discussion in the second half of the Forum will focus on how the dynamics of supply and demand are expected to affect cost in the hotel sector in 2007 and conclude with an examination of how travel “fits” into a corporate end-to-end system or ERP.

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Agenda

08:00 – 08:45

Registration & Coffee Break
08:45 – 09:00

ACTE Update
09:00 – 09:45

Opening Keynote

Presenter:
Trip Davis, President and CEO, TRX, Inc.
09:45 – 10:30

A Case Study on Pandemic Preparation for Business Continuity

Has your company published its pandemic Business Continuity Plan (BCP) yet? Has your company outlined its procedures for critical and non-critical travel in the document? This session will take you step by step through the construction of a pandemic BCP prepared by a pharma company that includes checklists, timelines and listing of accountable parties for every phase of the plan.

Presenter:
Ron Sharer, Director Building and Travel Services, CIBA Vision Corporation
10:45 – 11:00

Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:45

Reality Check

Another round of hotel sourcing has just begun. Although still a way to go before the results are in, the smart money is betting on rate increases across the board. What kinds of increases do the hotels think their corporate clients will see and what recommendations are consultants making for 2007 to get the most bang from their hotel buck will be the focus of this session

Moderator:
Carol Ann Salcito, President, Management Alternatives, Inc.

Presenter:
Doug Abbott, Vice President, Sales, Carlson Hotels Worldwide

Presenter:
Maria Chevalier, Vice President, Hotels, BCD Travel

Presenter:
Jan Freitag, Vice President, Smith Travel Research
11:45 – 12:30

Working within an ERP environment

ERP vanquishes the old standalone computer systems from various areas of the corporation and replaces them with a single unified software program divided into software modules that roughly approximate the old standalone systems. The benefits of standardization and seamless data flow these systems offer have become irresistible to corporations and resulted in a marked uptick in the demand. This session will share the experience of a corporate travel department whose travel end-to-end solution is integrated within the enterpise’s ERP and the benefits that both the corporation and the travel areas realize through this alignment. .

Presenter:
Peter Pearson, TravelSmart Manager, Financial Shared Services, The Coca Cola Company
12:30 – 01:30

Networking Lunch

Forum Location and Hotel Accommodations

Hyatt Regency Atlanta
265 Peachtree St, NE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404-577-1234

Planning Committee

Cyndy Aaron
General Manager - Southeast
Carlson Wagonlit Travel

Alisa Blanco
Director, National Sales
Carlson Hotels Worldwide

Isabelle Hermann
District Sales Manager
Lufthansa

Alex Houston
Sales Director
AirPlus International

Ron Sharer
Director, Building and Travel Services
CIBA Vision Corporation

ACTE Education

For information about this or other ACTE Educational Forums, please contact:
ACTE education department at 1-703-683-5322