Regaining Control of Travel Costs

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Strategic Meetings Management: No Better Time for Implementation

The Beijing Summer Olympics is set to drive demand for all travel services up including MICE-related activities in the months prior to the international sports event.

The Shanghai Daily, quoting information from the General Administration of Civil Aviation, said domestic carriers plan to fly 210 million passengers this year, a 14% jump from a year earlier.  Five million overseas visitors and more than 120 million domestic travellers are expected to visit Beijing this year, according to the organisers of the Beijing Olympic Games.  (Travel Asia Daily, 16 January 2008)

The ever increasing cost of in a market with a tight supply remains a concern for corporations who have to take a much more consolidated account of what events are costing and how it will manage this activity. The situation is expected to also have a knock-on effect on the cost of travel services in Shanghai.

Learn how a Strategic Meetings Management approach will give you better control over the cost and the quality of your events. 

Coffee/Tea Break

What's Open for Negotiations - New Opportunities for Financial Savings

Is it all 'gloom and doom' for corporate buyers looking for financial savings in their travel programmes? This panel presents some actionable ideas that can deliver cost reduction even in a demand-driven travel environment.

Presenter
Jonathan Kao CFA
Area Manager - Shanghai
Shanghai Four Seas Travel Ltd.

Networking Lunch