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Registration & Continental Breakfast

ACTE Welcome & Update

Getting Your Hands on Hotel Data to Get Your Arms Around Hotel Spend

Accurate hotel spend data has been a long-wished replacement to the best guesses that have plagued corporate travel managers who try to validate spend for reports to senior management and hotel RFPs. Travel managers have had to rely on disparate data sources, none of which could provide the total picture of their hotel spend. However, dramatic strides have been made in the last year in getting hotel vendors on board with reporting eFolio data. This session will examine:

• Importance of accurate hotel spend data
• Data sources and their advantages and disadvantages
• How much coverage of hotel spend data can Hotel eFolio now provide

Presenters:
Seth Friedman, Vice President, Global Corporate Commerce Development, MasterCard Worldwide
Kathy Pruett, Senior Director of Consulting, Advito

Coffee Break

Corporate Manslaughter Act

The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act introduces a new offence, across the U.K., for prosecuting companies and other organisations where there has been a gross failing, in the management of health and safety with fatal consequences. This new legislation has serious implications for travel programs with travelers in the U.K. This session will discuss:

• Corporate liability vis-à-vis this new law
• Protections companies can put in place
• Address risk through travel policy

Presenters:

Kevin Cassidy, Vice President, Global Head of Security, Reuters
Laurence M. Smith, Attorney, Wolff & Samson, PC

A Year of Change

Right from the start of 2008, everyone knew this would be the year of great upheaval in the airline industry. With news items about fuel costs, serious talk on mergers and announcements on new routes afforded by the first phase of Open Skies, this will be a year of transformation for the airline industry. A financial analyst who follows the airline industry will share with attendees the scenarios we may expect for the skies above New Jersey.

Presenter:
Daniel McKenzie, Analyst, Credit Suisse

Closing Remarks