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A Step Ahead – Controlling Costs and Embracing Opportunities
Amsterdam
28 April 2009
In collaboration with:
Staying a step ahead is often associated with positive financial and operational outcomes.
For the first time, ACTE is teaming up with CORTAS, the Dutch Corporate Travel Association in an educational event, underscoring ACTE’s mission of “thinking global-acting local” to bring added value to the industry.
CORTAS is a corporate-only association, serving the large (multinational) corporate travel customers in the Netherlands.
This program - which has been developed through the joint efforts of ACTE and CORTAS - focuses on best practice methodology for controlling and reducing costs of one of the major spend categories, and subsequently, contributing directly to bottom line profitability and competitiveness.
- Learn about future trends and strategies in Airline Distribution and Procurement
- Share your experience and views
- Interact with your industry peers, colleagues and partners
Agenda
| 10:00 – 10:30 |
Registration and NetworkingCoffee served |
| 10:30 – 10:45 |
Opening, Welcome ACTE and CORTAS |
| 10:45 – 11:45 |
Airline Distribution – Trends and StrategiesThis session will survey the distribution landscape in business travel to examine new developments. You will take away key learnings on:
Presenter: |
| 11:45 – 13:00 |
Open / Interactive discussionHear corporate opinions from, amongst others: Moderator: |
| 13:00 – 14:00 |
Networking Lunch |
| 14:00 – 15:30 |
Refining Procurement: Smarter + Simpler = Savings
This session will discuss aspects of successful procurement and supply process, that will prepare you for your next round of negotiations and provide insights on how to:
Huub Smeets, Managing Partner, Simacon Presentation followed by roundtable discussions. Moderator: |
| 15:30 – 15:45 |
Thank you and Closing |
Forum Location and Hotel Accommodations
Renaissance Amsterdam Hotel
Kattengat 1, Amsterdam, 1012 SZ Netherlands
T: 31 20 621 2223
F: 31 20 627 5245
Special Room Rate and Instructions for Booking: The Renaissance Amsterdam Hotel is offering ACTE attendees a special rate of 199 EUR /room for the night of 27 April 2009, excluding breakfast and 5% city tax. To book please contact the reservation department at 0031 206075557 and mention the ACTE Executive Forum.
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Planning Committee
- Peter Beuli
nk - OORzaken, Managing Director - Alan Hawkins – Master Card, Vice President
- Wolter van Houwelingen - Unilever, Travel Manager Unilever Benelux
- Herman Mensink - Cortas and Prism Group, President
- Gerd Radomsky - British Airways, Corporate Sales Manager
- Arthur Sollet - Shell , Travel Services Manager Europe Cluster
- Carlos Umana - Amadeus, Manager International Corporate Sales
- Ying Zhao – CWT, Marketing Communications Manager - EMEA