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Strategize, Optimize, Succeed!
Calgary
1 May 2009
Calling all travel buyers and suppliers: we are responding to your SOS—your ship has arrived!
Join your shipmates for a half day of rejuvenation. Find out what buyers and suppliers had to say about each other in a recent survey. Use this information to strategize your way to better and more rewarding business relationships. Learn first-hand from corporate buyers what immediate actions companies are taking to optimize their resources in these lean economic times.
Attend this half day session ONLY if you want to succeed!
Agenda
| 08:00 – 08:45 |
Registration & Continental Breakfast |
| 08:45 – 09:00 |
ACTE Welcome |
| 09:00 – 10:15 |
Rethinking the Buyer / Supplier RelationshipThought you had it all figured out? Think again! Two round table sessions held at the 2008 Canada Education Conference probed the perceptions of the supplier-buyer relationship and RFP process. The results from a questionnaire and discussion forum uncovered some very surprising findings. How often should you, as a supplier, visit your preferred clients? Do you, as a buyer, hinder or facilitate the RFP process? What is really expected of you? The information in this interactive discussion will definitely make you rethink how you do business! Facilitator: |
| 10:15 – 10:35 |
Refreshment Break |
| 10:35 – 11:00 |
The NACC in ActionIn the fall of 2008, Air Canada, Air Transat, Jazz Air and WestJet came together to create the National Airlines Council of Canada (NACC), a new air carrier trade association focused on ensuring that safe, sustainable and competitive travel is available to all Canadian consumers. Hear from a NACC founding member who will discuss the impetus for the NACC and the key issues in the Canadian airline industry. Presenter: |
| 11:00 – 12:00 |
How Are Buyers Managing Costs?Learn from a panel of corporate buyers what tactical and strategic actions they are taking to realize immediate cost savings. Get their view on renegotiating contracts, outsourcing, and procurement. Find out what operational and/or policy changes they are instituting and what role technology may play in their plans to manage costs. Moderator: Panelists: |
| 12:00 – 13:15 |
Networking Lunch (Buffet) |
| 13:15 – 15:00 |
Corporate Round Table Discussion (Corporate Travel Buyers Only)Moderator: |
Forum Location and Hotel Accommodations
Hotel Arts
119 – 12th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta
Phone: 403-266-4611
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The Hotel Arts is offering a special accommodation rate of $169 for a luxury guestroom for ACTE attendees. Reservations must be made by March 15. To reserve please contact the hotel directly at 403-266-4611 and request the ACTE rate.
Planning Committee
Cheryll Cruz, Senior Procurement Specialist, Weatherford Canada Partnership
Maria Eligon, Worldwide Sales Manager, Best Western International, Inc.
Denise Harris, Account Manager, Carlson Wagonlit Travel
Patrick Ilagan, Account Manager, ATCO Travel Ltd.
Caroline Johnson, Regional Manager, Corporate Sales, WestJet
Gillian McCormack, Manager, Business Development, American Express Business Travel
Alison Tang, Sourcing Analyst, Canadian Pacific