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Question Time!
London
26 November 2009
Prospero House, Borough High Street
The forum will start at 13.30 with registration and finish at 18.00 followed by a drinks reception (end at 20.00).
Sign up for ACTE’s ‘Question Time’, chaired by an impartial, but challenging industry veteran Bob Papworth, Executive Editor of Buying Business Travel. Pose probing questions you want to hear answered by our panels of experts.
The forum aims to engage a broad debate on key market issues related to corporate travel cost control and reduction, identifying value and the value of co-operation.
The programme, designed by leading volunteer industry executives, aims to address the most relevant market topics in the region, bringing a global perspective to local issues.
Press is welcome to attend our events free of charge (please register in advance).
Agenda
| 13:30 – 14:00 |
Registration and Networking |
| 14:00 – 14:15 |
ACTE Opening and Welcome Remarks |
| 14:15 – 15:00 |
Session 1: Paying the PriceSenior Corporate Travel Managers and Procurement experts will outline International and Domestic procurement challenges and trends including: How corporates have adapted their procurement approach in response to the economic downturn; how to keep process costs down as processes themselves become more complex; how far unbundling might go; whether tracking unbundled expenditure is important and possible through automated expense systems; and leveraging cross functional collaboration to maximise people and system value for the business. Experts: |
| 15:00 – 15:20 |
Coffee/Networking Break |
| 15:20 – 16:50 |
Session 2: The Unbundling JungleAs the procurement function continually challenges pricing transparency, suppliers are forced to morph to find a competitive edge. How can suppliers become more creative to drive cost reduction initiatives and help corporate buyers remove cost from their programmes? The panel will debate issues including: airline mergers and the affect on price; the convergence of full service carrier and LCC pricing models; corporate hotel rates vs dynamic rates vs spot purchasing; TMC fee structures and GDS fees. Experts: |
| 16:50 – 17:05 |
Coffee/Networking Break |
| 17:05 – 17:50 |
Session 3: On Track, or off the Rails?Rail plays an increasingly important role in the Global travel programme, particularly in Europe as we think time, money and green. As licensing rules change, airlines bid for rail routes yet with combined rail and air technology advances, they will also provide interlined solutions. Suppliers will compete against and collaborate with each other but what will the effect be on price and can the technology cope, particularly closer to home? Are payment systems, MI and business facilities woefully inadequate? What value do TOCs put on the corporate market and what do corporates want from TOCs? Experts: |
| 18:00 – 20:00 |
Drinks ReceptionSPONSORED BY Carlson Wagonlit Travel |
Forum Location and Hotel Accommodations
ETC VENUES Prospero House
241 Borough High Street
London
SE1 1GA
Telephone 020 7105 6010
Fax 020 7105 6001
Email [email protected]
By public transport:
Prospero House is minutes from London Bridge station, Borough Underground station and is served by a number of bus routes. Download directions here.
By car:
There are two car parks within 5 minutes of the venue on Kipling Street and Trinity Street. Download directions here.
Planning Committee
Emma Deering, Corporate Sales Manager, UK, Qatar Airways
Bob Dowdell, Corporate Sales Manager, British Airways
Alan Hawkins, Vice President, Master Card
Lisa Mosters, EMEA Travel Procurement Manager, AT Kearney
Bob Papworth, Executive Editor, Buying Business Travel
Jessica Turner, Senior Manager, Corporate Travel – International, EMC