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Information for Tomorrow's Strategic Travel Management
London
Novotel London Euston
May 26, 2005
Travel procurement and meeting professionals will explore the importance of information management in future travel management strategy during ACTE London Executive Forum on May 26.
London is among the five cities bidding to host the 2012 Summer Olympics. The day's keynote presenter will give the audience an impressive look at the potential impact the games would have on Britain's travel industry. This opening will set the stage for an insightful look at the relations between Meeting Managers and Travel Procurement Managers. Corporations spend $250 billion on MICE each year yet many companies look at the two processes separately. Participants will discuss the reasoning behind such management decisions.
As sustainable development makes its way into corporate travel, companies in the UK are setting up purchasing strategies that seek out vendors who can demonstrate sustainability as a corporate goal. The morning sessions will be natural transitions to more hands-on panel discussions after a networking lunch.
The presenter will share lessons learned from a number of self-booking tool implementations and offer suggestions to attendees for optimizing preparations for the implementation of their self booking tool.
Finally, a panel of experts will tie-in all of the day's discussions with thought provoking insights on what information tomorrow's companies will requireaccess to, to fulfil their travel procurement needs.
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Agenda |
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8:30 a.m. |
Welcome Coffee
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9:00 a.m. |
Welcome and ACTE Update
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9:10 a.m.
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Backing the Bid, London 2012
This key note presentation will show how London is "Backing the Bid" to emerge as the appointed host city for the Olympic Games in 2012. The speakers will explain how staging the Olympic Games in London would benefit the country's economy. Among industry sectors, the travel industry would immediately benefit from the games through accommodating the transportation and lodging needs of millions of spectators.
Presenter:
Mary Reilly, Partner Products & Services, Deloitte & Touche LLP
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9:55 a.m. |
Gaining Control of your meetings, conferences
and incentives
It is becoming ever more apparent that corporate meetings spend in multinationals can be up to a half of the total T&E; budget. Recently, Microsoft's president was reported by the BBC as demanding $1 billion a year in cost reductions, and the first target area cited was event planning - and many other companies are starting to focus in this area. How are organisations going about gaining cost savings throughout the supply chain, and what process and policy changes are needed? New information will be presented about are the best practices in the industry.
Presenters:
Rajiv Shah, AT Kearney - Findings from new Meetings Best Practices study
Pete Brady, President MPI UK - related findings in the meetings industry
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10:55 a.m. |
Coffee Break
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11:30 a.m. |
Sustainability: what does it really means to you?
Although sustainable development (SD) may now be in the spotlight, it has been around for many years. As financial markets are beginning to wake up to this new 'responsible' approach, everyone in the corporate world is paying attention. At the top of the corporate hierarchy, board members are increasingly interested not only in eco-efficiency, but in business ethics, corporate social responsibility and human rights, all part of the Sustainable Development agenda. This session will touch on what role we play as corporate travellers and members of the business travel community, our responsibility toward SD and how it might affect future choices of travel suppliers.
Presenter:
Marc Hildebrand, President & CEO, TQ3 Travel Solutions
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12:15 p.m. |
Networking Lunch
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13:30 p.m. |
Implementing your self booking tool
Everything you've always wanted to know and were afraid to ask...
Travel Managers have built the business case for self-booking tools on their ability to better manage costs related to the booking process. The presenter will deliver a "report card" on how well self booking tools deliver the desired benefit. Meta Group will also share with participants the results of an ACTE poll telling us about experiences Travel Managers have had with SBT. Attend this session and learn how to make the most of preparations for SBT implementation.
Presenters:
Richard Clark, Vice President Executive Directions Travel and Transportation, Meta Group
Joanna Altria, Global Procurement, ABN Amro
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14:45 p.m. |
Coffee Break
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15:45 p.m. |
Information... but not as you know it
What does Management Information look like in the future? Experts will share with participants what information companies will require access to, in order to fulfil their travel procurement needs. In today's management information is key but what information will be needed tomorrow? Panellists will discuss the importance of monitoring such various information as travellers expenses, flight flown data, supplier's environmental data, etc.
Presenters:
Danny Moore, Director of MIS, TQ3 Travel Solutions EMEA
Paul Wait, General Manager, Sales & Account Management, Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd
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16:15 p.m. |
Closing Remarks
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16:30 p.m. - 17:30 p.m. |
Farewell Reception
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Planning Committee |
Joanna Altria, AMRO
Simone Buckley, Carlson Wagonlit Travel
Melanie Garrett, TQ3 Travel Solutions
Ray Thackeray, Travent
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Forum Location & Hotel Accommodations |
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Novotel London Euston
100 -110 Euston Road
London
NW1 2AJ
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