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1998 Regional Forum Schedule Established Washington, DC - The Association of Corporate Travel Executives announced the 1998 Regional Forum schedule, with 15 forums to be held in North America and six in Europe. Regional Forums are one-day educational seminars designed to provide valuable information to ACTE members during the hiatus between the association’s Annual Member’s Conference and the ACTE Global Conference. "Regional Forums give attendees the opportunity to participate in interactive learning sessions and to network with area representatives from all segments of the travel industry," commented Colleen Guhin, ACTE’s Vice President of Education. "Since technology is a hot issue this year and forever in the future, we have developed a technology track for four of the North American Regional Forums." Fifteen Regional Forums will take place in North America: January 29, Radisson Empire, New York, NY; February 10, Renaissance Airport Hotel, Los Angeles, CA; February 18, Westin Ottawa, Ottawa, ON; March 12, Le Meridian, Dallas, TX; April 13, Hyatt Regency, Cambridge, MA; April 23, Minneapolis, MN (hotel to be determined); June 25, Grand Hyatt, Washington, DC; July 15, Westin River North, Chicago, IL; August 25, Radisson Riverwalk, Tampa, FL; September 10, Westin Airport, San Francisco, CA; September 17, Madison Hotel, Morristown, NJ; October 7, Wyndham Franklin Plaza, Philadelphia, PA; October 15, Sheraton, Toronto, ON; December 1, Westin Bayshore, Vancouver, BC; and December 10, Westin Airport, Atlanta, GA. ACTE is pleased to announce the Official Sponsors of its 1998 North American Regional Forums: American Express, Budget Rent A Car, Continental Airlines and Doubletree Hotels. Six Regional Forums will be held across Europe in 1998. The United Kingdom will host the first Regional Forum in London on February 18, 1998. For additional information, contact Nikki Walker in the ACTE Europe Office at (32) 2 743 1589. ACTE will launch a celebration of its Ten Year Anniversary at the Annual Members Conference to be held May 31-June 3, at the New Orleans Hilton in New Orleans, LA. ACTE Global 1998 will be held in Paris, France, November 8-10, 1998. To receive registration materials or additional information, call 1.800.375.ACTE, or 414.763.1902. The Association of Corporate Travel Executives is a non-profit professional organization comprised of corporate practitioners of travel management techniques and suppliers of business travel services. ACTE was formed in 1987 expressly to educate, promote, protect and advance the interests of its members as well as the interests of the corporate travel industry as a whole. # # #
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