ACTE X New Orleans: A Double Celebration
ACTE X New Orleans has special significance: Not only is it the tenth
annual members conference, but it is being held at the site of ACTE's first
educational event. The event, themed "Best Practices and All That
Jazz," will be held May 31-June 3, 1998 at the New Orleans Hilton
,Riverside. A record 1,000 senior-level corporate travel executives will
be attending.
The 1998 program, developed with the input of leading travel industry
executives, will provide information on late-breaking trends, including
new distribution channels, the changing role of travel agencies, new strategies
for contracts, establishing global airline programs, communicating with
travelers and senior management, and re-engineering the T and Eprocess.
As always, keynote speakers at ACTE X New Orleans are some of the biggest
names in the corporate travel arena. Gordon Bethune, Chairman and CEO of
Continental Airlines, will recap the remarkable turnaround of the carrier.
Richard Wallman, CEO and Senior Vice President of AlliedSignal, Inc., will
talk about his company's successful T and Ecost reduction initiative. William
Lobeck, President/Automotive Group for Republic Industries, will give an
update on the issues facing the car rental industry. Fred Kleisner,President
and COO, The Americas Hotel Group for Starwood Hotels and Resorts will
talk about the fastpaced change in the hospitality industry, and the Honorable
James Oberstar, a U.S. Congressman who serves as ranking Democrat on the
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, will provide an overview of
current legislation affecting the U.S. aviation industry.
The conference also will feature an ACTE educational specialty: thetechnology
track. Sessions will offer in-depth coverage of supplier distribution strategies
in the on-line world, corporate intranets, electronic commerce and automating
the expense report process. A "do-it-yourself" toolkit is designed
to encourage travelers to use self-booking and expense report software.
In all technology track courses, the emphasis is on hands-on learning,
according to Danny Hood, Chairman of the ACTE Technology Committee, which
worked closely with the ACTE X New Orleans Planning Committee. The programs
will be geared to attendees with various levels of expertise in travel
technology, Hood said.
Audiotapes of the educational sessions will be available for sale during
and after the conference. For additional information, contact 1-800-375-ACTE
or check the ACTE website at www.acte.org for the order form.
ACTE New Orleans Sponsors
Air Canada | Air Travel Card |
Alamo Rent a Car | American Airlines/Canadian
Airlines | American Express |
BTI Americas | British Airways | Budget Rent a Car | Business
Travel World | Carey International |
Carlson WagonlitTravel | Citicorp Diners
Club | Continental Airlines |
Delta Air Lines | FIRST Travel Management
International | First USA Paymentech | ITT Sheraton | KLM
Royal Dutch Airlines | Lufthansa German Airlines
| Maritz Travel Company |
Mastercard International | McGregor
Travel Management, a USOP partner | National
Car Rental | Northwest Airlines |
Renaissance Hotels and Resorts | Rosenbluth
International | SAS |
SatoTravel | AMADEUS |
Travel Transport | United Airlines
US Airways | Varig |
Westin Hotels and Resorts | WorldTravel
Partners
