ACTE Press Release

Immediate Release!

ACTE Announces Keynote Presenters for October Conference

(Alexandria, Virginia, USA , August 3, 2001) - The Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) an international organization composed of senior level travel management professionals and suppliers of business travel services has announced its slate of keynote speakers scheduled to present at the ACTE Global 2001 Fall Conference in Munich, October 28-30, 2001. Ron Wagner, president of ACTE said, "The conference keynote presenters provide diversity in geographic representation and expertise. This conference will feature both European and North American authorities from business management, global politics, aviation industry, global travel management and the future."

Kicking off the conference will be an address from Thierry Antinori executive vice president of Sales from Lufthansa Airlines. Mr. Antinori's presentation will tackle the aviation industry's global dilemma concerning the myriad of restrictions that face players in their quest to provide service to more cities and to increase service on current routes. A predicament in which 'more concrete' is increasingly becoming an unacceptable solution.

Former German Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany and current publisher of Die Zeit will speak at breakfast on Monday, October 29. Chancellor Schmidt has been a leading European statesman during the last half of the twentieth century. He is a recognized authority on defence, foreign policy and economic decision making. Schmidt was an early proponent of a single European currency.

The featured luncheon speaker on Monday afternoon will be Charles Petroccelli, president of American Express Global Corporate Services International. Mr. Petroccelli will discuss the future of global travel from his unique perspective as an executive of a company, whose core business is both global financial services and global transportation.

Dr. Patrick Dixon, author and founder of Global Change, Ltd. will focus on the future of business in his address to the ACTE audience on Tuesday morning. Trained in medicine and information science, Dr. Dixon will share the insights he has gathered through conducting research for Fortune 500 companies and consulting for corporate think tanks on policy and strategy implications for the immediate future.

Rounding out the keynote presenters will be Henry Mintzberg, noted authority on business management and most recently noted author of a book aptly titled, "Why I Hate Flying: The Consequences of Management". Mintzberg's discussion backed, by his considerable experience, as an airline passenger will be a humorous and thought provoking angle on the industry.