For Immediate Release:

Corporate Travel World Asia-Pacific (13-14 October 1999)

Singapore - The second Corporate Travel World Asia-Pacific conference, endorsed by the ACTE, was attended by 356 delegates representing large corporations and SMEs from within and outside the Asia-Pacific region. The event successfully dealt with major issues facing the region's corporate buyers and received tremendous praise from attendees.

It featured keynote speaker, Ms Colleen Guhin and 32 other speakers on a range of subjects including online booking technology, negotiating with airlines in a commission-capped environment and other useful topics specially-geared for the stage at which the Asia-Pacific region is at in the practice of travel management.

Mr Earl Foster, director of global travel management for Joseph E. Seagram and sons Inc. made his comment to BTN Asia-Pacific about the event, " CTW is driving change in Asia, and it is very exciting to be part of it. There's a thirst for knowledge and this is what the market needs to quench that. It had the right speakers giving the right level of education in a market that is ready to explode."

ACTE was well-represented with an exhibit station and included the newly- appointed full-time director, Europe, Middle-East and Africa, Herman Mensink.

CTW Asia-Pacific 1999 has made a strong impression with the corporate community emphasising that corporate T&E; costs cannot be viewed with an indifference. Details about CTW Asia-Pacific 2000 is expected to be announced soon. End of release

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