Press Release

For Immediate Release
1 March 2007

Copa CEO Pedro Heilbron To Address Inaugural Latin American Summit At ACTE Global Education Conference in Miami

Alexandria, VA -- The Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) announced today that Copa CEO Pedro Heilbron will present the keynote address for the inaugural Latin American Regional Summit, within the Global Education Conference in Miami, Florida (May 6-8, 2007.) Heilbron will present “Aviation Trends: Latin America and Beyond,” an in-depth perspective on critical elements shaping the global airline industry. The “Latin American Summit” is one of several educational advances and resources being announced by the ACTE this month.

“The Latin American Summit is a highly focused agenda within the overall conference program,” said ACTE Executive Director Susan Gurley. “It will provide travel management executives from Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Mexico, Panama, and other Latin American countries with a unique forum for interaction with each other, and with the international business travel community. Pedro Heilbron brings both boardroom insight and personal experience in keeping with the high level nature of this event.”

Heilbron’s presentation will offer a distinctive Latin perspective on the issues such as route rights, consolidation, the rise of low-cost carriers, developments in distribution, and how the industry’s response will impact corporate purchasers. In a unique arrangement for summit participants, ACTE has provided for individual responses to submitted questions. “This is one more way in which the intimate nature of ACTE conferences works in favor of our membership,” said Gurley.

The Latin American Summit is driving up early registrations, and boosting participation on two levels. The new program is proving especially attractive to ACTE members in the Latin American region, which experienced double digit growth in 2006. It s also drawing interest from a number of multinational US-based corporations looking to expand in Latin American markets.

For more information on the 2007 Global Education Conference in Miami or the Latin American Summit within the ACTE Global Education Conference, please visit www.acte.org.


For more information, contact:
Patricia Rasore
Regional Manager, Latin America
t: +54 11 4803 1158
e: [email protected]


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Debbie Flynn
CEO
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Bridges Wharf, Battersea
London SW11 3BE England
T: 020 7326 9880
F: 020 7326 9890
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