Press Release
For Immediate Release
11 September 2008
Arja Niileksela-Tiainen Names New ACTE Country Champion in Finland
Alexandria, Va --
The Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) announced today that Arja Niilekselä-Tiainen, Corporate Travel, Meetings and Facility Manager for Cargotec, has accepted the role of ACTE Country Champion in Finland.
“We feel very privileged to have Arja Niilekselä-Tiainen as our Country Champion in Finland,” Caroline Allen, ACTE Regional Director, Northern & East Central Europe and Russia, said. “She has been a frequent speaker and moderator at domestic and international business travel events, and is a very welcomed member to our ACTE European Council Team.”
Commented Niilekselä-Tiainen, “I feel honored for the invitation as ACTE Country Champion, the first one in the Nordic region. I´ve always had great respect for ACTE´s mission. As a not-for-profit association with thousands of members throughout the globe, ACTE has been a true industry trendsetter encouraging networking, launching initiatives, providing executive level education and a voice for all industry stakeholders.”
During her professional career, Niilekselä-Tiainen has built and managed global business travel programmes in a number of corporations including Sisu, Partek and KONE. At Cargotec, Niilekselä-Tiainen holds responsibility for Travel & Meetings in approximately 40 countries throughout EMEA, Asia-Pacific and the Americas, reporting to Global Sourcing.
Niilekselä-Tiainen was a Board Member for the Finnish Business Travel Association (FBTA) from 1993-2003, and Vice Chairman in 1999. In 2001, she was elected Chairwoman of the Association and, in 2004, was invited to become an Honorary FBTA Member. Niilekselä-Tiainen joined ACTE in1998 and is a regular attendee to ACTE Global Education Conferences. She functioned as co-chair for the historic first ACTE Helsinki Executive Forum held in 2000, and has been an invaluable and dynamic member of the Planning Committee for the third ACTE/FBTA partnered Executive Forum in Helsinki Thursday, 25 September 2008.
The Executive Forum, How to Evaluate and Develop the Value of Your Travel Management Program, will explore the importance of internal communications to drive an effective travel management program. This education event will provide a travel manager case study, corporate insight, academic research and suppliers’ perspective as it relates to the planning of future meetings and travel management strategies.
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ABOUT ACTE:
The Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) represents the global business travel industry through its international advocacy efforts, executive level educational programs, and independent industry research. ACTE's membership consists of senior travel industry executives from 82 countries representing the €200 billion business travel industry. With the support of sponsors from every major segment of the business travel industry, ACTE develops and delivers educational programs in key business centers throughout the world. ACTE has offices in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Middle East and the United States. For more information on ACTE, please go to www.acte.org.
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