Press Release
For Immediate Release
8 June 2006
ACTE Bestows "Distinguished Fellow" Honor on Eight Presenters
Alexandria, VA -- The Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) has conferred the award of "Distinguished Fellow" on eight presenters, who, by recognition of their colleagues, presented the most effective educational session at the organization's Global Education Conference in Atlanta, last month.
According to attendee-submitted evaluations, the sessions titled, "Pandemic Preparedness Practices," and "Optimizing Hotel Spend in a Seller’s Market" received the highest marks for content, timing and presentation. The session dealing with contagion was cited as one the most critical topics of the conference, according to ACTE Executive Director Susan Gurley, while the presentation focusing on hotel spend was considered to be one of the industry's most hotly debated topics.
"Each of these presenters took an innovative approach to a difficult topic, combined it with extraordinary business sense, and worked as a team in developing a compelling presentation," said Gurley. "While the ACTE Atlanta conference had it's share of highly ranked sessions, these were judged to be especially significant for content and presentation."
ACTE's most recent conferees of the Distinguished Fellow honor are:
• Pandemic Preparedness Practices
"Strategies that proactively addressed health threats to travelers"
Mark Kaelin, Director of Technology, International SOS
Peggy Luebbert, Infection and Epidemiology Consultant, Center of Biopreparedness
Richard Martin, Manageing Director, International Market Assessment Asia
Mark Williams, Managing Consultant, IBM Consulting
• Optimizing Hotel Spend in a Seller’s Market
"Preparing buyers and sellers for the next round of hotel procurement"
John Asselta, Senior Vice President, Partnership Travel Consulting
Maria Chevalier, Vice President, Hotel Relations & TPS Hotels, BCD Travel
Brian Nichols, Hotel & Ground Transportation Programs Manager, Strategic Procurement Services, Deloitte Services LLP
Steve Richard, Vice President, Global Sales Organization, Alliance Accounts and Latin America, Marriott International
For more information on other ACTE awards, go to:
www.acte.org
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