Press Release
For Immediate Release
6 September 2006
Amex Presents 2006 Study On Business Travel At ACTE Canada PowerTalks
Toronto -- American Express is taking center stage with three Association of Corporate Travel Executive (ACTE) PowerTalks in Canada, according to a statement issued today by Executive Director Susan Gurley. Scheduled for Toronto, 14 September 2006, Westin Harbour Castle, Vancouver, 20 September 2006, Fairmont Waterfront, and Ottawa, 12 October, 2006 -- Delta Ottawa Hotel & Suites, Amex will present, “An Overview of Canadian Business Expense and Travel Management Trends: American Express Study.”
“ACTE PowerTalks provide a tight focus on critical issues, allowing presenters and participants to devote an entire morning to studying a particular subject,” said Gurley. “Fast-moving developments in expense and travel management trends in the global marketplace are putting stronger emphasis on both proven practices and new techniques. Through ACTE and the expertise of American Express, these three PowerTalks will cover every point.”
Each presentation will be structured on Amex’s 2006 study on business travel and expense management, which includes an in-depth review of practices spanning 500 mid to large-sized companies. The program will be presented by Shawn Klerer, Vice President & General Manager, Business Travel Canada, American Express and Andrew Pilkington, Vice President & General Manager, Global Commercial Card Canada, American Express in Toronto. Shawn Klerer will repeat the session in Vancouver with Aileen Trescher, Vice President, Relationship Management, Global Commercial Card Canada, American Express, and then partner with Andrew Pilkington once again to present in Ottawa.
“We’re proud to partner with ACTE to present the results of our 2006 travel management and business expense study,” says Shawn Klerer. “ACTE members will be among the first to learn more about this exciting study and gain insight into current trends and the best solutions to incorporate into their own program.”
“Each of these PowerTalks, and others scheduled for Canada, are part of an inverted educational pyramid, in which international issues are taken and honed until they are are a perfect fit for regional applications,” said Susan Gurley. “Our Canadian educational program is part of a logical progression of industry analysis and problem solving that leads to closure at our Barcelona Global Education Conference (22-24 October 2006) and the Canada Educational Conference in Montreal (19-21 November 2006).
About The Association of Corporate Travel Executives
The Association of Corporate Travel Executives was founded in 1988 as the research and educational resource for the global business travel management profession. With 2,500 members in 49 countries ACTE is best known for its industry studies, statistics, and position statements. More than 6,000 travel management professionals attended ACTE educational events in 2005.
About American Express
American Express in Canada operates as Amex Canada Inc. and Amex Bank of Canada. Both are wholly owned subsidiaries of the New York based American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., the largest operating unit of the American Express Company. Amex Canada Inc. operates the Business Travel, Travel Services Network and Travelers Cheques divisions in Canada. Amex Bank of Canada is the issuer of American Express Cards in Canada. American Express opened its first offices in Toronto and Hamilton in 1853 and now employs more than 3,700 Canadians coast-to-coast.
For more information, contact:
Monica Hailstone
Regional Director, Canada
Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE)
Tel: 613-838-3879
[email protected]
Tina Princiotto
Amex Canada Inc.
Tel: 1-905-474-8445
[email protected]
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Debbie Flynn
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