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ACTE to Provide 4 Education Sessions at EIBTM
ACTE will provide a track of educational sessions at The Global Meeting and Event Exhibition (EIBTM) to extend the show profile beyond the meetings and events industry to incorporate the world of business travel.
If your organisation is interested in sponsoring the ACTE Education Sessions, please contract Tara O'Sullivan for further information on pricing and benefits at tosullivan@acte.org
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Come see us at our Stand G860 ! |
ACTE's Education Sessions include:-
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Tuesday 27 November - 09.00-10.00 - Room 5.2 Travel Technologies – Now and the Future
What technologies and tools are shaping today’s marketplace and the future of the MICE and Travel industries? Learn about mobile, videoconferencing and other evolving technology trends with a thoughtful discussion on where they intersect with existing business models. Join this session & learn the answers to the familiar question: “What’s next?”
Moderator:- Albert Pozo - VP Global Customer & IT Services at Amadeus IT Group and BOD for Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE)
Speakers:-
Dean Forbes - Chief Executive Officer at KDS Glenn Wastyn - President & CEO at Global Videoconferencing Network NV |
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Tuesday 27 November - 16.00-17.00 - Room 5.2
Marriage of Meetings and Business Travel Buying
More and more companies are leveraging the procurement synergies for Meetings and Business Travel. Do they, should they, belong to the same department? Learn from two experts with different points of view on how the two areas are managed within their respective companies. Discover how a structured approach to buying travel and meetings can easily save time, money and effort.
Moderator:- Albert Pozo - VP Global Customer & IT Services at Amadeus IT Group and BOD for Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE)
Speakers:-
Antonio Perea- Compras y Contrataciones Generales - Cepsa Lotten Tegstam Welinder - Concept Owner Meetings/Regional Manager, Group Meeting & Travel - IKEA Group |
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Wednesday 28 November - 09.00-10.00 - Room 4.3
Social media is an evolving communication tool that is changing how we interact, with whom, in real-time and with greater reach and efficiency. Discover how MICE & Travel are leveraging social media by using the web 2.0 platforms to better engage with event attendees and travellers, before, during and after an event or trip. Speaker:- Rana Walker - Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) |
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Wednesday 28 November - 16.00-17.00 - Room 5.2 Business Travel Trends
Ready for anything: what are the key trends that have an impact on the way travel buyers do business, now or in the future? This session explores a range of potential issues, including: communicating with travellers and upper management – is the role of internal marketing expanding? Calculating and illustrating the ROI on travel and meetings; will new tools help travel buyers achieve this? We’ll also look at factors such as new mobile technologies, benchmarking and spend forecasts.
Moderator:- Paul Revel - Editor of Buying Business Travel Speakers:- Claudia Unger - Director of Research and Intelligence at BCD Travel
Ute Asmus - Research Manager at AirPlus
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Interested in being involved in an ACTE Education Session at EIBTM? contact tosullivan@acte.org
ACTE Education EIBTM Planning Commitee
ACTE Education EIBTM Planning Commitee
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Geert Behets, Belgian Association of Travel Management (BATM) and Director, Global Travel & Fleet Management, Global Purchasing Travel, Fleet & MICE at UCB Pharma
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Abi Cannons, Education Content Executive, IBTM Global Events Portfolio, Reed Travel Exhibitions
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Erica Keogan, Associations and Education Manager, IBTM Global Events Portfolio, Reed Travel Exhibitions
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Dominik Rühl, Associate Director Sales International Acceptance, AirPlus International
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Claudia Unger, Director, Research & Intelligence, BCD Travel
ACTE Staff Liaisons to the EIBTM Planning Commitee
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Tara O'Sullivan, Manager, Global Projects & Solutions, Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE)
Hosted Buyers – Register Today Under EIBTM’s Hosted Buyer Programme
If you organise, influence or make budgetary decisions for meetings, incentive travel, business travel international conventions, product launches, staff training or events then you could be eligible to attend EIBTM as a Hosted Buyer.
Benefits of being a EIBTM Hosted Buyer include:
- A personal itinerary of appointments with your choice of over 3,300 exhibiting companies
- A range of dedicated networking opportunities throughout the show
- Complimentary flights to Barcelona
- 4/5* accommodation in official EIBTM hotels
- A tailored Education programmeThe EIBTM Post-Event Tours, enabling you to experience venues and destinations first hand
Please note in return you will be required to attend 7 appointments with exhibitors, a Destination Presentation per day of attendance and networking events.
NEW for 2012 - Travel Buyers – Register from June Under EIBTM’s Hosted Buyer Programme
This new element of EIBTM will assist many buyers who already buy business travel as well as welcoming new buyers to the show who operate in this sector. The choice is yours with a new range of specialist suppliers dedicated to providing business travel and ready to meet with you.
Business travel buyers can enjoy all the usual benefits of the EIBTM Hosted Buyer Programme as well as the following:
- The opportunity to meet even more exhibitors who offer business travel services and products including airlines, corporate cards, financial services, transportation companies, travel management companies, hotels and destinations
- Dedicated business travel education content powered by ACTE (Association of Corporate Travel Executives)
- Sharing of best practice, industry knowledge with other business travel experts and peers
- The opportunity to compare products, services and deals from both business travel and meeting suppliers
- Excellent networking with other business travel buyers and meeting planners, as well as industry experts
For more information for 2012 EIBTM, please visit http://www.eibtm.com/
