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Strategic Travel Symposium 


March 15-16, 2010 | New York City, NY


Two of the top names in corporate travel - NBTA (National Business Travel Association) and BTN (Business Travel News) - have joined forces to bring you a high-level, two-day Symposium that will give attendees the insights and tools they need to effectively manage travel in the new decade. 

 

With the Strategic Travel Symposium, NBTA and BTN are rebranding and repositioning to expand on a three-year track record of success with the NBTA Business Travel Financial Forum. The Symposium will feature five General Sessions covering the most important big-picture questions facing our industry today and the giving attendees the pulse of the two largest industry segments in terms of spend: airlines and hotels. Two blocks of breakout sessions will provide participants the take-home knowledge to address the latest industry developments and start creating new value in their travel programs immediately. 

 

General Sessions

Big Picture

 

  • Economic Outlook: The New Normal
  • The CFO Agenda & Travel
  • Business, Travel, and How Travel Means Business Globally - Ed Gilligan, Vice Chairman, American Express

 

Industry Pulse

  • Hotel Negotiating Outlook - Bjorn Hanson, PhD, Associate Professor, New York University
  • Airlines and Corporate Customers - Kevin Crissey, Airline Analyst, UBS  

 

Breakout Sessions

 

  • Hotel Negotiating Alternatives
  • TMC Relationships
  • Unbundled Fees
  • Strategic Meetings Management
  • Social Networking and Corporate Travel


Symposium Tie-Ins

 

bulletCorporate Travel
100 Benchmarking

Invitation Only
An exclusive discussion for the largest corporate travel programs by air travel spend. Held as a breakout session during the Symposium.

 

 

bulletBTN Top 25 Awards
BTN will recognize those on its list of the 25 most influential executives of 2009 during the Symposium's closing luncheon.

 

 

NBTA Foundation Gala Dinner logo

 
NBTA Foundation
Gala Dinner


The business travel industry's social and fundraising event of the year will be held the evening of March 15. Proceeds help fund the renowned research, education, and scholarship work of the NBTA Foundation.

Ticket and table purchases are separate from Symposium registration. Visit the NBTA Foundation for details. 


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