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- ITP and Virgin Atlantic Airways to co-operate
International Travel Partnership (ITP), the global Travel Management network, and Virgin Atlantic Airways, have reached an understanding to work together at both local and international level.
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- Chris Crowley, Sales Executive from BCD Named as ACTE's President-Elect
The Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) has named Chris Crowley, Senior Vice President Sales Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, BCD Travel, as President-Elect effective January 1, 2009.
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- ACTE Survey - Meeting and Business Conferences Not Affected By H1N1 Influenza Fears
The good news for the business meetings and professional conferences industries is that fear of the H1N1 "swine" influenza is not a factor in either bookings nor attendance for the remainder of 2009 and 2010, according to a statement issued today by the Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) at their recent Global Education Conference currently being held in Prague.
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- Continental Airlines Takes Final Steps On Path To Joining Star Alliance
Continental Airlines is poised to join Star Alliance today following months of preparations for the first-ever transition of a major airline from one global alliance to another.
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- Eventia and ITM Form Strategic Alliance - Knowledge Sharing and Enhanced Output is Target of Partnership
Events industry association 'Eventia' and the recently re-named "Institute of Travel and Meetings" have today announced the signing of a new strategic alliance. The charter detailing the alliance lists partnership activity and developments targeted at meetings and events professionals in the UK & Ireland across key areas such as membership, Corporate Responsibility, education and training, industry relations, regulation and legislation, awards and representation.
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- CONTINENTAL AIRLINES TO JOIN STAR ALLIANCE ON OCT. 27, 2009
Continental Airlines has announced that it plans to join Star Alliance on Oct. 27, 2009. As previously announced, Continental will end its participation in SkyTeam after its last scheduled flight on Oct. 24, 2009.
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- British Airways set to increase capacity on Jeddah Route
Following the successful re-entry into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on June 1st, British Airways - the UK's flagship carrier - has today announced it intends to increase capacity on its Jeddah service for the duration of the airline's winter schedule.
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- Amadeus unveils new mobile solutions to empower the business traveller
Employee security tracker, efficient approval workflow while on the road and itinerary-based location information make life easier for the mobile traveller
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- CWT Research Shows How Companies Can Reduce Hotel Spend by 21%
Seven Steps Help to Optimise Savings
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- BRITISH AIRWAYS CELEBRATES SUCCESSFUL SAUDI RE-ENTRY
After a four-year hiatus, British Airways yesterday celebrated its long-anticipated re-entry into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as the first of the airline's five weekly services to both Jeddah and Riyadh touched down on Kingdom soil.
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- ASK THE ORACLE
Information portal from Healix International provides business travel managers with powerful resource
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- IATA Gamble to Flaunt EU Law Backfires. DG-TREN urged to insist on immediate IATA compliance with Code of Conduct
Brussels, Belgium, 28 May 2009 - Business Travel Coalition (BTC) today applauded a major arbitration decision in a case global distribution system provider Amadeus brought before the International Chamber of Commerce International Court of Arbitration regarding the controversial Passenger Intelligence Services (PaxIS) product developed and marketed by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Amadeus won resounding victories on both arbitrated claims. Today's decision provides encouragement to travel industry participants that IATA will not be allowed to disregard EU law and should strengthen DG-TREN's resolve to forbid IATA to disregard the newly-revised European CRS Code of Conduct.
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- Survey highlights link between viability of air services and economic prosperity
Prague, Czech Republic, 17 May 2009; ASM - the World Leaders in Route Development for Airports - in partnership with RSA today presented the results of new independently-commissioned research into the current climate and key trends in the air travel industry at the 4th Routes Europe in Prague.
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- Egencia Releases 2009 Global Benchmarking Study and Assessment of Corporate Travel Spend
London. - (14 May, 2009) - Egencia™, an Expedia, Inc. company, today unveils its 2009 Global Benchmarking Study, evaluating the current economic climate and its impact on travel management trends and the supply environment for business travel. Focusing on top domestic and international business markets in Europe and North America, Egencia analyzed industry trends, supplier research and capacity implications for the rest of the year. The study builds on themes first addressed in Egencia's 2009 Forecast and Negotiability Index released last November.
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- Travelport GDS signs new long-term contract with Portman Travel
Langley, UK: 6 May 2009 - Travelport GDS, one of the world's leading providers of global distribution systems (GDS), has signed an extended deal with long-standing customer, Portman Travel, one of the UK's largest independent travel management companies.
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- HRG WINS NEW CLIENT TALARIS
Hogg Robinson Group (HRG) has won the travel management business for Talaris, the global expert in cash handling technology, following a competitive tender.
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- Expotel increases market share in downturn
Expotel has recorded good levels of hotel bookings in Q1 2009 reports CEO Ian Burnley. "The aggregate spend across our top 20 hotel groups was slightly up on last year in the first quarter which is a really solid result in current market conditions", Ian Burnley said.
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- Concur Teams with TBI to Launch VAT Recovery Service
New third-party service simplifies VAT reclaim process, cuts business costs
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- Buy One Meeting, Get One Free at Radisson Blu hotels in the UK
Book a meeting in a Radisson Blu hotel in the UK before the end of August 2009 and bookers will receive the next meeting room absolutely free.
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- BA OPENS NEW LOUNGE AT TERMINAL 3
British Airways' luxurious new lounge for premium passengers and top tier oneworld members opens at Terminal 3 on May 11.
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- ACTE Defines Opportunities and Challenges at Inaugural Executive Forum in Moscow
Moscow (16 April 2009) - This ancient capital hosted a landmark event in the business travel industry on 3 April 2009, when business travel managers from across the country and Europe converged in Moscow to participate in the Association of Corporate Travel Executives' (ACTE) first Executive Forum held in Russia. Seventy-three participants from the largest corporate entities in one of the world's biggest economies met to discuss the role of the travel manager, the function of travel management companies, and how to advance the industry through partnership.
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- Growth & Optimism Highlighted in Third GIBTM Middle East Meetings Industry Report
Report at-a-glance Summary
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The full report can be found at www.gibtm.com from 6 April.
- Eton Travel announces integrated SNCF online bookings now available through Concur Cliqbook Travel for Corporates located outside France
Eton, England (March 2009) - Eton Travel, one of the UK's top independent travel management companies (TMC) announced today that it has successfully implemented full SNCF French Rail booking capability through Concur® Cliqbook Travel, the online corporate travel booking tool from Concur, the world's leading provider of on-demand Employee Spend Management services.
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- ITM Beefs Up Lobbying Effort in UK and Europe
Industry Affairs Group Comes Under Control of Chris Reynolds
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- Macdonald Hotels and Confex Group announces results of industry procurement report
Findings of procurement trends report commissioned by Macdonald Hotels and Resorts in association with Confex Group were unveiled at International Confex.
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- GTMC Chairman Announces Radical Re-evaluation of Organisation
THE GUILD of Travel Management Companies' chairman, Travel by Appointment's Maurice Veronique, has announced that a radical re-evaluation of the organisation will take place in 2009. Veronique was speaking at a lunch following the GTMC AGM, where he said that as GTMC chief executive Philip Carlisle is retiring this year it was a natural opportunity to look in depth, at the shape and direction of the Guild.
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- New partner for ITP
ITP - International Travel Partnership continues to develop its market coverage in the Gulf region with the addition of Dakkak Tours International located in the Jordanian capital, Amman.
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