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ACTE Corporate Travel Education


The agreement will see ACTE provide four sessions at GIBTM in Abu Dhabi covering ‘Optimising Travel Payment Systems in the Middle East’ and ‘Building and Implementing a Travel Policy’, as well as dedicated tracks at AIBTM, AIME, BTM, CIBTM and EIBTM.


ACTE will be encouraging their members to attend the events in their regions and each show will also bring in dedicated corporate travel Hosted Buyers.


Key topics will include procurement, optimising business travel spend and business travel technology.


We are delighted to be able to confirm a strategic


partnership with ACTE who have global members within the business travel industry. Although we have had the BT as part of all our show names for many years, the key focus has not been business travel in its purest form. This partnership provides us with the opportunity to provide first class education for corporate travel buyers and therefore provide additional reasons for them to attend our events.


CRAIG MOYES, PORTFOLIO DIRECTOR IBTM GLOBAL EVENTS


About ACTE


Seven year cycle of business travel


The seven year cycle. That’s how Ron DiLeo, Executive Director of ACTE described the peaks and troughs of the business travel industry speaking at AIME recently.


From the absolute lows, like 2009 when the economy was failing and the first cutbacks are on meetings and incentive trips. To the few years where business travel takes a backseat until the CEO starts wondering where the new business is and the economy struggles further because MICE events are no longer injecting huge sums of money.


Then gradually, people start travelling again, networking and building up their business contacts – which is where Ron sees the industry today:


‘Around three years into the cycle with a number of great years ahead.’


HOTLINKS www.acte.org


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The Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE), founded in 1988, is a leading non-profit organisation that serves and advances the global business travel industry in 102 different countries. For more than 20 years, ACTE has continued to fulfill its vision of uniting travel executives around the world, providing them with up-to-date news, knowledge, beneficial research findings and networking opportunities. The education of ACTE members infiltrates to more than 12 million business travelers worldwide. From corporate buyers to agencies and suppliers, all sectors of the industry are granted equal membership. ACTE has representatives in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Australasia, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Mexico, Middle East and the United States. To join ACTE, or for more information, please visit www.acte.org.


to feature at all IBTM Global Events IBTM have just signed a landmark agreement with the Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) for them to provide education tracks at all the events.


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