The Business Travel Conference 2013 EVENT PREVIEW
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your TMC, payment solution, corporate card and other sources – to strengthen your hand around the negotiating table. This session offers a helping hand to travel bookers, arrangers and junior travel managers on where to find the data, what reports to ask for and how to use it to your company's advantage.
Workshop 2 Swapping partners Getting the right supplier on board can be a fraught and lengthy process but the right preparation, including pre-qualifier questionnaires and face-to-face meetings, can result in a seamless RFP. This session is targeted at all buyers of travel.
Conference Session 2 Tools of the trade Moving simple point-to-point travel bookings online will help reduce costs, help improve compliance to preferred suppliers and travel policy, and introduce demand management. This session offers a step-by-step guide to self-booking tools for the uninitiated.
Workshop 3 Carrot or stick? Do you penalise bad behaviour or reward good traveller behaviour? A guide to travel policy and compliance, from content, format and getting stakeholder engagement, to how to deal with maverick travellers that don’t toe the company line. This session is for all levels of buyers.
Conference Session 3 Deal makers It’s a buyer’s market but the increasing complexity of the hotel and air sectors dictate sharper negotiating skills to understand spot buying, BAR rates and getting the likes of fuel surcharges, ancillary fees, wifi and breakfast in the deal. Advice on offer in this session is appropriate for smaller and larger buyers alike.
Conference Session 4
Expense management This conference session offers a guide to virtual/V cards, lodge cards and corporate cards that can create a joined-up process
Attention suppliers! Half the exhibition space is already booked. Contact
Kirsty.Hicks@bmipublishing.co.uk for more information.
between travel and expenses, and provide total trip cost visibility. This session is suitable for all travel buyers.
Open forum
Meetings management: How to begin the journey Mirror the cost savings in transient travel with those in MICE by gaining visibility of spend, utilising internal meeting space, creating a policy and employing technology for the labour-intensive elements of events such as delegate registration. It’s all do-able, if you know how, and this is your chance to learn from the experts.
Register now! To apply for a VIP corporate buyer place (including accommodation) or to register for a complimentary one or two-day pass, visit
www.thebusinesstravelconference.com and click on 'Hosted Buyers', or email:
Neil.Dargie@bmipublishing.co.uk All attendees benefit from refreshments, lunch each day, goodie bag and a place at our popular evening dinner and party.
“Attendees at this year's event will hear from a cross-section of buyers who will all be able to pass on practical experience to their peers as well as those newer to arranging business travel and meetings”
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