SHOW AND TELL
AS OFFICIAL UK MEDIA PARTNER TO THE 2015 BUSINESS TRAVEL SHOW, BBT REPORTS ON THE KEY STORIES AND CONFERENCE SESSIONS
MORE THAN 7,000 PEOPLE attended this year’s Business Travel Show at London’s Olympia Grand, a rise of 15 per cent from 2014.
The show featured over 250 exhibitors and 58 conference sessions, including a pre-show agenda exclusively for hosted buyers. Senior figures from Airbnb, Google, Bacardi, Sony Mobile, Aon and Schott were among the line-up of conference speakers. Buying Business Travel was once again media partner for the event, reporting live from sessions and producing daily e-newsletters going out to all registered attendees. Here, we round up some of the top stories from the show...
ITM PARTNERS WITH CIPS TO LAUNCH PROCUREMENT GUIDES The Institute of Travel and Meetings (ITM) announced the launch of new ITMresourc- es for buyer-members, in partnership with the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS).
80 BBT MARCH/APRIL 2015
The first document available to busi- ness members is the ‘How to...’ guide on business travel category procurement and management. The CIPS-approved guide is worth two CPD (continuing professional develop- ment) hours, and is accompanied by templates and tools, including master documents for going to tender, solicitation and pricing. It is the first in a series of six guides to be launched this year.
'COMPANIES SHOULD INCLUDE WELL-BEING IN TRAVEL POLICY' Companies without a health and well- being policy risk losing employees to long-term sickness due to stress caused when travelling. On a panel discussing the importance
of ‘keeping your travellers happy, safe and well’, moderated by BBT editor Paul Revel, Tracey Randell, a nutritionist at Healthy Aspirations, urged buyers to include a ‘well- ness’ programme in their policy that looks at
all aspects of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Randell outlined the damage stress-related travel can do, including high cholesterol levels, muscle pains and deregulated sugar levels that can lead to type-2 diabetes. Randell said: “Buyers need to recognise
the effect stress through travelling can have on a person’s health, on top of what stresses they have in their personal life.” She said travel policies must look beyond
the “normal” practices in place, such as busi- ness class travel and lounge access, that help alleviate travel stress. “Companies should promote a culture of health in the workplace – subsidised gym membership, canteens on-site, encourag- ing employees to turn their phone off on holiday, and weight loss initiatives,” she said.
NO BENEFIT TO DROP IN FUEL SURCHARGES Buyers were encouraged to understand airlines’ fuel hedging positions to give themselves an advantage during negotia-
BUYINGBUSINESSTRAVEL.COM
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100 |
Page 101 |
Page 102 |
Page 103 |
Page 104 |
Page 105 |
Page 106 |
Page 107 |
Page 108 |
Page 109 |
Page 110 |
Page 111 |
Page 112 |
Page 113 |
Page 114 |
Page 115 |
Page 116 |
Page 117 |
Page 118 |
Page 119 |
Page 120 |
Page 121 |
Page 122 |
Page 123 |
Page 124 |
Page 125 |
Page 126 |
Page 127 |
Page 128