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HOTLIST 2016 BY BBT EDITORIAL TEAM


AGENDA SETTERS


SADIQ KHAN AND ZAC GOLDSMITH, MAYOR OF LONDON CANDIDATES BARRING A HUGE SHOCK RESULT, the next mayor of London will either be the son of a London bus driver or the son of a billionaire tycoon. Labour’s Sadiq Khan and Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith will battle it out at the next mayoral elections in May. The result could have sizeable consequences for business travel, with both candidates


having strong views on the airport expan- sion debate and HS2. Incumbent mayor Boris Johnson has chosen not to run for re-election for a third term in office, having been elected as the Conservative MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip. The yet-to-be elected London mayors


were nominated by Business Travel Show CEO David Chapple, who said the winner will “have a big say” on the future of busi- ness travel infrastructure that not only affects London, but the whole of the UK.


CARSTEN SPOHR, CEO, LUFTHANSA UNLESS YOU’VE BEEN UNDER A ROCK for the past 12 months, you couldn’t have failed to have heard about Lufthansa’s decision to shake up the way it approaches distribution. Industry events across Europe have been discussing the fallout from the German carrier’s resolve to charge Ð16 for every booking made through the global distribution system (GDS).


Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr received a number of nominations to be included in


this year’s list, with one saying: “This critical distribution shift represents the frustration with existing systems, and mirrors the rise of new technology entrants into the business travel sector.” It will be up to Spohr and his fellow board members to continue this innovation in distribution, but at the same time keep buyers on their side. Airline CEOs around the world will be watching and waiting...


JAMES WHARTON MP IN 2014, CHANCELLOR GEORGE OSBORNE announced he wanted to rebalance the UK economy – which London “cur- rently dominates” – and create a Northern Powerhouse. Osborne recognises the success of Northern cities individually, but wants to connect them together to help rival London.


The main element to his plan is


transport, and central to that is High Speed 2, which will connect eight of the ten largest


INDUSTRY INFLUENCERS


CAROLINE STRACHAN, PARTNER, FESTIVE ROAD THE PAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN BUSY for Caroline Strachan, who recently stepped out of the corporate world with a move from American Express Global Business Travel to consultancy firm Festive Road, where she becomes an equal partner in the business. Before Amex GBT, Strachan led the team at Astrazeneca, which was awarded the


Best Travel Team category at the 2013 Business Travel Awards. Festive Road’s founder and chief executive, Paul Tilstone, previously worked with


Strachan at the Institute of Travel & Meetings (ITM) and together, they helped launch the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) in Europe. And with the consultancy already securing clients such as Barclaycard, IATA, Marriott and UBS, 2016 could be another important year for Strachan, who says she sees “real opportunity for independent experts in engagement for both the buyer and supplier communities”.


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UK cities, including Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield.


One of the people tasked with deliver- ing Osborne’s plan is Conservative MP for Stockton South, James Wharton, who was given responsibility for delivering the Northern Powerhouse in the 2015 reshuffle. Over the next 12 months expect Wharton, 31, to feature prominently in news regarding the plans for rail contracts, growth at Manchester airport and the building of key motorway links.


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