Final Call For 2002 Black Book ListingsBusiness Travel News is compiling the 2002 Black Book, the annual directory of corporate travel product and service providers to be published Dec 17. The final deadline for submitting a questionnaire to be considered for a Black Book listing is Nov. 19.
The annual guide lists contact names, numbers and addresses for airlines, car rental, ground transportation, hotel chains (no individual hotels), hotel rep firms, hotel management companies, payment systems, travel management consultants and lawyers, industry associations, affiliates of the National Business Travel Association and Association of Corporate Travel Executives, technology companies, major travel management companies and networks, international business services, such as medical assistance and visa issuance, and institutions offering courses in travel management.
If your company provides products and services to the corporate travel marketplace that fit the criteria listed above, but has not yet submitted a questionnaire, please contact Chichi Iregbulem at (646) 654-4451 or e-mail
[email protected] to request the form.
Call For 2001's Top 25 business Travel ExecutivesBusiness Travel News is preparing its 16th annual "Top 25" list of executives who, in our view, have most influenced the business travel industry in 2001. Our editors are in the process of drawing up a list of nominees, but we want your input.
We are seeking nominees who have made the greatest changes affecting the industry landscape in the past year, whether they are travel buyers, suppliers, consultants, public policy makers or association leaders. BTN will publish the list—including profiles of each nominee—in the Jan. 21, 2002, issue.
If there is someone in your company, or among your customers or suppliers, whom you would like us to consider, please fax the nomination—and the accomplishments that you think have earned them a place on this year's list—to (646) 654-4455, or e-mail
[email protected], by Dec. 1.