BTN Events: Sabre CEO Gilliland To Deliver CTW Keynote Speech

Sabre Chairman and CEO Sam Gilliland will deliver the Business Travel News Corporate Travel World keynote address on the second morning of the two-day educational conference and travel service exhibition, March 21 and 22, at the Hilton New York.

Gilliland, who will speak just after 9:30 am in the Hilton Grand Ballroom East, will talk about global distribution system and business travel distribution changes and what their effect will be on corporate travel buyers and the development of the industry. He plans to take questions from the audience following his remarks.

Distribution also will be the topic on the table during the closing luncheon general session, starting at 12:30 that day. Weighing in with their visions of the development of business travel distribution will be panelists Trip Davis, president and CEO of TRX; David Falter, president of Cendant Corporate Travel Solutions; Ellen Keszler, president of Travelocity Business; and Andy McGraw, executive vice president and general manager, Business Travel, North America, American Express Global Travel Services. Facilitating the distribution discussion will be Norm Rose, president of Travel Tech Consulting, who also will lead booking and reservation technology tutorial sessions on the trade show floor on Monday.

For more about the Corporate Travel World/Travel Technology World conference and exhibition, call Julie St. Clair toll-free at (866) 719-4400 or log on to www.btnonline.com.