Concur chairman and CEO Steve Singh will keynote the Monday
Strategic Travel Management Symposium program with his luncheon speech on the future of travel management technology.
Other headlining speakers at The Strategic Travel Symposium, March 15 and 16, at the Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan, hosted by
Business Travel News and the National Business Travel Association include American Express vice chairman Ed Gilligan, New York University associate professor and hotel analyst Bjorn Hanson, UBS airline analyst Kevin Crissey and Economic Outlook Group chief global economist Bernard Baumohl
U.S. Travel Association president and CEO Roger Dow, ARC vice president of sales, marketing and customer care Michael Premo and managing director of NBTA Europe and CEO of the U.K. and Ireland Institute of Travel & Meetings Paul Tilstone will share their visions of the future of business travel during the concluding luncheon.
Participants from throughout the supply chain will discuss tracking and managing ancillary airline fees. Robert Buckman, Amadeus IT Group director of airline distribution strategy; Cory Garner, American Airlines director of merchandising strategy; Danny Hood, BCD Travel president of the Americas; ARC's Michael Premo; and Katina M. Tryforos, Deloitte Services LP strategic procurement services manager of airline programs and customer service, will discuss managing unbundled fees with TRX chairman Trip Davis.
Johnson & Johnson travel services manager Maria Chevalier, Carlson Wagonlit Travel Solutions Group global project manager of hotel consulting Monica Eiden and University of Texas manager of travel for intercollegiate athletics Kevin Maguire will discuss hotel negotiating and alternatives with
Business Travel News hotel and expense/payment editor Michael B. Baker.
Deltek senior manager of global travel procurement Karoline Mayr, Energizer manager of human resources and travel services Doris Lee Middleton and Wyndham Worldwide manager of corporate travel services strategic sourcing Joanne McNellis will discuss making the most of your TMC relationship with Management Alternatives vice president Will Tate.
Fleet Boston Scientific director of travel and meetings Tamara Gordon, Estée Lauder executive director of travel & meeting services Cindy Shumate and PricewaterhouseCoopers assurance director Debi Scholar will talk about building a more strategic meetings management program with moderator and StarCite vice president of enterprise strategy Kevin Iwamoto.
Salesforce.com director of global travel Ralph Colunga and FedRooms director Tracy Shook will speak about communicating in a socially networked world with BCD Travel senior vice president April Bridgeman.
BTN also will hold its exclusive Corporate Travel 100 Benchmarking Summit during the program for corporate travel buyers who booked more than $30 million in U.S. airline tickets in 2009. To participate in the Corporate Travel 100 benchmarking effort, contact
BTN editor-in-chief David Meyer. For more information, visit
www.strategictravelsymposium.org.