<B> Travel Calendar Heats Up</B>
The International Business Travel Association is holding its 24th World Congress in Montreal at the Marriott Chateau Champlain from May 20 to 23.
Keynote speakers for the congress include Charles Petruccelli, president, American Express Travel Services Group International, Renato Claudio Costa Pereira of the International Civil Aviation Organization and Robert Milton, executive vice president and COO, Air Canada. For more IBTA information, call 514-353-4681.
The Asociation of Corporate Travel Executives will meet one week later at the New Orleans Hilton Riverside for ACTE X, May 31 to June 3. Keynote speeches will come from Gordon Bethune, chairman and CEO, Continental Airlines, Juergen Bartels, CEO, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, William Lobeck, president, Republic Industries automotive group and AlliedSignal CFO Richard Wallman.
ACTE recently bolstered its European presence as 22 senior corporate managers formerly affiliated as the French Corporate Travel Association GEODE joined the global association. The group also recently launched ACTE Asia, which will hold its second meeting May 1. For more information, call 1-800-ACTE-NOW.