Business Travel News
will host a special one-day educational conference only for qualified buyers of
business travel services on Dec. 6 at the Omni Berkshire Place Hotel in
Manhattan. The program for Travel Management 2011, the Business Travel Media
Conference, will feature business travel experts discussing dynamic hotel
pricing, pre-trip reporting tools and setting policy for ancillary airline
fees. Sessions will assess benchmarks from the year that was and prepare for
improving best practices for the year ahead.
Attendees will benefit from original BTN and American Express Business Travel research and innovative
peer solutions addressing some of their most pressing challenges and get a
better grasp on the big picture of the industry’s future. Confirmed sponsors
include American Express Business Travel, Avis Budget Group and Omni Hotels
& Resorts. Speakers include Richard Wooten, Lockheed Martin director of
global travel and meeting services, Angela Mikellides, vice president of MTV
Networks travel management, and Cynthia Shumate, Estée Lauder Companies
executive director of travel and meeting services.