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Hotel Booking Tools, Risks Have Buyers Eyeing Science Of Compliance
… February when nobody is in the city. On any given day, you can beat the corporate market with a spot buy." At mega-account HP , "if they're noncompliant, we try to understand why," said Chevalier. Traveler surveys have shown that rate is rarely …
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United Airlines will cut over its reservation system to HP's Shares from Travelport's Apollo on the evening of March 2
… airline spokesman. Travelport chairman Jeff Clarke said he was "proud that Travelport has done a fantastic job of working with HP to make the transition over." Despite the blow of losing the United business, Clarke said airline IT for Travelport would remain …
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The Association of Corporate Travel Executives elected Hewlett-Packard's Jeff Kurn to its board of directors
as a member at-large. Kurn, who serves as HP 's manager of business travel strategy, consulting and administration, began the two-year term on Jan. 1.
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Supplier Development As Competitive Strength: HP Strives To Raise The Bar
… development program designed to "create a competitive advantage to embrace policies around sustainability and diversity and grow the capacity of our suppliers," according to Brian Tippens, HP procurement sustainability and innovation director.
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Demographic Diagnosis
… services Maria Chevalier joined Hewlett-Packard last year, she surveyed the company's 100,000 travelers to better understand HP 's demographics, travel patterns and buying and compliance behaviors. The results of that survey now are shaping initiatives …
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mobile technology firm conTgo named two new executives, vice president of sales and business development Tony Mikkelsen and chief marketing officer Tod Lockard
"To further manage client growth and accelerating demand around the world," . Both report to CEO Johnny Thorsen. Mikkelsen joined the company from Sabre and Lockard previously worked for American Express, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, HP -EDS and HSBC.
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Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday introduced a new line of high-definition videoconferencing products for desktops, laptops and traditional conference rooms
. The new products can be operated on corporate or public networks. The new Visual Collaboration line of products cannot connect to HP 's Halo immersive telepresence rooms, though the company plans to offer such a connection next year.
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Microsoft Installing Virtual Conferencing
Pushing forward with a "multi-tiered travel alternatives" initiative to reduce carbon emissions, Microsoft Corp. installed nine high-end videoconferencing units in its top cities and plans to install eight more by the end of its fiscal year in June 2011. Curbing some travel by its 50,000 travelers
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Hewlett-Packard Consolidates Travel To Two Global Call Centers
… was the integration of technology services company EDS, which HP bought two years ago. At that time, EDS had 30 different payment systems and HP had 11. In the past two years, HP moved expense and payment into the same organization as travel …
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Sabre, Cisco To Create Telepresence Res Engine
… Telaruses and HPs of the world step up to being part of this? I think this only works if everybody sings 'Kumbaya.' When HP and Polycom are on board, that would carry tremendous weight." The intent also is to allow corporations and other private owners …
