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E-RFP Eruption: Shifting Meeting Sourcing Strategies As Online Leads Swamp Hoteliers
… centric U.S. hotels, two years ago centralized its lead-managing process, said executive director of lead generation Eric Mannino at the conference. The company has exploited the new structure to better evaluate e-RFP leads. "By centralizing …
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New Business Travel Emissions Reporting Standards Expected Next Month
… gathering reliable and consistent hotel sustainability information. "What is the carbon footprint of my hotel stay?" asked author Eric Ricaurte, whose research has focused on standardizing sustainability measurement within hospitality and tourism. "Surprisingly …
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Chip-And-Pin Cards Coming: But Mag Stripe Still Standard In United States
Like Mexico last year and Europe for many years, Canada this year embraced the chip-and-pin credit card security standard. That means U.S.-based corporate travelers increasingly may find that magnetic stripe credit cards aren't accepted in automated pay machines in such places as train stations,
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BTN Research: Remote Possibilities
… everyone is focused on cost savings and cost reduction," said Carlson Wagonlit Travel global product manager for emerging products Eric Bausman. "They want to look for an alternative way to meet business objectives and clients and stakeholders, but as inexpensively …
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Three-Quarters Of Travel Buyers Getting Their Arms Around Meetings Spend
Meetings have long represented an unfulfilled opportunity for many travel procurement professionals. Not anymore, according to three-quarters of 294 travel management and procurement professionals polled by Procurement.travel who said they were involved in managing the meetings program within the
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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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Buyers Take On Scenario Planning: Corps. May Be Unable To Predict The Crisis But Can Plot The Response
Few travel managers could have predicted the chaos that erupted this spring in the aftermath of Iceland's volcano eruption. The savvy are trying to learn from their experiences, with some employing scenario planning to better prepare for the next unforeseen crisis.Unlike detailed disaster or
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Inside Track: Google Eyes Airfare Search With $700 Million ITA Buy
… didn't specify what Google plans to build with ITA Software or when it expects to unveil new tools, Google chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt said, "What we're going to do is build new flight search tools that focus on end users, and those search tools will …
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2010 U.S. Hotel Chain Survey: Ritz-Carlton Knocks Off Four Seasons In Punch-Drunk Luxury Tier
… well-known chefs instead of offering traditional dining options. "The restaurant deals we've done with Wolfgang Puck and Eric Ripert are partly to keep our guests and partly to make the dining experience at a Ritz-Carlton a destination in and of itself …
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BTN's 2009 Travel Manager Salary & Attitude Survey: Frozen Salaries, Job Cuts Dim Travel Buyers' Optimism
… about 21 percent were travel directors, and about 62 percent held travel manager or travel supervisor titles. BTN art director Eric Wong designed all charts; executive managing editor Chris Davis wrote all captions. BTN appreciates the participation of the …
