Sharon Fogarty welcomed attendees (including new members in attendance) and gave other general announcements
Howie Raples announced the golf outing location change
Bob Levine informed people of the leadership award, nomination forms have been sent out
Linda Bice of Bain introduced the panel and moderated
Information Gathered from the Presentation
· Implementing strategic sourcing methods into your travel program is vital for corporate buy-in
· Data collection is very difficult but imperative to centralizing a travel program
· Panelists all secured a US program and then began to tackle the APAC area
· Corporate credit cards & T&E expense programs are key for cash flow management, pertinent information, as well as potential rebates
· Trend: Investing in web conferencing & more onsite meetings. Also, working remotely
· To push compliance it must be supported at all levels – from your agents answering the phone to your CEO
This meeting was very well attended – the Lenox had to drop another table of 10 to fit everyone!
