Ever wonder where a career in travel management could take you? Jay Campbell last week spoke for about nine minutes with a former head of global corporate travel for Amgen and BP, Betty Sweetman. She joined GE three years ago as executive global strategic sourcing leader in contingent labor. Campbell talked with Sweetman about her passion for professional coaching and peer support, possible…
Jay Campbell this week spoke for seven minutes with CFO magazine deputy editor Dave McCann, formerly a senior editorial leader at Business Travel News and Meeting News. Travel management often reports to finance, sometimes with procurement in between. The pair talked about issues on the minds of CFOs, including cyber security, tax changes and the war for talent. McCann described…
San Diego – During the Global Business Travel Association convention here this week, Jay Campbell interviewed Carlson Wagonlit Travel chief executive officer Kurt Ekert about the latest announcements on the IATA New Distribution Capability program. On this eight-minute recording, Ekert describes some of the challenges and explains why he’s not worried about the economics. Jay also asked about his mentor…
Sometimes the things we write about peter out. Sometimes more developments happen, but they don’t warrant an entirely new article. In other cases, something unexpected or counterintuitive is noteworthy in its continuance. Hence, the Updates post. Click to jump to info on the latest from a rare collegiate program focused on corporate travel, enhancements for Travel and Transport’s agent desktop tool, recent developments…
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You generally will not see interviews published here, but an opportunity that came up last week made an exception worthwhile. What follows are excerpts of separate interviews with top executives at the three largest travel management companies. We spoke by phone with American Express Global Business Travel president Philippe Chérèque last Monday, Carlson Wagonlit Travel president and CEO Kurt Ekert…
Sometimes the things we write about peter out. Sometimes more developments happen, but they don’t warrant an entirely new article. In other cases, something unexpected or counterintuitive is noteworthy in its continuance. Hence, the Updates post. Click to jump to United’s self-service portal enhancements, the next step for an emerging college-level corporate travel education program, Advito’s expanding collaboration with Cisco,…
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