 | One-On-One With Sabre's Martin Cowley: Sabre Employs EMEA Growth Strategies
Martin Cowley, Sabre senior vice president for Europe, Middle East and Africa, spoke with BTN editor-in-chief David Meyer at October's Association of Corporate Travel Executives global conference in Rome about Sabre's prospects for growth in Europe. Cowley took on his current role about one year ago, after a career that includes nearly 20 years at Cathay Pacific. |
| ITMCs Step Up International Plans
The Internet travel management companies are accelerating international expansion plans for 2009 as many of their clients broaden the scopes of their travel programs and look to consolidate suppliers globally. Egencia, Orbitz for Business and Travelocity Business in the past several weeks announced different expansion approaches, but each so far focuses more on serving current clients than signing new clients outside the United States. |
| Qantas Eyes Corp. Demand, U.S. Access, Service Classes
Qantas Airways head of sales and distribution Rob Gurney spoke with BTN senior editor Jay Boehmer last month about Australian corporate demand, the impact of premium economy class seating on business travel and the effect of aircraft technology on the carrier's hope of serving U.S. interior points nonstop. |
| Chains Reluctant To Follow Marriott On International E-Folio
Multinational travel managers are urging hotel chains to follow Marriott's lead in providing e-folio data at properties outside North America, although hoteliers said they still need to be persuaded it would be a worthwhile investment. |
| Newsmaker: GetThere EMEA Gets Geall
GetThere this month announced the hiring of former Eurostar U.K. head of sales Jason Geall as its director of the Europe, Middle East and Africa division. |
| WestJet Partners With Oneworld For Corporate Agreements
WestJet this month partnered with the Oneworld airline alliance to tailor joint corporate agreements and discounts for Canada-based companies. WestJet, which is the second-largest Canadian carrier after Star Alliance member Air Canada, stressed that it is not officially joining the alliance, and a Oneworld spokesperson said the deal does not include codeshare or interline agreements. |
| Avion: Prism Data Use By Corporate Clients Grows In Europe
Fifteen of the largest corporate travel spenders, half based in Europe, have implemented Prism's seven-year-old Avion air data and contract management tool, and five of them have done so in the past two years. |
| Hilton Taps Carlson Exec Rinck As Asia/Pac Head
Hilton Hotels Corp. has appointed a new leader for its Asia/Pacific operations as it aims to quickly multiply its presence across the region. Martin Rinck began duties as president of Hilton Hotels Asia/Pacific in the company's Singapore headquarters on Nov. 17, overseeing 50 Hilton-branded hotels, leases and franchises in the region. |
| BTN Bestows Int'l Honors On Intel
Business Travel News this month named Intel global strategic sourcing mobility manager Megan Stowe the 2008 International Travel Manager of the Year during the opening session of the Association of Corporate Travel Executives global conference in Rome. |
| Marriott To Export E-Folio Data Capabilities
This month, Marriott International confirmed that it is poised become the first multibrand company to extend its electronic folio data capabilities outside of the United States as it upgrades and furthers the international integration of its property management systems. |
| Checking In: Slowdown Ahead For Asia/Pac Hotel Development Pipeline
The Asia/Pacific region should see 828 new hotels with 134,673 rooms open this year, with an additional 1,304 hotels with 311,203 rooms to open in the following two years, according to a pipeline report for the region that research firm Lodging Econometrics released this month. |
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