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GBTA: China to Surpass U.S. as Top Business Travel Market by 2016

October 25, 2013· · tags: asia, Business travel, china, corporate events, Strategic Meeting Management, Top Business Travel Market
GBTA has published its fourth GBTA BTI Outlook – China 2013 H2 report, which offers some insights for corporate travel professionals and the broader business community into both short- and long-term trends in Chinese domestic and international outbound business travel activity.   Highlights from the report, which was sponsored by Visa, include:   · After expanding by 7.5 percent in Q2 of 2013, China’s economic growth has consolidated, and is expected to register between 7 percent and 8 percent for the full 2013 year.   Read More
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IMEX kicks off with Exclusively Corporate event

May 22, 2013· · tags: Asia Pacific, corporate events and meetings, Exclusively Corporate, Japan, London & Partners, Strategic Meeting Management, travel and meetings
Face-to-face meetings and proving your value as a planner were among the hot topics at the first ‘Exclusively Corporate @IMEX’ event, which kicked off the trade show yesterday (Monday).   As part of the new one-day education event in Frankfurt, a panel discussed important issues faced by corporate buyers and the first session of the event was broadcast live online and sponsored by London & Partners.   The panel was made up of Meredith Smith, director of travel and meetings, Asia Pacific and Japan for Merck; Alise Long, manager, corporate events and meetings for DSM, and Des Duggan, manager for education and staffing at IBM Inside Sales Europe. The event was moderated by Terri Breining, president of the Breining Group and Patrick Delaney, managing director of Ovation Global DMC.   Looking at current industry trends, the panel said Strategic Meeting Management (SMM) and technology were playing a major part in organising events. DSM’s Long said: “With the company I work for we are working hard on Strategic Meeting Management (SMM) and working with procurement and leadership departments, it’s not only about executing. SMM is still up and coming in Europe compared to the US where there are already a lot […]
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