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Travelport and Air Botswana sign full content agreement

Details: Category: Agency & Association; Created on Friday, 12 October 2012 09:19

Travelport, the business services provider to the global travel industry, has announced the signing of a new global full content agreement with Air Botswana, the national carrier of Botswana.
Effective immediately, the new multi-year agreement provides all of Travelport’s Galileo, Worldspan and Apollo-connected travel agents worldwide with access to the carrier’s full range of published fares and inventory.

Statesman migrates latest travel management acquisition to Travelport

Details: Category: Agency & Association; Created on Thursday, 11 October 2012 10:42

Successful migration completed in less than six weeks

Travelport, the business services provider to the global travel industry, and the rapidly-expanding Statesman Travel Group, have announced the successful migration of Commodore International’s business travel division, which was acquired by Statesman in October 2011.

Eventia launches Events in Action – a behind the scenes educational day

Details: Category: Agency & Association; Created on Thursday, 11 October 2012 09:41

Building on the success of the ‘Events in Action’ brand comes a unique one day training workshop from Eventia focusing on the delivery of a large event in a ‘behind the scenes’ style educational day to be held on Friday 30th November at London Hilton on Park Lane.

DCI Study reveals top international meeting locations and meeting planner perceptions

Details: Category: Agency & Association; Created on Wednesday, 10 October 2012 15:25

London, Barcelona, Paris, Singapore and Hong Kong Rank as Best Countries for International Meetings

Development Counsellors International (DCI) have announced the findings of a survey of meeting planners which reveals what places are perceived to be the best locations for international meetings while also profiling best practices for securing those meetings.Conducted by DCI, "Winning Strategies in Destination Marketing" is the first study of its kind to be released in the United States, which analyses the perceptions of North American meeting planners with global meeting planning responsibilities.

Peter Ducker to step down as HBAA Executive Director

Details: Category: Agency & Association; Created on Wednesday, 10 October 2012 09:40

Peter Ducker, Executive Director of the HBAA, has announced that he will be stepping down from the position following the Association’s AGM on 11th January 2013.
A founding member and passionate advocate of the HBAA, Peter was the Association’s first Chairman in 1997 and has overseen many key initiatives during that time.