BTS Masterclass- Room One
Masterclass Sessions- Room One-
11.00-12.00: SMMPs
• Developing a Framework for Implementing an SMMP
• M&E policy development & communication
• Utilisation of internal and external meeting space
13.00-14.00: Procurement
Winning Procurement Methods and Practices
• Delving beyond the standard blueprint for negotiated deals to identify alternative buying methods – hedging, up-front allocations and collaborative buying
• What can business travel buyers learn from procurement practices and methods in other industries?
15.15-16.15: Traveller Safety
Taking Control of your Business Traveller’s Safety and Security
• Reconciling Travel/Security objectives with Traveller needs
• Holistic security management – pre-trip intelligence gathering, traveller tracking, security training and emergency response
• Strategies for identifying and mitigating risk in an increasingly volatile travel environment
• Ensuring co-operation and collaboration of internal stakeholders… inside and outside the boardroom
• Empowering travel directors and security managers with the data and tools they need to ensure traveller safety
• Leveraging multiple channels to communicate with travellers
• Scenario planning – a look at potential risks and possible solutions
• Simplifying security in your travel programme to meet duty of care obligations
Masterclass Sessions- Room Two
11.00-12.00: SBTs
Self Booking Tools – latest developments and practices
• Is an SBT right for you - what functionality should companies be looking for, and reconciling need with expectations
• Buying SBTs – what to look for
• The latest developments in content and functionality
• How are self-booking tools are working harder to improve compliance
• Latest developments, recent successes and failures
Clare Murphy, Co-Founder, Bouda
13.00-14.00: Green Issues
Measuring the Costs and Results of your Green Travel Policy
• The latest tools available to help measure and track your carbon footprint
• Using data to align sustainability and cost controlv
• Lessons to learn
15.15-16.15: RFPs
RFPs – assessing benefits and potential pitfalls
Hubb Smeets, Consultant, Netherlands
BTS Masterclass- Room Two
11.00-12.00: Hotel Programmes
Maximising the Cost Effectiveness of your Hotel Programmes Post-Downturn
• How will the economic upturn impact price changes?
• What can travel buyers do prepare for new agreement structures, negotiation and procurement strategies
• How can corporate travel managers obtain greater leverage from their
hotel programmes to gain greater value and savings
12.15-14.15: Data Sourcing and Management
Using Data to Optimise Global Reporting and Empower Decision-Making
• Data sourcing – what do you need, where can it be sourced?
• How hard is it for travel buyers to source data to quantify total cost of trip?
• Multiple data sources VS consolidation - the pros and the cons
• What can travel program data really tell you and how can you leverage this information in your global travel program
• Automating, consuming and interpreting and manipulating data to
inform corporate strategy and policy
• Future models and ways that suppliers can help to overcome ambiguity in price comparisons
15.30-16.30: Compliance
Policies and Strategies to Optimise Global Travel Management and Drive Down Costs
• How total trip cost, project cost and days-in-country reports can streamline traveller compliance and the accuracy of expense reporting
• What role has end-to end played in helping to drive compliance and give travel mangers more control over travel spend?
• Reconciling travel compliance and local legal regulations