Business Travel Trends and Forecasts New York

DECEMBER 2, 2019 - SHERATON NEW YORK TIMES SQUARE HOTEL

Brought to you by The BTN Group, the tenth annual Business Travel Trends & Forecasts New York is a one-day, buyer-focused conference designed to unite corporate travel professionals and provide a platform for information sharing. Attendees gather intelligence on industry developments, sharing experiences, challenges and solutions with peers in an open forum.

Speakers

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Agenda

Time	Session	Speakers
8:00 am - 9:00 am	Continental Breakfast/Registration
9:00 am - 10:00 am	Reconfiguring The Travel Distribution Plumbing What travel managers need to know as the pipes that pump content from suppliers to corporate travel programs take on new forms and functions in the era of New Distribution Capabilities.	Ann Dery, Director, Global Travel & Meetings, S&P Global Neil Guerin, Director of Distribution Strategy, American Airlines Yanik Hoyles, Director, New Distribution Capability Program, IATA Shari Meisner, Independent Travel Professional Moderator: Paul Tilstone, Managing Partner, Festive Road
10:00 am - 10:55 am	Hot Topics in Business Travel & Meetings Management An interactive discussion in which travel buyers air their primary concerns and discuss original BTN Group benchmarks.	Facilitators: David Meyer, Executive Director, Conference Content & Strategy, The BTN Group Louise Miller, Managing Partner, Americas, Areka Consulting
10:55 am - 11:25 am	Mid-Morning Break
11:25 am - 12:20 pm	Where Artificial Intelligence Meets The Road Experts discuss the challenges and opportunities for travel management in the application of AI to ground transportation today and tomorrow.	Dave Kilduff, CEO, DK Consulting Group Ohad Zeira, Vice President - Mobility and Fleet Ventures, Avis Budget Group
12:20 pm - 1:15 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm - 2:10 pm	Airline Industry Overview And Forecast Expert airline analyst Holly Hegeman, founder and publisher of PlaneBusiness Banter, looks at conditions and likely changes in the airline industry and what they will mean to corporate travel buyers in the year ahead.	Holly Hegeman, Editor and Publisher, PlaneBusiness Banter
2:10 pm - 2:30 pm	Mid-Afternoon Break
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm	The Most Influential Business Travel Executives of 2019 Make 2020 Forecasts BTN names the 25 most influential executives in the business travel industry, with several of them discussing expectations for changes in the year ahead.	Elizabeth West, Editor-in-Chief, The BTN Group
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm	Networking Reception