With the doors of Olympia London open
for Business Travel Show, we present just a few highlights from this year’s
conference programme.
Wednesday, 26 February
1000-1100 – London Room – Rail Room
101
What are your gripes with rail? Have you always wanted an opportunity to air
your bugbears? Join this session to hear expert panellists deal with your Room
101 annoyances and debunk some common myths
1130-1230 – Pillar Hall – Make traveller
wellbeing a reality in your business
Travel managers increasingly understand that traveller wellbeing improves
corporate productivity and reduces risk. But how do you progress from awareness
to practical improvements, and how do you get senior management to back you?
This expert panel discussion is chaired by BTN Europe editor Matthew Parsons.
1300-1400 – Pillar Hall – NDC: Taking
the first steps to reality
After years of dispute and delay, the first corporate buyers and TMCs are
looking to book flights via New Distribution Capability. Hear directly from the
horse’s mouth about the breakthroughs and challenges they are facing, and how
this alternative approach to distribution could change the fares and services
you access. This expert panel session is chaired by Jay Boehmer,
editor-in-chief of The Beat.
1400-1420 – Wellness Retreat – Time to
THRIVE as a business traveller
Do you want to feel happy, healthy and energised as a business traveller? Join
this interactive mini-workshop to get an understanding of how to thrive and
start creating your personal travel well plan. Developing self-awareness, using
clever techniques, with effortless habits will inspire improvements in how your
body, mind and soul functions and feels - this is your passport to wellness.
Forget feeling isolated, exhausted and unhealthy. Love the life you have been
gifted and commit to feeling calm, playful, connected and passionate through
the four stages of travel, at home and on the road.
1430-1530 – Pillar Hall – Hotels: How
to solve corporate travel’s problem category
Lodging
seems to vex buyers more than almost anything else these days. From major
compliance challenges to selecting the right booking/management partners to
choosing between RFPs or negotiated rates, there are no easy answers. But get
it right and huge savings will follow. Our experts, chaired by BTN Europe
digital editor Molly Dyson, reveal their blueprints for making a success of
accommodation.
1430-1530 – London Room – Developing next-gen traveller profiles –
systems, services and security requirements for the journey ahead
Dynamic profiles which hold and instantly update detailed info about your travellers
will drive the truly personalised, omni-platform travel service of the future.
But where will this technology come from, what benefits will it unlock and how
do you deal with major challenges like data privacy? This far-sighted session
chaired by BTN Group editorial director Elizabeth West covers one of the most
important topics for today's advanced travel manager.
1600-1700 – Pillar Hall – What corporate travel technology will
look like in 2025 – and how to prepare for it
Digitalisation, AI, bots, blockchain... Technology
is always driving change in travel management, but now change is accelerating
faster than ever. A panel of visionaries set out how they believe you will run
your programme five years from now, covering policy, booking, payment, expense
and much more.