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Conference programme unveiled for Business Travel Show
Open Skies, corporate social responsibility, the green agenda, corporate manslaughter litigation, risk mitigation and duty of care are issues that will be explored in a three-tier conference programme at next year’s Business Travel Show.
The London show, which takes place at Earls Court 2 from February 5-7, will run a daily conference programme, with a series of animated debates and interview sessions and 24 case studies focusing on the most crucial business travel topics.
Companies participating in the conference programme, including the case studies, include Advito, BCD Travel, British Airways, Continental Airlines, DEFRA, Expedia Corporate Travel, ITM, Radius Corporate Travel, Virgin Atlantic, and Yahoo.
New for 2008 are training and skills workshops specifically for PAs and travel bookers.
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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