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Tams and Pilcher
to talk ‘crunch’ at
Statesman unveils
Advantage event
global network
SENIOR industry figures will discuss the
credit crunch and its aftermath during the
business travel session at next week’s Advantage
Adam Coulter.
clarity and standards to the management of
conference in Sitges. STATESMAN Travel has set up an international expenditure across international markets.”
British Airways’ UK head of corporate sales, travel management network called Travel Williamson said there were a number of key
Richard Tams, will sit on a panel which will also Solutions International. reasons for Statesman to move on to the world
include veteran travel buyer Tony Pilcher. TSI is a partnership of privately owned travel stage, including the ability to upsell to different
They will evaluate how the industry is coping management companies in Australia, Hong countries, international data consolidation to
with the downturn and how it should prepare Kong, India, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, UK access better fares, and the ability to purchase
to maximise opportunities when the financial and the US. fares cross-border.
climate settles. Two other high-profile figures The first meeting of all eight partners was Williamson previously ran TQ3 Travel
have still to be confirmed. held at Statesman’s UK office last week. Solutions with Statesman’s other joint managing
Norman Gage, Advantage’s director of business Mervyn Williamson, Statesman’s joint manag- director, Jon Langley. The pair bought Statesman
travel, said: “There’s a lot of talk about the ing director, said: “We all have existing clients in July last year.
industry being in the doldrums just now. that want to work with us on a multinational Williamson added: “We don’t intend to com-
“But we will discuss the key indicators which basis and many of the partners have previous pete with the mega-sized agents who are already
will lead us out of the other side. We can learn a experience in this sector. well established in the upper end of this market.
lot by looking back at how the industry emerged “We therefore have good commercial reasons “Our initial focus will be to work with existing
from the recession in the early 1990s.” to create TSI but we also recognise there is a clients and develop a strategy for new medium-
The session, called Weathering the Perfect limited amount of choice out there for clients size customers who recognise where we can add
Storm, takes place on September 27 at 12 noon. seeking a network that can provide consistency, value to their multinational travel programme.”
By popular demand, economist Jeff Grout has
been invited back to chair the session having
moderated at last year’s conference in Zurich.
There are a limited number of delegate spaces
still available for the conference.
ttgbusiness is out today
THIS month we look at dynamic developments
in the Far East, talk to the owners of Statesman
Travel and investigate the world of self-booking
technology. We go behind the scenes at BA’s
inflight food supplier, Gate Gourmet, we check
out Emirates’ new A380 business class and in
Your Career we find
out how to survive
the slowdown. Plus,
now there’s another
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a ttgbusiness Award: SABRE DEAL: Technology company Sabre Holdings has signed a lucrative 10-year deal
agent winners get with Dubai-based distribution division EmQuest, part of the Emirates group. The deal
a fabulous trip to means both parties will launch distribution services in South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania,
Shanghai! Uganda and Zambia. Pictured are Sam Gilliland, chief executive of Sabre Holdings, and
Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, chairman of Emirates airline and group
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