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- Xavier Bon
Hotel Rex
- Georgie Faine
Starwood Hotels – SF
- Mark Prudhomme
Radisson San Francisco Airport
- Carolyn Yim
Mammoth Mountain Ski Area
- Karen Seidman
RichRelevance
- Toni Escamilla
Red Roof Inn-SF Airport
- Mark Christensen
Concur
- Kari Strong
Joie De Vivre Hospitality
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| FEBRUARY BABTA MEETING |
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Please Join Us at the February BABTA Meeting
Wednesday, February 17th at 5:30 pm
Le Meridien San Francisco
Dinnerwill be held in the Park Grill restaurant at Le Meridien San Francisco
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| Social Networking - Pros, Cons, Uses |
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Social Networking - A useful strategy for managing your travel program, as long as you understand some of the challenges you will face and the pitfalls to avoid.
Social networking has come to the forefront of our lives as we connect and re-connect with colleagues, possible employers, and family and friends from the past and present. Whether or not you are a supporter of social networking, its importance and influence affect our daily communications.Catherine Keane with American Express Business Travel, will speak about the use of social networking technology to manage travel programs, and the social networks that can be useful to you and your company She will also discuss the things you should avoid, what you can achieve on a personal and professional level. and will review some case studies of successful and unsuccessful social networking attempts.
Catherine Keane has been with American Express since 2008. She is currently a manager on the Global Marketing Services team and specializes in product development and marketing for Business Travel ConneXion, the American Express social network for business travel. This includes researching relevant tools and content for travel managers, integrating these tools and content into the platform, driving engagement strategies and increasing the membership base.
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| OUR MISSION |
The Bay Area Business Travel Association’s programs are designed to further the understanding of corporate travel management practices and trends. BABTA provides opportunities for corporate travel suppliers and purchasers to share perspectives on pertinent industry topics. Membership criteria help maintain an equal balance between the two groups, thereby providing views from all vantage points.
Founded in 1975, the organization has over 200 members from different locations in the San Francisco Bay Area, representing firms in all types of business: manufacturing, insurance, utilities, banking, computer hardware and software, biotechnology, law and construction. BABTA is affliated with the National Business Travel Association. |
| NATIONAL BUSINESS TRAVEL ASSOCIATION (NBTA) |
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The National Business Travel Association (NBTA) is the world’s premier business travel and corporate meetings organization. NBTA and its regional affiliates – NBTA Asia Pacific, the Brazilian Business Travel Association (ABGEV), NBTA Canada, NBTA Mexico, and NBTA USA – serve a network of more than 15,000 business travel professionals around the globe with industry-leading events, networking, education & professional development, research, news & information, and advocacy.
NBTA members, numbering more than 4,000 in 30 nations, are corporate and government travel and meetings managers, as well as travel service providers. They collectively manage and direct more than US$200 billion of global business travel and meetings expenditures annually on behalf of more than 10 million business travelers within their organizations.
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Our Meeting
Hosts & Sponsors!
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February Drawing Prizes!
BABTA Partner Donors
Maria Benson, Continental Airlines
One Airline Ticket
Nicolle Judge, SkyPark
VIP Parking Pass
Will Cai, FastTrak
One Year Parking
Pete Gamez, Joie de Vivre Hospitality
Two Nights Hotel Los Gatos
Jenny McFarland, Kimpton Hotels
Two Nights Serrano Hotel
Maurice Brewster, Mosaic
Rountrip Airport Transfer
BABTA Monthly Donors
Amy Harding, Le Meridien
(February Host Venue)
One Night Le Meridien SF
Valerie Parkhurst, Clift
One Night Clift Hotel
Susan Chickeles, Carino Hotels
One night, Liberty Hotel
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