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Do you have news you'd like to share with your fellow LABTA members? A new job? A promotion? An award or recognition? Please send your news and photo to Jeff Sewalson at
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The following new members joined LABTA
in October.
Welcome!
Direct Member
Andrea Dunlap
Manager, Travel
Roll International Corporation
Mariles Krok
Senior Account Executive
Marriott International - Los Angeles Market Sales
Manager, Business Development
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NBTA's Chapter Challenge in On!
NBTA's 4th Annual Chapter Challenge, which runs from convention to convention (Sept. 2009 to July 2010), calls on all 42 chapters to engage their elected officials. Chapters that meet these five tasks will be recognized as NBTA 2010 CHAPTER CHALLENGE PARTNERS:
· 50% of membership sends a communication to one of their elected officials · Invite an elected official to speak at a chapter meeting or host an NBTA Government Relations focused meeting · Chapter sends a letter to their Representative or Senator endorsing an NBTA endorsed bill or vote · Chapter appoints a person to be the Government Relations liaison - completed (Frank Dolce is Legislative Affair Director for LABTA and the Government Relations liaison) · Raise $1,000 in PAC contributions regardless of chapter size - if each LABTA member contributes $10 to the PAC (personal funds only), we'll be sure to beat all the other chapters! Click here to make an on-line donation.
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 News from LAWA
FROM USA TODAY'S AIRPORT CHECK-IN COLUMN:
Los Angeles International says about 66% of its solid waste was diverted from landfills in 2008, slightly up from 2007 and moving the airport closer to its goal of achieving 70% by 2015. Read more...
OCTOBER ISSUE OF LAX CONNECTION E-NEWSLETTER AVAILABLE
The October issue of the LAX Connection E-newsletter is now available online at http://www.lawa.aero/connectionLAX.aspx. The newsletter provides information and news about Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) passenger services and new air service to the public and the travel-tourism industry. This month's issue features news on the launch of new LAX FlyAway service from Irvine, daily rate increase for Economy Parking Lots B and C, "Hitch" and "Scale" art installations on display in Terminal 2, Midwest Airlines relocation from Terminal 4 to Terminal 6, Aeromexico moving from Terminal 5 to Terminal 2, Continental Airlines changing airline alliance from SkyTeam to Star Alliance, and United's new Premier Baggage program for baggage checking. LAX, the sixth busiest airport in the world, offers more than 565 daily flights to 81 destinations in the U.S. and over 1,000 weekly non-stop flights to 65 international destinations. |
 Nov. 11:
2010 Industry Forecast Lunch Meeting
Join LABTA for next week's meeeting at Hotel Maya in Long Beach for an informative presentation from Advito.
The Advito 2010 Industry Forecast builds on a thorough understanding of the business travel market and the influence of global and local factors, providing clients with vital information for planning their travel budgets for the next year. Additionally, the forecast serves as a valuable reference for companies striving to source program components and manage costs and travel services in a volatile environment. Click here for more information and to register. |
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 L.A. Food Bank Drive:
Bring your Donations to the November Meeting
In support of the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, please bring nonperishable food items to next week's monthly event held at the Hotel Maya. With the generosity of our members, we will help provide our local community's men, women and children with a much needed meal or with the most basic of personal care items. Greatly needed items include:
�� canned protein such as tuna, sardines, stew, soups
�� peanut butter & Jelly
�� canned fruits & vegetables
�� fruit juices
�� staples such as beans, rice, pasta
�� personal care items including lotion, deodorant, toothpaste
Please ensure items are sealed, undamaged and are not nearing or past their expiration date.
Thank you for your support!
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Legislative Update:
How Can LABTA Help Make Congress More Pro-NBTA?
Whether or not we are politically "active", there is no better way than the NBTA PAC to support the candidates and the issues that impact our company's travel needs and business. Our contributions, combined with the donations from fellow LABTA members and NBTA colleagues from across the U.S., will help ensure that NBTA has the power to back those members of Congress who show leadership and commitment to the business travel community's issues. So let your voice be heard!
If all 258 members of LABTA donate $10 to the NBTA PAC, we'll exceed the chapter challenge and be sure to donate more than any other chapter! NBTA members can donate on a secure web site - click here to donate now.
LABTA members who are not members of the National Chapter can make out a check (personal funds only) and give it to Frank Dolce, LABTA Director for Legislative Affairs, at next week's meeting or any other meeting. You can also mail a check to the NBTA Chapter Challenge C/O LABTA 210 N. Glenoaks, Suite C, Burbank, CA 91040.
Each of the links below represent an important issue - click to send a message to your elected representatives. It only takes a minute and its FREE!
Educate your elected officials
NextGen needs to be implemented
Click here for the most recent NBTA Government Relations report.
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 Save the Date: Holiday Gala on Dec. 10
This year's LABTA Holiday Gala will be on Thursday, Dec. 10 at the Casa Del Mar Hotel on the beach in Santa Monica. Mark your calendar now! | |
 And Finally...Did You Know?
The first credit card was issued in 1951, but the idea of credit has been around for centuries.
Credit was first used in Assyria, Babylon and Egypt 3,000 years ago. The bill of exchange - the forerunner of banknotes - was established in the 14th century. Debts were settled by one-third cash and two-thirds bill of exchange. Paper money followed only in the 17th century. The first advertisement for credit was placed in 1730 by Christopher Thornton, who offered furniture that could be paid off weekly.
From the 18th century until the early part of the 20th, tallymen sold clothes in return for small weekly payments. They were called "tallymen" because they kept a record or tally on a wooden stick of what people had bought. One side of the stick was marked with notches to represent the amount of debt and the other side was a record of payments.
In the 1920s, a shopper's plate - a "buy now, pay later" system - was introduced in the United States. It could only be used in the shops which issued it. In 1950, Diners Club and American Express launched their charge cards in the U.S., the first "plastic money." In 1951, Diners Club issued the first credit card to 200 customers who could use it at 27 restaurants in New York. But it was only until the establishment of standards for the magnetic strip in 1970 that the credit card became part of the information age.
The first use of magnetic stripes on cards was in the early 1960s, when the London Transit Authority installed a magnetic stripe system. San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit installed a paper-based ticket the same size as the credit cards in the late 1960s.
The word credit comes from Latin, meaning "trust". Ironically. Almost half of all credit card disputes are about internet transactions.
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