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CORRECTION: LABTA members pose with Capt. Sullenberger at the NBTA International Convention in San Diego. Pictured (L-R) are: Craig Banikowski, Tom Shaw, Belinda Borden, Sullenberger, Therese Jacobson and Frank Dolce.
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The following new members joined LABTA
in September.
Welcome!
Allied Members
Julia Rodriguez-Buis Corporate Sales Manager
The Beverly Garland Hotel
Molly McCue
Carlson Wagonlit Travel
Daniel Stein
VP Worldwide Sales Exclusive Sedan Service |
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 News from LAWA
The next time your business takes you to Asia/Pacific, Europe, the Gulf Region, or Latin America, consider starting your trip or making a connection at LAX. With new world-class lounges for each of the three global airline alliances, plus one more for non-alliance member airlines, first, business and elite-class passengers at the Tom Bradley International Terminal will be able to keep up with the daily demands of business, with: · private conference and VIP rooms · free wireless access throughout the 11,000-17,000 square foot lounges · business centers with the full range of computer and communications technologies · a wide range of food and beverages, showers, and luggage storage And for those business travelers that can't access the alliance lounges, the recently-opened reLAX Lounge offers many of the same amenities for a standard rate of US$25 for three hours. So the next time your business takes you around the world, be sure to begin your trip or make a connection at LAX. Just because you might have a layover, that doesn't mean your business has to join you!
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 Oct. 14: LABTA's Monthly Meeting
Optimizing a Corporate Travel Program's Air Search & Reporting Process
With the current economic climate stressing corporations, corporate travel has become a favorite target for cost reductions through travel policy modifications. While well intended, these changes frequently miss optimizing air travel spend and become more of a barrier to travel versus truly strategically optimizing travel spend. This is a tactical mistake.
 Join Bryan Holmes, Broadcom's former global travel manager, on October 14 at 5:45 p.m. at the Sheraton Universal Hotel. He will demonstrates a new process for searching and communicating airfare options which will promote trust in the travel program, report savings opportunities in real time beyond standard reporting codes, and appropriately leverage web fares. This innovative approach resulted in significant costs savings at Broadcom and was presented at this year's NBTA convention in San Diego and was also recently featured in BTN magazine.
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 TAKE ACTION FOR PASSENGER RIGHTS:
Message from the
NBTA President & CEO
As you may already know, in mid August NBTA announced its support for the implementation of passenger rights legislation, including a turn-back rule for passenger planes on the tarmac for three hours. This was a change in position for NBTA as the association had previously resisted calls to legislate airline customer service. Thus NBTA has thrown its support behind the Snowe-Boxer language included in the Senate FAA bill, S1451, FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act. My predecessor, Kevin Maguire, CCTE, GLP, said, "For years the business travel industry believed the airlines and the federal government would work together to fix the problems that led to excessive tarmac delays, but enough is enough. When we've got travelers stuck on planes sitting on the tarmac overnight, it's clear the problem has spun out of control, and legislation is the best solution. We need to hold the airlines to a 'bright-line' rule that respects the basic humanity of passengers by preventing airlines from keeping them captive, which is exactly what the Snowe-Boxer language will do." I believe these delays and cancellations are a result of a much larger problem, the overburdened and antiquated Air Traffic Control (ATC) system. NBTA is fighting to see Congress adopt and pay for "NextGen" which will shepherd our ATC system into the 21st Century. But until that happens, the traveler needs basic protections. I ask you as a part of the business travel community to be the voice of the travel industry and contact your Senators and Representative and ask request their support for the Snowe-Boxer language. Warm regards, Craig Banikowski, CCTE, C.P.M., CMM NBTA President & CEO |
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Have You Visited
LABTA's Web Site Lately?
Volunteer Usha Jumani has been hard at work on the LABTA web site, adding more features to the home page and updating the site throughout. Stop by to take a look!
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 And Finally...Did You Know?
The rental car industry had its beginnings closely tied to Ford's introduction of the economical Model T in 1908. In 1916, a Nebraskan named Joe Saunders was supposedly the first person to start a rent-a-car business when he lent out his Model T to traveling salesmen. (Mr. Saunders' first customer is said to have been a salesman needing transportation for a date with a local girl.)
In September of 1918 in Chicago, Walter L. Jacobs, then only 22 years old, opened a car rental business. He began with about a dozen Model T Fords, repairing the cars himself, and by 1923 his car rental business was generating $1 million in annual revenues. The Yellow Cab and Yellow Truck and Coach Manufacturing Company, owned by John Hertz, acquired Jacobs' business. General Motors then bought out Hertz's Yellow Truck Company in 1926. The car-rental business became known as the Hertz Driv-Ur-Self System. Click here to read more. | |
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