SKEMA Business School and DuntonTinnus consulting are pleased to announce a partnership to produce cutting-edge research and a first-time, innovative business travel industry paper.
The partnership is supported by the Association of Corporate Travel Executives as education partner. ACTE is a not-for-profit Association which represents the global business travel industry through its international advocacy efforts, executive level educational programs, and independent industry research. ACTE's membership consists of senior travel industry executives from 82 countries representing the €463 billion business travel industry. Our members serve more than 12 million business travelers worldwide. ACTE has representation in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Middle East and the United States. www.acte.org
The partnership will empower Executives in the Business Travel Industry through industry knowledge and learning from the best in the industry to support smart and efficient decisions, and exploit the full potential of cost savings and process efficiencies.
The study to be produced will be a guide to those who either buy or manage meetings, incentives, conferences or events (MICE) and/or business travel services in today's market focusing on merging both areas. Part of the research methodology will include 360 degree feedback surveys to assess the leadership and management strengths and weaknesses to improve performance, raise productivity, and reduce the costs of back-office and shared services functions. The paper will be released by fall 2010.
DuntonTinnus consulting delivers customized, qualitative and quantitative research on topics and issues pertaining to the tourism and business travel sector. DuntonTinnus consulting also provides independent and unbiased consultancy services to corporations aiming to improve business travel management and procurement processes. For co-branded studies and to gain access to several hundred travel executives please contact Christine Dunton-Tinnus at cdunton@duntontinnus.com.