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Stone rolls out Universally. (Travel Management).

Publication: Business Travel News
Publication Date: 20-JAN-03 		Format: Online - approximately 781 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
London - With a responsibility for travel everywhere outside of the United States, Tom Stone--director of travel management for Universal Music International and chairman-elect of the U.K's Institute of Travel Management--directs much of his energy to finding the elusive balance between harnessing the benefits of a lever-aged global spend and allowing local markets to manage themselves. Stone considers his work to consist of two main duties: Acting as internal consultant and central repository of information for each national market and, he said, "being there when the wheels fall off."

An example of how he seeks this balance was with the selection of travel agencies after he joined Universal in January 2002. Stone decided against consolidating with...

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