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Corps. are fortifying meeting policies.

Publication: Business Travel News
Publication Date: 09-JUN-03 		Format: Online - approximately 979 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
The number of companies implementing new meeting policies or revising and strengthening bare-bones language appears to be on the upswing as corporate meeting and travel managers buttress verbiage to corral contract-signing authority and establish a central point for meetings management.

The scope and strength of such policies vary, ranging from simply defining a meeting and recommending actions to mandating specific processes and directing all related behavior. Yet, there is increasing evidence that such polices, historically neglected when compared with the traditional detail and emphasis on transient travel policies, have the attention of corporate executives.

"We are absolutely seeing that," said Jay Roseman, vice president of American Express Meetings & Incentives. "There's a focus on procurement, on tracking the meeting and on tracking cost savings, which is a good thing."

According to a recent Meetings Monitor survey of 101 corporate travel buyers, half indicated that their companies...

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