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Facing possible pandemic, ACTE advocates action.

Publication: Business Travel News
Publication Date: 31-OCT-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
London -- The Association of Corporate Travel Executives. at its global conference here last week advocated that travel buyers prepare for two threats to worldwide business travel: airborne contagion and traveler security. As a result, ACTE has launched two task forces and is working with health authorities to educate travelers and their managers.

Referring to mounting fears around avian influenza, ACTE president Greeley Koch said, 'SARS cost the industry 8 billion [euro] and we do not want to see that happen again. Our position is one that is based on preparedness, not panic."

Task force leader Mark Williams, managing consultant for IBM Business Consulting Service, said, "Traveler tracking in place for security reasons can be set up to handle health issues. Also, if we know someone is sick on an aircraft, how can you alert other passengers? We have to work in conjunction with the airlines to make that happen."

ACTE is looking at disinfection standards that such travel suppliers as airlines and car rental companies could adopt. ACTE officials also discussed the findings of a recent survey of U.S. members in which 70 percent of respondents said they favored legislation that would allow...

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