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Buyers Not Yet Sold On Reg. Traveler.

Publication: Business Travel News
Publication Date: 10-SEP-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Many corporate travel buyers still are awaiting additional benefits to be included in the Registered Traveler program and further penetration at U.S. airports before they would consider adopting it on behalf of their travelers.

So far the program has been rolled out to only a handful of airports, and such technologies that would allow travelers to move through checkpoints without removing their shoes, laptops or coats remain to be approved. Yet, large U.S. airports are in the midst of initiating programs as new screening technologies are being developed with the aim of moving Registered Traveler beyond merely a front-of-the-line program.

Although vendors said several corporations have embraced the Registered Traveler--purchasing memberships for their travelers and hosting onsite enrollments--a recent BCD client benchmark survey of 219 travel executives found that only 3 percent reimburse travelers for membership.

Transportation Security Administration assistant secretary Kip Hawley told BTN that providers must continue to innovate...

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