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One-On-One With StarCite CEO Gregory Dukat: StarCite Fights Mtg. Slump.

Publication: Business Travel News
Publication Date: 17-AUG-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Gregory Dukat, CEO of meetings management technology supplier StarCite, spoke this month to BTN editor Michael B. Baker about meetings management and StarCite's strategy.

Business Travel News: Are we past the worst of the so-called AIG effect?

Gregory Dukat: Yes, our perception of that would be that people can meet again, and they are beginning to meet again. However, there's a much greater level of comfort doing that where there's an understanding of control, visibility and savings. Companies know they have to have meetings. Whether it's a training event for their sales team or an event for prospective customers, they have to have those to be a successful company. They definitely want to put controls in place so they can get back to business and stop worrying about this. Even if it's questioned, they know they'll have their ducks in a row.

BTN: How has meetings management changed in this economy?

Dukat: Controlling meetings sounds like an easy thing, but organizations have been exposed partially...

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