21-24 August 2011, Booth 601, Denver Convention Center, USA
Hogg Robinson Group (HRG), the world class corporate travel services company, will launch an enhanced suite of cutting edge travel management tools at the Global Business Travel Association’s (GBTA) annual convention from 21 to 24 August on booth 601.
Among those developments HRG will be showcasing is its newly improved Scenario Modelling Tool that enables clients to determine the most cost-effective way of gathering colleagues from across the world.
Delegates at the GBTA event in Denver will be given a demonstration of the enhanced version, which now includes data on 9,000 cities – giving users a wider range of meetings destinations to choose from – and an inbuilt CO2 calculator so that users can determine the greenest method of travel. The enhanced tool also includes information about which locations have video conferencing facilities, so that clients can choose to host their meetings in this way, where feasible.
An additional improvement is that the Scenario Modelling Tool is now standalone, meaning clients can access and use the tool by themselves from anywhere in the world.
HRG will also demonstrate further improvements to HRG i-Suite™. The product provides a personalized online travel assistant that delivers timely information and services to corporate travelers and travel managers. It delivers access to a range of tools from online booking, to reporting and traveler tracking, through one single point of access. At the GBTA Expo HRG will unveil how it is planning to extend mobile access to the i-Suite tool so it will be compatible with mobile web browsers, and devices including the i-Phone/i-Pad and Blackberry, by demonstrating a working application.
The GBTA annual convention is one of the premier events for the corporate travel industry in the US, attended by thousands of travel suppliers. This year’s convention is themed around ‘Elevating the Business of Travel’ and will include workshops, education sessions and demonstrations from some of the most influential individuals and forward-thinking organisations in the industry.
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For further information:
Sallyanne Heywood
Hogg Robinson Group
Tel: +44 (0) 1252 881 375/ +44 (0) 7825 401 215
Email: sallyanne.heywood@hrgworldwide.com
Tanya Brunet
Euro RSCG London PR
Tel: +44 (0) 207 467 9200
Email: blhrg@bisslancaster.com
Notes to Editors:
Hogg Robinson Group plc (HRG) is an award-winning international corporate travel services company which operates from headquarters in Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK. Established in 1845, HRG’s interests now relate to owned or controlled corporate travel services operations in 25 key driver/growth markets throughout Europe, North America and Asia Pacific supported by contracted partners in Africa, Middle East/West Asia and Latin America. The HRG worldwide network extends to over 120 countries.
HRG’s philosophy is to focus on its clients, underpinned by three differentiators – its people, its technology and its breadth of service. The company has experienced management and skilled operators together with a strong reputation for technology which it develops and owns in-house. In addition HRG is the only major travel management company to offer a real breadth and depth of services, all of which combine to serve every client around the globe delivering value, cost savings, efficiency and innovation, without compromise.
HRG’s portfolio of clients spans a broad range of industry sectors including but not limited to Automotive, Banking and Finance, Food Manufacturing, Media and Entertainment, Oil & Gas, Pharmaceutical, Retail and Telecommunications.