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INSEAD’s Professor Is Keynote Speaker For CTW 2003 International Line-up of Speakers for 6th Regional Conference

Singapore, 15 September 2003 – Paul Evans, Professor of Organisational Behavior at INSEAD in Fontainebleau and Shell Chaired Professor of Human Resources and Organisational Development, will deliver the keynote presentation at the 6th Corporate Travel World (CTW) Conference.

Managing Director Darren Ng from the organisers of CTW says, “ We’re delighted to have a very distinguished keynote speaker from an internationally renown institution to address the industry this year. INSEAD is widely recognised among the world's top-tier business schools and the only business school with full-fledged campuses in Asia - in Singapore and in Europe. ”

“ Prof Evans’ keynote speech on managing change in the Asian environment will set the scenario for this year’s theme of ‘Charting the New World of Corporate Travel, ” said Mr Ng.

Prof Evans has a PhD in Management and Organisational Psychology from the Alfred P. Sloan School of Management at M.I.T., an MBA from INSEAD, and he is a graduate in law from Cambridge University.

He is known as one of the world’s most influential scholars and teachers in the field of international human resource management, and his most recent book was published in 2002 – “The Global Challenge: Frameworks for International Human Resource Management”. His concept of harnessing tension, based on one of his articles, was recently singled out by a leading US publication as one of “the ten best business ideas”.

For the last fifteen years, Prof Evans has tried to spend two months each year undertaking research and teaching in the South-East Asian region, long believing that this region would become a hub of international economic activity.

With support from the National Business Travel Association in the US and the Australasian Business Travel Association in Australia, many international speakers from the US, UK, Australia and Asia are scheduled to speak on the changes and challenges that recent events have inflicted on the travel and tourism industry.

Corporate Travel World (CTW) 2003 is -scheduled to run from 2nd to 4th December 2003 at Meritus Mandarin in Singapore that is also the Official Hotel and the exhibition venue for CTW 2003.

CTW is a two-day conference and exhibition on Travel & Entertainment (T & E) management for the Asia-Pacific region. It is a platform for hundreds of corporate travel managers, travel agencies and suppliers to meet and discuss the impact of global and regional issues on the development of business travel into and out of the region

Notes:
Organised by TTG Asia Media, Corporate Travel World Asia-Pacific (CTW) will be held for the sixth year since its debut in 1998. It is Asia’s first conference and exhibition on T&E (Travel & Entertainment) Management and has been endorsed by regional and global travel managers as well as the National Business Travel Association (NBTA) in the United States and Australasian Business Travel Association (ABTA).

Objectives of CTW Asia Pacific :

• Help corporate travel managers to understand the importance of corporate travel management, hence get the best ROI from Travel & Entertainment expenses.
• Learn from international professionals and practitioners on travel policies and issues that are affecting companies within the Asia-Pacific.
• Help companies, big or small, to find better and more efficient ways to source for suppliers of travel products and services as well as to minimise T&E costs.
• Provide a platform for suppliers and delegates to meet, network and develop business relationships.

The National Business Travel Association (NBTA), established in 1968, is the leading educational, information and networking resource in the business travel industry. The mission of the organisation is to represent American corporations on issues of business travel and to provide industry research and educational offerings for corporate travel professionals.

The Australasian Business Travel Association (ABTA) is the authoritative voice of business travel management in Australia, and the industry’s foremost organisation committed to the personal development of skilled travel professionals.

For information on CTW, please contact:
Joanna Soh, Project Manager
TTG Asia Media Pte Ltd
9 Battery Road3
#17-02/12 Straits Trading Building
Singapore 049910
Tel: (65) 6395 7555
Fax: (65) 6536 0896
E-mail: ctw@tttgasia.com
URL: www.corporatetravelworld.com

For information on GTMEF and NBTA, please contact:
National Business Travel Association
110 North Royal Street, 4th Floor
Alexandria, VA 22314
USA
Tel: : (1 703) 684-0836
Fax: (1 703) 684-0263
E-mail: educate@nbta.org, info@nbta.org
URL: www.nbta.org

For information on ABTA, please contact:
Australasian Business Travel Association
P O Box 812
Rockdale NSW 2216
Australia
Tel: (61 2) 95991844
Fax: (61 2) 85095551
E-mail: abta@abta.com.au
URL: www.abta.com.au