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Travel Distribution In Canada. Duncan Bureau , Vice President Sales , and Owner, WestJet. Kevin Mitchell , Chairman , Business Travel Coalition. Jean Covelli , Travel Administrator , Rich Products Corporation; President , The Travel Team, Inc. Welcome!. Good Day! Agenda, Objectives
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Travel Distribution In Canada Duncan Bureau, Vice President Sales, and Owner, WestJet Kevin Mitchell, Chairman, Business Travel Coalition Jean Covelli, Travel Administrator, Rich Products Corporation; President, The Travel Team, Inc.
Welcome! • Good Day! • Agenda, Objectives • Webcast Participants • Speakers Today • About BTC
Speakers Jean Covelli, Travel Administrator, Rich Products Corporation; President, The Travel Team, Inc. Duncan Bureau, Vice President Sales, and Owner, WestJet
About BTC Travel Agent Magazine - January 4, 1999 A Spades's a Spade Kevin Mitchell, chairman of the Business Travel Coalition, has a reputation for calling a spade a spade. Mitchell cuts to the heart of the matter when he says the airlines' ability to cap travel agency commissions and raise the fares of their best customers is a result of industry consolidation.
Issue Background • At Issue • The Airline Perspective • Why Strategically Important; Why Hope?
An über Aggregator Model • The Press Release • Industry Questions to AC and GAL • Reponses • Unanswered Questions • BTC Published Analysis
Reason For Hope • Customers Deserve Better • Customer Successes; the UK Transformation • Unprecedented Collaboration on a Global Scale • Aggregator Model Is Worst-Case Scenario For Customer, Industry • Not A Done Deal
What Needs To Happen • AC / GAL Need To Answer Questions • TMCs, CTMs Need to Engage • ACTA on September 18; ACTE in Calgary November 19 • All Need to Support Greater Airline Competition in Canada • Email Me at mitchell@BusinessTravelCoalition.com
For More Information… Bryan Wolfenden, Director, National and Corporate Accounts, WestJet Tel: 905-364-2018 bwolfenden@westjet.com http://www.westjet.com/ Jean Covelli, Travel Administrator, Rich Products Corporation; President, The Travel Team, Inc. Tel: 716-862-7630 jcovelli@thetravelteam.com http://www.thetravelteam.com/ Kevin Mitchell, Chairman, Business Travel Coalition Tel: 610-341-1850 mitchell@BusienssTravelCoalition.com http://businesstravelcoalition.com/ Association of Canadian Travel Agencies http://www.acta.ca/ September 18, 2007