Travel Weekly Digital Edition

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AMERICAN EXPRESS
BUSINESS TRAVEL
2006 Sales: $24.2 billion (based on public
information)
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Employees: N/D
Previous Ranking: 1

200 Vesey St., 48th Floor

New York, NY 11207

T (212) 640-1315 www.americanexpress.com

Executives

PRESIDENT, GLOBAL TRAVEL SERVICES: Charles Petruccelli

EXECUTIVE VP/COO: Priyan Fernando SENIOR VP/GENERAL MANAGER, BUSINESS TRAVEL, EUROPE: David Herrick SENIOR VP/GENERAL MANAGER, BUSINESS

TOP 10
STATE TRAVEL BUDGETS, 2006-2007
State

Hawaii

Pennsylvania

Illinois

Texas

Florida

Arizona

Colorado

New York

Louisiana

Virginia

Source: Travel Industry Association

TRAVEL, JAPAN, ASIA-PACIFIC, AUS TRALIA: Elizabeth Ray

SENIOR VP/GENERAL MANAGER, GLOBAL SUPPLIER RELATIONS: Andrew Winterton SENIOR VP/GENERAL MANAGER, BUSINESS TRAVEL NORTH AMERICA: Andrew McGraw

2006 Developments

• Launched the American Express Intelligent Online Marketplace, an e-commerce network for booking, purchasing and managing travel and related business services.

• Held its second annual China Business Travel Forum in Shanghai.

• The American Express Travel Distribution System model and its TravelBahn DS program emerged as differentiators for clients and partner suppliers.

Company Facts

• Publicly held.

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CARLSON WAGONLIT TRAVEL
2006 Sales: $22.1 billion (on pro forma ba-
sis, including acquisition of Navigant)
Employees: 19,000-plus
Previous Ranking: 2

701 Carlson Parkway
Minneapolis, MN 55305
T (763) 212-2197
F (763) 212-2409
www.carlsonwagonlit.com

Executives PRESIDEN T/CEO, WORLDWIDE: Hubert Joly COO, NORTH AMERICA: Jack O’Neill COO, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA, LATIN AMERICA: Richard Lovell COO, ASIA/PACIFIC: Berthold Trenkel EXECU TIVE VP/CFO: Douglas Anderson EXECUTIVE VP, TECHNOLOGY/PRODUCT

Budget (millions)

$70.7

$64.7

$49

$29.1

$24.7

$20.7

$19.4

$19.3

$19

$18.6

MANAGEMEMENT: Loren Brown EXECUTIVE VP, GLOBAL SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT: Mike Koetting EXECUTIVE VP, GLOBAL ACCOUNTS AND SOLUTIONS: Martin Warner VP, CORPORATE AND MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS: Isabelle Koch EXECUTIVE VP, HUMAN RESOURCES: Philippe Vinay

2006 Developments

•• ARC Sales: $8.43 billion. Acquired Denver-based Navigant International, which doubled the size of CWT in North America.

• Online transactions grew by 80% in Europe, 70% in Australia, 13% in U.S.

• Launched online booking tools in Japan and China.

• Hotel sales volume grew 17%. The number of entries in CWT HARP, the company’s global hotel database, increased by 13%, to 140,000 hotels.

• CWT Portal, a one-stop, Web-based entry point for travel managers and travelers that pro-

vides access to all CWT online services, became available in 12 languages. It is used by about 1. 5 million users in 75 countries.

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• CWT Portrait, an online profile-management tool, grew in availability to 43 countries. Registered users grew 82% over 2005, with 1. 7 million registered traveler profiles housed in the system.

• CWT Freedom, the company’s mobile product for business travelers, was enhanced. It now delivers travel itinerary information (including air, hotel and car bookings and destination-specific information) to Microsoft Outlook desktop calendars and mobile tools, including BlackBerrys, Palms, smartphones and Pocket PC’s.

• The CWT Diagnostic Tool was created and implemented, allowing clients to measure and benchmark their performances.

• CWT began providing post-trip carbon-emissions reporting, enabling clients to more effectively manage and offset their carbon footprint.

• CWT signed a preferred reseller agreement with iJet Intelligent Risk systems to enhance CWT Guardian, the company’s global security product. Enhancements include trip-specific information delivered to travelers before, during and after a trip and real-time travel alerts delivered 24/7 via e-mail or text messaging. • CWT orchestrated more than 9,000 events involving 570,000 participants. • CWT and sister company Carlson Marketing formalized an agreement to coproduce meetings and events in accordance with clients’ specific needs.