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The pace of change has accelerated. Are you keeping up?

Dispense with pretense. Enhance your agility, vision and competitive advantage with knowledge and insight from corporate travel’s most experienced buyers featured in every Live LinkedIn Town Hall Episode.

Jay Campbell

Journalist & Co-founder
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David Jonas

Journalist & Co-founder
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Dan Booth

Journalist & Co-founder
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BTE Town Hall Episode #17 Banner

17th Episode: The Year of Living Expectantly

From TMC consolidation to tech convergence, this BTE Town Hall centers on the complications and opportunities buyers are facing in 2026.

December 18, 2025

Guest Speakers:

Patrick O’Halleran

Kevin O’Malley

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16th Episode: Take Charge of the Changes

Three travel managers counsel buyers to strive for trust but don’t surrender control in pursuit of content.

October 23, 2025

Guest Speakers:

Richard Clowes

Cathy Sharpe

Mark Ziegler

15th Episode: Onward & Upward: A Discussion of Career Mobility

How three travel buyers grew into leadership roles in areas like workplace culture, indirect sourcing and global administration.

August 27, 2025

Guest Speakers:

Nicki Leeds

Anna Price

Doug Weeks

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14th Episode: Rent or Ride? That is the Question

Two senior travel buyers dig into corporate travel’s changing ground transportation mix

June 11, 2025

Guest Speakers:

Kelly Christner

Steven Mandelbaum

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13th Episode: Closing the Policy Loop

A conversation centered on creating and updating travel policies – and how to keep travelers in the know.

April 16, 2025

Guest Speakers:

Nicole Del Sesto

Craig Banikowski

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12th Episode: Beyond Spreadsheets: Making Data Meaningful

Takes a deep dive into corporate travel data and how to make it work for you and your stakeholders

February 12, 2025

Guest Speakers:

Megin Dressel

Maria Chevalier

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11th Episode: Risk/Reward: Embracing Startups & Innovators in Corporate Travel

The successes, setbacks and trade-offs of working with new entrants

December 19, 2024

Guest Speakers:

Karoline Mayr

Pedro Ceron

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10th Episode: Command & Control: Where Corporate Travel Buyers Hold Sway

Discovering the flexibility that comes from dividing and conquering

October 21, 2024

Guest Speakers:

David Weaver

Cindy Heston

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9th Episode: New Challenges, New Thinking for Multinational Travel Management

Three leading corporate travel managers discuss global programs, data and the role of the TMC

August 26, 2024

Guest Speakers:

Faye Zeidlhack

Mark Cuschieri

Pedro Ceron

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8th Episode: NDC: Step Back, Step Forward

Buyers share lessons learned from American Airlines’ content distribution experiment and explore paths forward

June 10, 2024

Guest Speakers:

Richard Clowes

Dorian Stonie

Anna Kershaw

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7th Episode: People Skills, Technology Edge

To prepare for tomorrow, travel managers need to brush up on existing skill sets and acquire new ones

April 16, 2024

Guest Speakers:

Mat Domaradzki

Mihai Dinu

Lea McLeod

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6th Episode: Overcoming Old and New Data Deficiencies

In the current fragmented information market, there’s hope for tidying things up but not many quick fixes

February 7, 2024

Guest Speakers:

Steven Mandelbaum

Mark Ziegler

Karoline Mayr

Maria Chevalier

Dan Pirnat

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5th Episode: What Does and Doesn't Work in Traveler Engagement

Communicating effectively in today’s environment is part technology, part art

December 13, 2023

Guest Speakers:

Craig Banikowski

Yukari Tortorich

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4th Episode: Travel Policy in a New Age

Employee wellness, the hybrid work environment, expense reporting and ROI are driving changes across travel programs and policies

October 4, 2023

Guest Speakers:

Danielle Amoroso

Lindsay Balram

Pedro Ceron

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3rd Episode: Buyers & Suppliers: The Connection Still Matters

New strategies from travel providers complicate relationships for travel managers and their programs

August 2, 2023

Guest Speakers:

Mark Windsor

David McDonald

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2nd Episode: Managing Travel: A Clear Value Story

Three corporate travel professionals offer insights into the current and future merits of travel management and TMCs

June 12, 2023

Guest Speakers:

Sean Parham

Nicole Del Sesto

Martin Wagner

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1st Episode: Grappling with Changing Supplier Models and Platforms

A conversation about the changes in the way air travel is shopped and bought in the age of NDC

April 18, 2023

Guest Speakers:

Diane Lundeen Smith

David Weaver