Business travel vs. virtual meetings. How business travel is changing
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Business travel vs. virtual meetings. How business travel is changing

05/11/21 h 10:00 - 11:00

Untangling health passports, vaccines and distancing, business travellers need to leave the compulsory standstill behind. Companies, beyond the virtual opportunities offered by remote technology, need to re-budget their travel to give their business a new lease of life. What changes for business people? What are the challenges on a travel manager's desk?

 

Speakers:

Dario Bongiovanni, t&e consultancy;

Eros Candilotti, Gattinoni BT;

Giorgio Garcea, chief commercial & operations officer di Cisalpina Tours;

Gabriele Indrieri, country manager per Italia, Malta e Grecia Sap Concur;

Simona Zenoni, chief Sales&Marketing officer Bcd Travel.

 

Chair: Paola Olivari

 

 

Also available in English

 

Speakers

Dario Bongiovanni

T&e consultancy

Dario Bongiovanni is the founder and director of t&e consultancy s.a.s., a consultancy and organisation company specialising in business travel and the management of company business trips. With 20 years' experience in the business travel sector; he has held various sales, management and executive roles for international travel agencies and companies. In recent years, he has closely followed developments in the sector, both on the company and agency sides and has developed cutting-edge systems for analysing, controlling and certifying operational performance. Today, he is in charge, in particular, of the control dialectic between the purchasing chain and the operational chain, in the field of travel and entertainment expense management.

Eros Candilotti

Gattinoni BT

Eros Candilotti has over 30 years' experience in tourism. He has been with Gattinoni since 1991, and began his career in the travel agency sector, where over time he held increasingly qualified and business travel-oriented positions. In 2005 he was entrusted with the important project of opening, managing and developing the Business Travel Center of Gattinoni Travel Network, which he is still carrying out today. Within the Business Travel unit, he first held the role of Sales Director and now of Business Unit Director.

Giorgio Garcea

Chief commercial & operations officer of Cisalpina Tours

Since 2018 Giorgio Garcea has taken over as chief sales & operations officer of Cisalpina Tours, Bluvacanze Group. He started his career at Carlson Wagonlit, where he held several operating positions before being appointed sales & account manager. In 2000 he joined Hrg Italia, where he became senior sales manager before joining Amadeus as key account manager. In September 2010 he joined Cisalpina Tours, becoming sales director in 2013.

Gabriele Indrieri

Country manager for Italy, Malta and Greece Sap Concur

Gabriele Indrieri joined Sap Concur in 2020 as country manager for Italy, Malta and Greece with the role of running the three countries. Previously working in Digital Hr & Innovation for PwC in South EMEA and the UAE, he had the opportunity to monitor business development activities supporting clients across the Mediterranean countries. With more than 20 years of experience in technology and cloud companies such as IBM, SuccessFactors or Sterling Software, he has held senior positions focused on the digital transformation process. In this role, Indrieri is responsible for defining the strategic approach and right market positioning for Sap Concur to support companies seeking a digital transformation of their business travel experiences.

Simona Zenoni

Chief Sales&Marketing officer Bcd Travel

Simona Zenoni joined Bcd Travel in 2003 as marketing manager. Before that she grew up in tourism, taking her first steps at Cit Viaggi, moving from experience in chain hotels to cooperation in the leisure sector for exclusive targets. After a period dedicated to broader travel consultancy, since 2014 she has been at the heart of Bcd Travel's marketing and communication strategy, where she interprets the changes and opportunities of B2B travel, and since 2020 she has also been responsible for the sales area of Italy.