The BSI Group is ranked #2 amongst the UK's hotel booking agencies with a £130m turnover and processing more than 950,000 transactions a ...
Project Objectives
To position BSI Group as thought leaders
To provide procurement with clear, concise yet detailed insights into key issues
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Testimonial
"It's important that our peers in the business travel and procurement industry have the tools to make informed decisions about the suppliers they ...
Trevor Elswood, Managing Director
Synopsis
Industry Eye is the name of a range of white papers, specifically developed to benefit procurement and travel managers. Papers have been published on ...
BTM Business Travel Market - Industry Exhibition & Conference
Client Profile
Business Travel Market is the only corporate travel event in the UK that offers a fully hosted programme to corporate travel decision makers from ...
Project Objectives
To establish the event in the business travel calendar
To create the perception of BTM as a European event
To drive ...
Testimonial
“We were very pleased with the response from the industry to the event. We have already received many booking enquiries from ...
Paul Robin, Founder & Event Director
Synopsis
From 16th – 17th June 2010, around 3,000 travel industry professionals will join 500 VIP Hosted Buyers at the ...
The Apartment Service is the longest established European booking agent for extended stay and corporate housing accommodation. Through a network of ...
Project Objectives
To position The Apartment Service as the leading commentator on the sector
To showcase The Apartment Service to corporate and trade ...
Testimonial
Serviced apartments are still something of an unknown quantity for many corporate buyers. A lot of independent research has been carried out in ...
Charlie McCrow, Managing Director
Synopsis
First produced in September 2008, The Global Serviced Apartments Report was, and still is the first-ever in-depth report on the global serviced ...
The HBAA represents the interests of the parties involved in the procurement and management of conference, meetings and accommodation in the UK and ...
Project Objectives
To generate incremental income
To establish commercial relationships with leading non-hotel brands
To protect ...
Testimonial
“Like most associations, HBAA is reliant on marketing income to fund research and expanding the range of member benefits. However, with ...
Peter Ducker, HBAA Executive Director
Synopsis
The HBAA provides a highly targeted strategic marketing channel - not one-off individual sponsorship ...
The HBAA represents the interests of the parties involved in the procurement and management of conference, meetings and accommodation in the UK and ...
Project Objectives
To promote best practice
To encourage and nurture innovation to advance the industry
To provide procurement with a ...
Testimonial
“These are interesting times for our sector and we need to make sure that the members of the HBAA are abreast of the sweeping changes that are ...
Steve Ockerby, HBAA Chairman
Synopsis
TIN is commisioned to write a series of reference documents to promote best practice and protocols for the hotel and venue booking agency community. ...
The BSI Group is ranked #2 amongst the UK's hotel booking agencies with a £130m turnover and processing more than 950,000 transactions a ...
Project Objectives
To enable BSI to communicate regularly with existing and potential clients
To position BSI as the leading commentator on the sector ...
Testimonial
"The launch of The Hive celebrates the development of BSI as a specialist hotel booking agency into a group of companies focused on delivering ...
Trevor Elswood, Managing Director
Synopsis
The Hive is the official magazine of the BSI group of companies providing news, analysis, comment and debate on the accommodation, meetings & ...
South Trafford is a medium sized college offering a wide range of full and part time courses to around 12,000 sixth form and adult learners across the ...
Project Objectives
To offer hospitality course students an insight into key industry issues
To promote the college to adult learners within the ...
Testimonial
“We approached TIN to bring a new dimension to the seminars we offer to our students, and to those already working in the hospitality sector. ...
Kay Johnson, Manager Hospitality Section
Synopsis
HOW TO GET MORE FROM AGENTS
Travel Management Companies (TMCs), Hotel Booking Agents (HBAs) and Venue ...
Grass Roots HBI - Venue Placement & Event Management Co
Client Profile
With a turnover of £284 million, Grass Roots Group is the UK’s market leader in meetings and events management and has offices in 16 ...
Project Objectives
To showcase Grass Roots services to FTSE top 250 companies
To build Roots reputation as experts in meetings management
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Testimonial
"Since Hotel Brokers commissioned TIN to create and produce the first Meetings Industry Report in 2007, this consistently excellent publication ...
Des Mclaughlin, Managing Director
Synopsis
The third edition of the Grass Roots HBI Meetings Industry Report was distributed to over 2,000 procurement heads, training/HR directors, managers and ...
Grass Roots HBI - Venue Placement & Event Management Co
Client Profile
With a turnover of £284 million, Grass Roots Group is the UK’s market leader in meetings and events management and has offices in 16 ...
Project Objectives
To showcase Grass Roots services to FTSE top 250 companies
To maximise cross-selling opportunities across the Grass Roots Group ...
Testimonial
“The aim of the event is to bring together key audiences from across the events supply chain to address the key issues facing our industry, ...
Nick Bender, Managing Director
Synopsis
Following the success of the third annual Meetings Industry Report published by Grass Roots HBI, the Meetings Management Forum launched in 2008. The ...
The Business Travel Magazine is a must read publication in the industry. Voted "Business Travel Publication of the Year" 12 months later, ...
Project Objectives
To expand the magazine's presence in the market
To create a marketing vehicle for the magazine to retain & recruit advertisers ...
Testimonial
“Following the success of last year's inaugural event we were delighted to confirm The Business Travel Magazine Golf Masters 2010 which was held ...
Dave Clare, Publisher
Synopsis
The Business Travel Magazine Golf Masters 2009 took place at Mannings Heath Golf Club in West Sussex on the stunning Waterfall course, voted one of ...
Traveljargon.org - Interactive Industry Dictionary
Client Profile
Traveljargon.org is a dedicated, interactive portal that aims to provide concise definitions of terms and acronyms both for people familiar with the ...
Project Objectives
To provide an online reference & education tool for industry professionals and academia
To build a community to exchange best ...
Testimonial
Professionals in every sector of the travel and meetings industries, plus corporate buyers, academics and intermediaries have used the tool and are ...
Maggy Sainsbury, Founder
Synopsis
Traveljargon.org is the industry’s s first fully-interactive jargon buster and has been developed for everyone in the travel business including ...
Just four months after launching, Traveljargon.org now has members in 80 different countries. Professionals in every sector of the travel and meetings industries, plus corporate buyers and intermediaries have used the database of over 11,000 concise definitions and terminology - and many have added new jargon and definitions of their own.
There's no need to scour the web any more because Traveljargon.org users can now search our new database for the flags of the world within the free global encyclopaedia of travel and meetings terminology.
Business and leisure travel are very different animals. But the corporate world need be a mystery no more because, from the end of May 09, Traveljargon.org users can search the site for business travel management terminology.
Maggy Sainsbury Maggy is an industry specialist with over 25 years business travel experience and is the founding partner of The Travel Intelligence Network.
Prior to her current role she held Global & European management roles in the Corporate, GDS, agency and airline sectors based in the UK, Europe and USA working for Diageo, Unisys, Galileo and British Airways
Before joining the travel industry Maggy held a number of positions in the media, focussing on UK National Newspapers and local radio.
Founded TIN Travel Intelligence Network 2005
Director Global Tvl Mgmnt, Diageo 1999 - 2004
European Travel Manager, Unisys 1996 – 1999
Global Travel Manager, Galileo 1987 – 1995
Reservations/Ops, British Airways 1977 - 1987
Mark Harris Mark Harris has been a communications specialist in the business travel industry since 1990 and is a partner in Travel Intelligence Network.
A former Marketing Director of Expotel, creating the award-winning Woman Aware scheme, from 2003 to 2008 he was Head of Marketing at the Institute of Travel Management, where he ran the association's annual conference. In 2005 Mark wrote the first reference book for corporate buyers of hotel accommodation and meetings space, and was voted the Business Travel Industry's Personality of the Year in 2006.
Mark is co-editor of TIN's Meetings & Serviced Apartments' Industry Reports and continues to help shape the evolution of Business Travel Market where he is responsible for marketing, sponsorship and content.