2011 Annual Conference & Tradeshow

Celebrating 25 years of service to the Collegiate Travel Marketplace

Sunday, September 18 – Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Providence Biltmore, Providence, RI

Register Early & Save! $595 | Early Registration (Collegiate)

$445 | Second Collegiate Attendee

$750 | After August 15, 2011

$895 | Supplier Attendee

$1050 | Supplier Registration & Tradeshow

General Session Speakers:

  • Rick Barrera, CEO of Overpromise Inc., author and popular business lecturer

Rick and his company provide consulting that helps organizations, of all sizes, build cool, differentiated brands and create extraordinary customer experiences.

  • Vincent A. Cianci, Jr., former Mayor of Providence and author of Politics and Pasta

Academic administrators will relate to the challenges that faced Buddy Cianci as he embarked on a physical and cultural transformation of Providence, which earned recognition from Money Magazine as the “Best City to live in the East”.

  • Kevin Mitchell, Chairman, Business Travel Coalition

Background and context for recent developments in travel distributions that have potential strategic consequences for the managed travel community.

Highlights of 2011 Educational Sessions:

  • Is Your Travel Program Measuring Up: Solutions for effectively measuring your travel program
  • Smart Negotiating: Is a perfect Travel Management Company RFP Process Possible?
  • Making Travel Compulsory: Success stories from schools who found a way to make “mandate” a positive experience
  • Travel Professional Certification: A behind the scenes look at how one university empowered its campus users
  • Legislative Issues Impacting Collegiate Travel: Federal policy issues making the headlines in 2011
  • Building a Travel Program from Ground Zero? Where to begin, considerations, planning for the future...

Hotel Accommodations:

  • Providence Biltmore Hotel
  • $124 + Taxes
  • Reservations:

Attendee Information:

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The Society for Collegiate Travel and Expense Management is the premier professional organization created and run by academic institutions. The Society is dedicated solely to the needs of academic administrators responsible for the development and administering of travel and expense management programs in higher education. Unlike other organizations focused on academic institutions, SCTEM is focused on the unique challenges faced by academic institutions across all aspects of travel. SCTEM the only organization with this unique mission and strives to adapt to the needs of its participants.

The Society partners with travel related suppliers to network with collegiate decision makers, to educate and inform on current issues in the industry, enhance services, and recommend solutions that create financially beneficial partnerships.

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Please join colleagues from across North America at the SCTEM Annual Conference in Providence, Rhode Island.