NBTA Mexico, regional affiliate of the National Business Travel Association (NBTA) gave reporters a preview of the 2nd Annual NBTA Mexico Corporate Travel Conference, to be held January 21-23, 2008 at the Hotel Nikko, Mexico City. More than 200 attendees are expected to take advantage of the education sessions and networking opportunities offered at the NBTA Mexico Corporate Travel Conference.

Veronica Crespo, a member of the NBTA Mexico Board and North America Travel Agency/Technology Manager, Hewlett-Packard Company, said, “I look forward to the NBTA Mexico Corporate Travel Conference next week, because I know it will be the most important business travel industry event of the year in Mexico. The event was a tremendous success last year, and we will build on that success.”

Speakers at the NBTA Mexico Corporate Travel Conference will include the following:

Germán Dehesa, well-known Mexican actor and writer. Dehesa has had a prolific career as a comedian in film, TV and radio and has written more than 50 theatrical productions. For his role in the 1995 film "Cilantro y perejil," Dehesa was nominated for a Silver Ariel Award, the national film award in Mexico. Having also served as editorialist for several Mexican newspapers, Dehesa was awarded the Parliamentary Journalism Award in 1998.

Tom DePasquale, Executive Vice President of Technology at Concur. DePasquale was the founder, president and CEO of Outtask, Inc., which was acquired by Concur. DePasquale has more than 25 years of experience applying technology solutions to address global business and industry challenges. As the architect of the Cliqbook corporate travel management application, which currently supports over 2,000 corporations word wide, DePasquale has led the industry to deliver on the promise of end-to-end paperless and keyless expense management.

Dr. Lorenzo Meyer, distinguished professor and researcher in social sciences. As an analyst of the Mexican political system, particularly the transition from authoritarian to a democratic regime, Dr. Lorenzo has had more than 120 chapters and articles published in academic publications. He has authored several books on international relations of Mexico with the United States, England and Spain, as well as the political and social history of Mexico during the 20th Century. Dr. Lorenzo is also an editorialist for several of Mexico's largest newspapers, as well as a TV and radio commentator.

Education sessions will include the following:

 

• Justifying the Value to your CFO
• Technology Is Not a Solution, It Is an Enabler
• Industry Hot Topics
• When and Where to Buy Air Travel in Mexico
• Travel Security and Visa Solutions

 

The first NBTA Mexico Corporate Travel Conference was hosted by NBTA in January 2007, before the formation of NBTA Mexico. The great success of that event led to the formation of NBTA Mexico later in the year. NBTA Mexico was launched in July 2007 and now acts as organizer for the NBTA Mexico Corporate Travel Conference as well as other events to serve the Mexican corporate travel management community.