Sunday August 3, 2008
LIVE from the NBTA
International Convention
& Exposition at the Los
Angeles Convention
Center Listen in at 9 am Pacific
Time, noon
East Coast Time
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Scroll down to listen to each
of the guests
Sandy Dhuyvetter,
Host and Executive
Producer
of TravelTalkRADIO
Welcome to our second
installment of National
Business Travel
Association Radio. Our
guests this week include
some of the most
influential figures in
the travel and tourism
industry, including
Scott Duffy, Founder and
CEO of Virgin Charter
and Mike Pratt, VP of
Sales for Magnolia
Hotels. Enjoy the show!
Segment 1 - approx
6 min.
Sandy and Patrick at the
Westin Bonaventure Hotel
in L.A. near the Los
Angeles Convention
Center where the
convention was held.
Learn about
SunTrust's
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business
management
solution, the
Enterprise Spend
Platform,
designed for the
leisure traveler
who still needs
to be connected
to the office.
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for more
information.
Segment 2 - approx 7
min.
SunTrust Banks, Inc.,
with total assets of
$179.0 billion on March
31, 2008, is one of the
nation’s largest and
strongest financial
holding companies.
Through its banking
subsidiaries, the
company provides
deposit, credit, trust,
and investment services
to a broad range of
retail, business, and
institutional clients.
Other subsidiaries
provide mortgage
banking, brokerage,
investment management,
equipment leasing, and
capital market services.
Adam Salerno, Business
Liaison for the U.S.
Department of Homeland
Security
Sandy and
Adam discuss the
Mobile Boarding
Pass and the
Global Entry
Program.
Segment 4, 5 & 6
- approx 22 min.
Adam W. Salerno is a
Business Liaison to the
Private Sector Office at
the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS).
He focuses on issues
related to travel and
tourism, Immigration,
Model Ports, Customs and
Border Protection and
the Transportation
Security Administration.
In this position he
functions as both an
advisor to and an
advocate for the private
sector inside of DHS. He
is involved in projects
to improve border
security and increase
efficiency and is
committed to creating
public private
partnerships in an
effort to finding new
innovative ways to
facilitate traffic and
secure our ports of
entry. Mr. Salerno has
worked with the Secure
Borders Open Doors
Advisory Counsel (SBODAC).
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to MP3 file
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to
WMA
file
Adele Black, President of the
Affluent
Hospitality Group
Segments 7 - approx 6
min.
Adele Black, a dear
friend of the business
and representative of
some of the best
boutique products all
over the world. We are
adding her services to
our content and will be
publishing Adele Blacks,
Affluent Hospitality
Group Directory in the
next week. Click
HERE
to see Adele's signature
collection. Listen in to
here more about BlueBay
Hotels and Resorts.
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to MP3 file
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to
WMA
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Mike Pratt, VP of Sales and
Marketing,
Magnolia Hotels
Segments 8 - approx 7
min.
Magnolia Hotels is a
privately-held hotel
management and
development company
headquartered in Denver,
Colo. The current
portfolio of Magnolia
Hotels is comprised of
four-star, award-winning
independent hotels, all
situated in historic
buildings and prime
downtown locations.
Magnolia Hotels'
philosophy is to offer a
distinct contrast to the
humdrum of large
nationwide chains. The
Magnolia hotels' core
business district
locations, along with
the trademark Magnolia
style, comfort,
personality and
unparalleled value, make
Magnolia properties a
favorite among a wide
spectrum of visitors.
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DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA
with host Sandy Dhuyvetter
Sandy Dhuyvetter named NBTA International
Correspondent
(July 18, 2008 – San Diego, CA) –
TravelTalkMEDIA announced today that Sandy
Dhuyvetter, Executive Producer and Host of
TravelTalkMEDIA, RADIO and TV, has been
named the National Business Travel
Association’s International Correspondent
for the NBTA International Convention &
Exposition, to be held in Los Angeles at the
end of this month.
It's another perfect
pairing. Sir Richard
Branson, maverick,
visionary, and founder
of Virgin — one of the
most loved brands on the
planet — meets Scott
Duffy, ultra–successful
high–tech entrepreneur
and closet Neil Diamond
fan. Sparks fly. A
business is born. And
the way private charter
air travel is bought and
sold is never the same
again. Virgin Charter is
made up of former NASA
rocket scientists (for
real), engineers, and
razor–sharp business
guys and gals from
Google, Yahoo!, eBay,
Expedia and more.
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to
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Dennis Owen,
Cathay Pacific Vice
President Marketing for
the Americas
Segment 10 - approx 9
min.
American Roy C Farrell
and Australian Sydney H
de Kantzow founded
Cathay Pacific Airways
in Hong Kong on 24
September, 1946.
Initially based in
Shanghai, the two men
eventually moved to Hong
Kong and founded Cathay
Pacific Airways. Legend
has it that Farrell and
a group of foreign
correspondents thought
up the airline's unique
name in the bar at the
Manila Hotel! The new
company began to operate
passenger flights to
Manila, Bangkok,
Singapore and Shanghai.
Expansion was fast and,
in 1948, one of Hong
Kong's leading trading
companies, Butterfield &
Swire (today known as
the Swire Group) took a
45% share in the
company. The 1960s
represented our coming
of age. Between 1962 and
1967, business grew at
an average rate of 20
percent a year.
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Michael Sinclair,
Marketing Director,
China One Call
Segment 11- approx 8
min.
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a 24/7 telephone link to
professional English &
Mandarin speaking staff
who can communicate on
your behalf. Using
chinaONEcall will
enhance your stay in
China, whether on
business or for
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there be an obstacle in
your way, no more
puzzled expressions and
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uncomfortable smiles at
the impatient taxi
driver, ticket clerk,
waiter, shop assistant
or hotel receptionist.
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list of tariffs.
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Sandy Dhuyvetter, Host and
Executive Producer
of TravelTalkRADIO
Sandy with friends at
the
Westin Bonaventure in
L.A.
Segment 12 - approx 4
min. Patrick Peartree, TravelTalkMEDIA's
Vice President
of Operations, joins Sandy at
the NBTA International
Convention
and Exposition
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to MP3 file
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to
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Sandy
Dhuyvetter, Executive
Producer and Host of
Popular TravelTalkMEDIA
Programming, Will Fly
Aboard the Newly
Outfitted Emirates
Airline Airbus A380
During Aircraft’s
Inaugural Flight from
Los Angeles
(August 03, 2008 – Los
Angeles, CA) –
TravelTalkMEDIA
announced today that
Sandy Dhuyvetter,
Executive Producer and
Host of TravelTalkMEDIA,
RADIO and TV, will fly
aboard the newly
outfitted Emirates
Airline Airbus A380
during the aircraft’s
inaugural flight from
Los Angeles on Tuesday,
August 5.
About the event, Ms.
Dhuyvetter said, “The
TravelTalkMEDIA team and
I are totally excited,
as you can imagine, to
take part in this
historic event. We plan
on filming as much of
this experience as
possible to show our
audiences the all the
features of the Airbus
A380. We’ll experience
first-hand the many
amenities that this
aircraft offers as the
A380 ushers in as a
whole new era of comfort
for airline passengers
previously only enjoyed
on private jets.”
The A380 seats 489
passengers (14 first
class, 76 business class
and 399 economy class)
in an upper and lower
deck, three-class
configuration, and
offers top-of-the-line
comfort, including
fully-equipped bathrooms
with shower facilities
and two lounges for
first and business class
passengers with full bar
service, sofas and a
42-inch LCD screen.
When Sandy and the TravelTalkMEDIA Crew stay in
L.A., they stay at the luxurious boutique hotel,
The Belamar, in Manhattan Beach. Surf on
complimentary high-speed Internet, slumber away in
down comforters and 350+ thread count linens or dine
supreme at the hotel's "Second
Story Restaurant".
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