2011 Articles
24 January 2011
The 25 Most Influential Executives Of The Business Travel Industry Of 2010
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This report appeared in the Jan. 24, 2011, edition of Business Travel News.
The 25 Most Influential Executives of 2010 is Business Travel News' 26th consecutive annual effort to identify the executives who most directly drove those changes, who forced the industry to take notice of and react to their decisions. The list of those executives is not a ranking; BTN is not measuring their relative influence against one another. An appearance on this list is not necessarily an honor; influence, after all, can be perceived positively or negatively, and this list over the years has hosted its share of disrupters alongside its visionaries and innovators.
Developing this list—the first compiled under the aegis of BTN's new parent, the Business Travel Media Group—began last autumn with multiple solicitations for nominations from the industry, of which we received quite a few. Director of research and media strategy David Meyer and BTN editors vetted each nominee, in many cases speaking directly with the person, to better identify and assess their impact on the industry. The list was finalized during a lengthy and occasionally raucous mid-December meeting of the entire Business Travel Media Group editorial staff. As always, measuring influence is a most inexact science, and we hope you let us know with which executives' inclusion you agree and those you think have been overlooked.
Business Travel News thanks all those who participated in creating this list including everyone who pitched a nominee to those who participated in the vetting process.
