The 25 Most Influential Executives Of The Business Travel Industry, 2005
17.03.2010, 23:42
The roster of the 25 decision makers who exerted the greatest sway over the corporate travel industry in the past year constitutes an awesome lineup.
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While many on the list are obvious choices, Business Travel News editors had several tough judgment calls to make in picking this all-star team. The decision as to who is drafted onto this team is made solely by editors based on their assessments as to the degree of influence on business travel decision makers were perceived to have had.
BTN editors gave full consideration to dozens of nominations submitted by buyers, suppliers, agents and consultants, in many cases vetting nominations through interviews with informed sources and the candidates themselves.
The following profiles of the 25 most influential executives of 2005 document the individual efforts that together look like a highlight reel of major league accomplishment.
By adding up the importance and impact of the key decisions of the past year, business travel industry players and spectators can get a better understanding of how the playing field changed and where the game is going.
This is Prism Group president Michael Whitesage's seventh appearance on our annual list and Norman Mineta's sixth appearance—his fourth as U.S. Secretary of Transportation, and the only executive to return to the list from the year before.
This is StarCite founder John Pino's fourth, Concur CEO Steve Singh's third and Dolce International's Andrew Dolce's second appearance on BTN's Top 25.