Issa Jouaneh, vice president, Strategic Meetings Management and Solutions, American Express Business Travel

American Express Businesss Travel
New York
(212) 640-2000
www.americanexpress.com/businesstravel
Founded: 1916
Leadership: Charles Petruccelli, president, Global Travel Services; Priyan Fernando, president, Customer Group, and COO, American Express Business Travel
At a glance: American Express Business Travel, a clear industry leader in meetings and business travel management, in June announced an AEBT–Maritz Travel partnership program called MaXvantage. The program is focused on end-to-end strategic meetings management services, helping companies with centralized sourcing, meeting planning, and data analysis. In July, AEBT put the spotlight on meetings with a month-long event hosted on its online corporate travel community, businesstravelconneXion.com (btX), called “Meetings Month.”

Corporate meetings in 2008: 17,000+ including 9,500+ in North America
Meeting and incentive travel programs held outside the U.S.: N/A
Room nights booked for meetings and incentives: 664,000 in North America
Full-time employees: 600

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