TRX Chairman Trip Davis to be Featured as Moderator at GBTA Sports Conference
ATLANTA, July 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- TRX, Inc. (www.trx.com) (OTCQB: TRXI), a world-leading provider of travel technology, process automation, consulting and data services today announced that Trip Davis, Co-Founder and Chairman, TRX, Inc., will moderate several panels at the GBTA Sports Conference 2011 on July 21-22, at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Davis will moderate the opening session panel "All Stars: View from the Top" featuring industry power players: Quinn Buckner, Vice President, Communications, Pacers Sports & Entertainment, Indiana Pacers; Ed Goble, Associate Athletic Director for Business Operations & Chief Financial Officer, University of Texas, Austin; Jonathan Mariner, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Major League Baseball; and Keith Martin, Managing Director of Finance and Operations, NCAA.
On Friday Davis will moderate the "Time Zones and the Sleepy Athletes – Travel Considerations with Professional Sports Organizations" which will explore the emerging role of sleep science in travel schedules for professional athletes.
In the "Pitching a Perfect Game - Communicating the Value of Your Sports Travel Program" panel Davis will engage John Anthony, President and CEO, Anthony Travel; Darla Montalto, Corporate Travel Manager, Major League Baseball; and Kevin Maguire, CCTE, GLP, Travel Manager for Intercollegiate Athletics, University of Texas; in a general session on how to communicate the value of a well managed travel program.
The GBTA Sports Conference will focus on the unique needs of the sports business travel sector. Sports business travel is a distinctive segment of travel management that represents a significant impact on the business travel industry. Because of this special industry segment, GBTA created the GBTA Sports Conference, a day-and-a-half conference designed to provide attendees, representing both professional and collegiate markets, with the tools and resources needed for success. The conference attendees will be able to network, discuss best practices and assess the current state of their travel programs. The educational sessions will bring new light to the unique challenges of the sports business travel industry, such as ancillary fees and managing risks faced by team travel managers in both transient and group travel.
About TRX
TRX is a world-leading travel technology and data services provider offering more than 20 software-as-a-service utilities for online booking, reservation processing, data intelligence, and process automation. We deliver our technology applications in an on-demand environment to travel agencies, corporations, travel suppliers, government agencies, credit card associations, credit card issuing banks, and third-party administrators. We provide patented savings maximization solutions via our travel analytics consulting practice, extending spend management services to travel buyers all over the world. We complement all of these offerings with a global workforce focused on travel process automation and re-engineering. For more information about TRX or to contact a TRX sales office, phone 404.929.6100 or visit the Company's website at www.trx.com.
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