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2006 Press Releases
28 March 2006
Carlson Wagonlit Travel Launches CWT Connect® for Small and Mid-Size Companies Across
Europe
Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), a world leader in business travel management, has launched CWT
Connect®, a packaged solution for the mid-market, the company announced today. The launch
took place simultaneously in 13 countries throughout Europe.
20 March 2006
Carlson Wagonlit Travel Reports Significant Growth in 2005 and Strong Progress on Strategic Fronts
Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), the world’s second-largest travel management company, announced today strong growth in 2005 and significant progress in the implementation of its CWT 007 development strategy.
01 March 2006
Carlson Wagonlit Travel Teams Up with GetThere for Online Corporate Travel Reservation System
Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) signed a reseller agreement with GetThere to offer
clients worldwide enhanced flexibility in their choice of online booking systems, the travel
management company announced today. The GetThere online corporate travel reservation system
is available to CWT clients in America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America and is offered in
languages. The GetThere system complements CWT’s proprietary online booking tool
CWT Horizon, which is available in the United States and Canada.
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23 January 2006
CWT Business Travel Indicator - Regional Results
Please view the attached PDF for break-down of regional findings around the
world. For the purpose of reporting these results, regions are defined as follows: Europe (France,
Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom); Asia Pacific (Australia, China, India, and Japan);
Latin America (Brazil, which represents 50 per cent of the business travel market for the region);
and North America (Canada and the United States).
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23 January 2006
CWT Business Travel Indicator reveals optimism about business travel growth around the globe in 2006
Whether you are a business traveller from London, New York, Rio de Janeiro
or Beijing, you have more in common than not with your flying brethren across the globe.
Security queues and flight delays top the list as the events that most negatively affect
travel.
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Carlson Wagonlit Travel to acquire Navigant International for US$16.50 per share in all cash transaction valued at US$510 million
Two global leaders in business travel management, Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), and Navigant International, Inc. (Nasdaq: FLYR), doing business as TQ3Navigant (Navigant), announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement whereby CWT will acquire all outstanding shares of Navigant for $16.50 per share.
04 May 2006
Latest Addition to Newly Formed UK Senior Management Team Announced
- Jennifer Charlton joins as Director of Business Development UK -
In the latest phase of Carlson Wagonlit Travel’s strategy for aggressive growth Executive Vice President UK, Andrew Waller, has appointed ex Thistle Hotels Global Director of Sales, Jennifer Charlton as Director of Business Development UK. Jennifer joins the newly restructured senior management team, unveiled last month, to focus on driving forward CWT’s business specifically in hotels and the meeting, incentive, conference and event (MICE) space as well as taking overall responsibility for industry supplier relations.
09 August 2006
Carlson Wagonlit Travel Finalizes Acquisition of Navigant International
Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), the world’s second-largest corporate travel management company, today announced that the acquisition of Navigant International Inc., formally doing business as TQ3Navigant, is complete. The agreement to purchase Navigant was originally announced on April 27, 2006. Subsequently, the transaction gained necessary regulatory approvals and was approved by Navigant stockholders at a special meeting on July 12, 2006.
05 June 2006
Carlson Wagonlit Travel UK Completes New Senior Management Line-Up as Peter Hannaford joins as Director of Corporate Account Management UK
Representing the final appointment in a series of senior management moves at CWT in the UK, Peter Hannaford joins as Director of Corporate Account Management UK, responsible for overseeing the development of programmes and solutions for customers in the UK.
20 September 2006
Carlson Wagonlit Travel Reports Record-Breaking New Sales of US $1 Billion for the First Half of the Year
Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), the world’s second- largest travel management company, reported record-breaking new sales of US $1 billion on an annualized basis, excluding renewals, for the first six months of the year.
09 October 2006
New Head of Marketing UK at Carlson Wagonlit Travel - Helen Cahill joins the CWT Senior Management Team
Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) – the world’s second largest travel management
company – today announced the appointment of Helen Cahill as Head of Marketing UK. Helen, who
takes up her new role today (October 09, 2006) will report directly to Andrew Waller, Executive
Vice President UK. She will be responsible for developing and overseeing CWT marketing
programmes which strengthen the company’s overall profile and support customer relationships
throughout the UK.
20 September 2006
Carlson Wagonlit Travel Boosts Global Leadership in First Half of 2006
Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), the world’s second-largest travel management company, today announced a sizeable increase in sales volume for the first six months of the year and considerable progress in the implementa-tion of its three-year strategic development plan, CWT 007.
24 May 2006
Amadeus and Carlson Wagonlit Travel Announce Global Reseller Agreement
Amadeus, the leading travel technology provider, and Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), the world’s second-largest business travel management company, have signed an agreement certifying CWT as a global reseller of Amadeus e-Travel Management, the most widely deployed online booking solution for global managed travel.
27 April 2006
Carlson Companies and One Equity Partners to acquire Accor's share of Carlson Wagonlit
Travel
Carlson Companies; One Equity Partners (OEP), a private equity affiliate of JPMorgan Chase
& Co.; and Accor today announced that they have reached an agreement for Carlson and OEP to
acquire Accor Group’s 50 percent share of Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), a globally renowned travel
management company. Carlson currently owns 50 percent of CWT.
18 May 2006
CWT Names Floyd Widener Vice President Sales EMEA
Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), a world leader in business travel management, today announced the appointment of Floyd Widener as vice president sales EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa). In his new position, Widener, 41, is responsible for developing global sales in the EMEA region. He will also work closely with corporate sales teams in each of the countries where CWT is present.
18 May 2006
CWT Names Todd Kramer Vice President CWT Events EMEA
Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), a world leader in business travel management, today announced the appointment of Todd Kramer as vice president CWT Events EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). In his new position, Kramer is responsible for developing and coordinating CWT’s events business in the region.
