BSI Hive #2 May 2008 - The Tin

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2 the hive BSI news BSI - The Next Generation Charles Cockell Trevor Elswood This second issue of The Hive kicks off with news of changes in the senior management team of the BSI group. These mark a new leadership era for Europe's leading specialist accommodation, meetings and event management solutions company. At the end of April, Charles Cockell relinquished the role of managing director – a position he has fulfilled since 1995 – to become Deputy Chairman. As a major shareholder - alongside Chairman Simon Milsted - Charles Cockell remains on the board working on strategic matters and other special projects. Succeeding him as managing director is Trevor Elswood, previousy BSI’s Commercial Director. Trevor Elswood joined BSI eight years ago and became a main board member in 2005. Commenting on his new role, Trevor Elswood said “It is a great privilege to be following Charles into the managing director’s position of such a successful company. He has been the driving force behind BSI’s major repositioning and growth, making the business what it is today. His continued influence and expertise will be of immense value to the board.” “I am excited by the opportunities that are laid out before BSI” he continued. “The company has the advantage of great platforms from which we can continue to build on our position as market leader, delivering an uncompromised total accommodation and MICE management solution to corporate and government markets.” Explaining his decision to stand down after 13 years as Group MD, and 21 years with BSI, Cockell said; “The last 13 years have been memorable for me. To see BSI grow over the years to where it is today has been an experience I will never forget. The support that I have had from the management and staff has helped me enormously to achieve the goals that I set out some 13 years ago.” “The board’s decision to appoint Trevor as the new Group Managing Director is in recognition of his skills and vision which are acknowledged throughout our industry. BSI therefore remains in safe hands and I wish him every success.” “As the most respected specialist in our sector, BSI is best placed to represent clients through the changing times ahead. Under Trevor’s leadership I am confident that BSI will continue to do the very best for our clients and achieve even greater success in the future.” Convergence white paper out now Out now is the second in BSI’s new series of white papers, sub-titled Industry Eye TM . Following close on the heels of the first Industry Eye TM on Traveller Safety & Security (see The Hive #1), the subject of this latest BSI publication is Convergence. Convergence is a hot topic on the corporate travel agenda right now, being the consolidation of transient (i.e. overnight) accommodation and meetings spend to realise greater economies of scale. It is estimated that around two thirds of UK travel managers also have responsibility for their organisations’ meetings and events spend. And with around 60% of all meetings being held in hotels, despite a reduction in the number of corporate meetings and events being held by UK companies, the opportunity to consolidate both accommodation and meetings expenditure streams is increasingly compelling for the corporate buyer. However although the trend towards convergence is gathering momentum the pace of adoption is slow. So why have so few organisations who have embraced convergence to date reaped the rewards? Visit www.bsi.co.uk/resources to download Industry Eye - Convergence Summer 2008
BSI weaves new web 3 BSI news BSI has completely revamped all of the group’s websites, bringing a more consistent design and greatly expanded content. Explains Sales & Marketing Development Manager Stuart Tandy, “Some months ago, we embarked on a project to deliver consistent branding across a multitude of publicfacing (and internal) communication channels and media. The first stage of the project was to ensure brand consistency across proposals, presentations, letters, emails and many other internal and external-facing documents.” The second stage of the branding project has seen the launch of a new suite of websites covering the various BSI brands. Re-branded sites for BSI, IR and ICOR have been developed as well as a brand new site for BSI’s ABODE brand. In a separate project, Olive360 o is also launching a re-branded website, which will be available soon. Clean, fresh and colourful In addition, a group portal has also been created as the umbrella for all the other brands within the BSI group of companies. Tandy continued “I’m sure our clients will agree that the new sites are very clean, fresh, and colourful and will prove to be a valuable resource to developing new business opportunities over the coming years.” The banner at the top of each website (excluding olive360.com) has interactive functionality to assist online visitors navigate between each branded site. In addition, the BSI Solutions functionality helps users find the service or information they are looking for via a simple five question template. Please send any feedback by email to standy@bsi.co.uk Go to… www.bsigrouplimited.com www.bsi.co.uk www.intres.co.uk www.icor.biz www.abodeglobal.com www.olive360.com The Brief: Meetings jargon buster The Brief TM is a series of quick reference guides. Each edition provides the essential knowledge on a key topic. BSI’s Stuart Tandy elaborates. “Every industry has a language of its own. For those on the inside, workplace jargon provides the comfort of implied power over the less well informed. It keeps purchasers and consumers at a distance. Some call it ‘blinding with science’; others believe it is part of the mystique. The latest edition of The Brief TM is a Meetings Jargon Buster. Intended as a companion piece to the recently published Hotel Jargon Buster, both publications have been compiled for those who might be new to business travel. We’ve tried to make the list comprehensive without being baffling. Download the Hotel and Meetings Jargon Busters at www.bsi.co.uk/resources
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