Wheels Up Travel Podcast : Business Travel talks with Travel Professionals

Today we talk with Krissi Lindsey - Travel Program Manager with Surveying and Mapping. Today's Episode is extremely useful for anyone looking for ways to help grow adoption within their travel program. Krissi Started at Surveying and Mapping just 2 and a half years ago and took a nonexistent travel program, and got 85% of travelers on board, creating unprecedented savings within the company. She gives a lot of great insight into how she was able to do that - and I think a lot of people will get a ton of value from what Krissi has to say. Krissi Lindsey - Travel Program Manager - Surveying and Mapping KLindsey@sam.biz https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristina-lindsey-gtp-67961715/ Rick Versace Jr. - Director of Business Development - A1A Airport and Limousine Service Rickjr@A1ALimo.com https://gbta18.mapyourshow.com/7_0/floorplan/?hallID=A&selectedBooth=418&shareguid=650DE7E6-EDE5-CD67-C0B3BA4C79D018D2 https://calendly.com/rickversacejr/gbta2018

Today we get a chance to talk with Tracey Presslor - Director of Travel with Leggett and Platt. Fun fact of they day - they say you never go a day in your life without using something that has a Leggett and Platt component in it. In addition to learning more about Leggett, we talk to Tracey about how she has been at the company for over 20 years, and loves every minute of it. We talk about their ongoing push for their travelers to adopt Duty of Care best practices, and how technology is making it easier than ever. Tracey gives some great information throughout the episode on how to manage a successful program, and towards the end gives some great advice to be used in at work, and just life in general - so I hope you all enjoy listening! Please do us a huge favor and leave us some feedback and reviews! Tracey Presslor - tracey.presslor@leggett.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracey-presslor-42184648/ Rick Versace - Director of Business Development - A1A Limo rickjr@a1alimo.com

Today we talk with Alyssa Young - Travel Administrator for Citrix. Alyssa tells us about her career so far in the travel industry, and how she helped build the travel program at Citrix from the ground up. We talk about some ways that Artificial Intelligence and "Chat Bots" will start to play a major role in the travel industry, and talk about the pros and cons of technology taking over functions that used to be done by people. Alyssa has a passion for travel, both professionally and personally. She travels as much as she can when she isn't working, and has a blog where she shares her experiences from the different places she visits! I have place a link below to her blog, as well as a few ways to contact Alyssa should you want to reach out. Thanks and enjoy the show! https://www.linkedin.com/in/alyssa-young-45488235/ https://twitter.com/alyssayoung https://www.instagram.com/a1yssayoung/ Alyssa's Blog: https://www.theendlyssadventure.com/ Rick Versace Jr's Email: Rickjr@A1ALimo.com

On Episode 2 of the Wheels up Business Travel Podcast we sit down with Todd Cortese - Travel Manager at CHG Healthcare, and President of the GBTA South Florida Chapter. We learn a little about Todd and his journey in the Travel Industry over the past 20 years. We also hear about his "Why" and what drives him and his team everyday to come into the office excited to work on a daily basis. Todd also shares with us a little about CHG and their unique culture, and why it is one of the reasons he loves working in the organization so much. You can reach Todd Cortese on LinkedIn at the profile below: https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-cortese-67550436/ You can also reach out to me, Rick Versace Jr. directly at RickJr@A1ALimo.com if you have any questions or want to be a guest on the show! We hope you enjoy our talk! We would love to hear your feedback! It would mean the world to us if you could please leave a review letting us know what you think when you are done listening!