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Conference cool
Hungary’s capital gives you two towns for the price of one, with the River Danube as a bonus gift. Add some of Europe’s most luxurious 5-star hotels with state of the art conference facilities, and you have one of the best locations for a meeting. As Sue Dobson finds out
Sunshine in a bottle
For corporate events that demand that extra touch of class, Burgundy is hard to resist, says Roger St. Pierre
Organising a successful uk conference
Tony Rogers, chief executive of the British Association of Conference Destinations (BACD) and executive director of the Association of British Professional Conference Organisers (ABPCO) helps you make the right choice for the big event
Smart money
The world’s of high art and high commerce traditionally make uneasy bedfellows, with the notion of the penniless bohemian diametrically opposed to that of the city gent, and yet art is big business
The rewards of travel risk management
With international security threats and global uncertainty still making headlines, many business travellers are carrying a nagging sense of unease on board with their hand luggage. Martyn Cornell examines how realistic these fears are and what to do to keep yourself safe
The raw guide to backing a winner
Our guide to the heady thrill of racehorse ownership
Investing in Aruba
Aruba has been enjoying a boom of late – we take a closer look
Making savings from spending
American Express show how their corporate card programme can put control of the employee travel spend back in the hands of the company
Better business travel: From fish class to first class
James Brown urges those basking in the delights of luxury travel to remember their humble beginnings, no matter how pungent they may be
The travesty of business travel
Don’t choke on the chilled champagne and canapés as you relax in your Business Class seat, or gag on room service at your Hyatt Regency, Intercon or Mandarin, but I’m about to argue for a severe curtailment of these trips
Risking detention
It was all going so well; champagne, Mozart, a plane seat with a significant recline, and then came the role play – as our intrepid traveller gets put back in pre-school
Family folly
It’s not all high-class luxury in the world of business travel. Sometimes you have to take a holiday, and that’s where the work really starts. As Stuart White can attest