Buyers urged to be patient with budgets for meetings
28 August 2012
Purchasers have been warned that it can take up to three years to get to grips with their organisation's budget for business meetings.
Maggy Sainsbury, a consultant and former travel manager with international drinks giant Diageo, told delegates at the Business Travel Show in London last week that they must understand that many people who organise meetings are not professional purchasers.
She said: "Marketing people tend to handle the larger meetings but smaller ones can be done by almost...