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BTI Singapore is here to help you to build and develop an integrated travel purchasing strategy. We deliver solutions through the quality and strength of our team, the foundation of our business success. We are committed to recruiting and training only the highest caliber of staff for each travel specialty, including our worldwide reservation service, multinational account management, global supplier relations, hotel programme development, destination and event management service and technology solutions. This philosophy can only serve its purpose if it is lived by every individual employee. At BTI Singapore therefore, you will only find people who are not just qualified with extensive education and training, but also committed people who adapt themselves completely to the companies that they manage. Satisfying over 300 local customers, the BTI Singapore team’s efforts are facilitated by decision support tools represent added value to our clients, helping them to make informed decisions in driving the changes that significantly reduce corporate travel spend. These tools are capable of travel data-capture and detailed analysis presented in a variety of user-friendly pre-set formats, or tailored to our clients specifications. These applications are driven by BTI intellect for strategic management of travel expense; which includes RESX, an online booking solution that combines all the tools travelers need to book travel and Peopletracker to determine who and where their travellers are. Leveraging our global resources and technical skills to build appropriate local solutions, BTI operates with a fifty person strong team from its premises near Harbourfront.
Favors may be needed when it comes to getting government contracts, issuing licenses and cutting through layers of bureaucracy. It is more evident in countries where there is a lack of accountability and in collective cultures where payments or gifts are very important and where relationships are maintained through a system of favors. "The perception of what constitutes corruption varies from culture to culture," Lilian Ekeanyanwu from Transparency International, a non-governmental agency that combats corruption, told CNN. "What you call graft in the developing world is seen as a gift here in Nigeria, so it is difficult to have a commonality in the definition of corruption." |
There is no single definition for corruption, although the United Nations defines it as "the abuse of power for private gain" ranging from nepotism through to bribery. Nigeria ranks behind Bangladesh and Haiti as the third most corrupt country, according to Transparency International's index. Stories of corruption clutter Nigeria's newspapers. "First of all you start with sectors like the police, the customs and immigration. These are the ones who confront people when they come into the country and who people have contact with on a day to day basis," says Ekeanyanwu. However, oil rich-Nigeria, where opportunities abound for foreign investment, is keen to clamp down heavily on officials engaging in these practices. "People who are paying those bribes are part and parcel of the problem," says Ngozi Okonjo-iweala, Nigerian Finance Minister. "Business people should not engage in this because there is a supply and a demand side to corruption. If someone demands -- say "no" and report them to the finance minister." Most multinational corporations have a company-wide policy on dealing with corruption. "There are certain companies that have the policy stated and all their employees know about it -- that they do not pay bribes... and only do things that they can get receipts for and can put through their books," says Philippa Foster Back from the Institute of Business Ethics. But what is on paper and what business is like on the ground can be quite different; according to ethics experts, there is room to negotiate. Foster Back suggests that if it is a small amount of money to a low level official, typically this can be accepted. But if someone wants large amounts of money to help you, say, clear goods at the docks, then you are likely to be making illegal and unethical payments. "It's very difficult to have a hard and fast rule. When the sum of money is going to cause somebody to change their behavior, that is when you have gone over the mark -- so it is the degree of influence that you are buying," says Foster Back. Ultimately it is best to be honest in business, especially when it comes to explaining things to your headquarters. If the business dealings appear to be dubious, perhaps it is best to get out of that game completely. CNN's Gaven Morris, Richard Quest and Shantelle Stein contributed to this report.
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Electronic in-room safes, such as those provided by Elsafe, are now topping the list of in-room amenities that corporate travel managers and business travel associations say they are looking for when selecting a hotel to send company or association employees. While high-speed Internet access also is a requirement for many groups, it only makes sense that hotels also provide a safe haven to secure laptop computers and other electronics, experts say. This in-room amenity is fast becoming a requirement for business travelers, so they can store and simultaneously charge their other valuables and expensive communications devices—and, perhaps more important, the invaluable information they contain. More and more, in-room safes are expected by guests and are becoming a critical factor when considering accommodations. source: hospitality.net
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