{"id":62049,"date":"2017-06-28T16:41:54","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T14:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=62049"},"modified":"2023-10-10T12:43:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T10:43:49","slug":"banks-sadler-american-express-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/banks-sadler-american-express-meetings","title":{"rendered":"Banks Sadler joins American Express Meetings &amp; Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>American Express Global Business Travel<\/strong> (GBT) is continuing to shop around to strengthen its positions. Its <strong>900 million<\/strong> had already enabled TMC to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/american-express-soffre-kds-20160830.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">offer yourself <strong>KDS <\/strong><\/a>last August, but business travel is an increasingly vast playing field. So the travel agency has just made a new acquisition official: the global agency <strong>Banks Sadler<\/strong>based in London and specialising in <strong>meeting and event management<\/strong>will be integrated into American Express Meetings &amp; Events upon closing of the transaction in <strong>third quarter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\"<em>Our customers won't see <strong>no difference<\/strong>but our business is now supported by one of the world's largest business travel and events companies<\/em>\u00a0\"says Leigh Jagger, head of the London agency. \" <em>We will continue to offer a comprehensive and high quality event management service while benefiting from American Express Meetings &amp; Events' privileged supplier relationships and international reach, as well as its expertise in Strategic Meeting Management Programmes (SMMP).<\/em> \".<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Issa Jouaneh, Vice President and General Manager of American Express Meetings &amp; Events, spoke of \"a better value proposition\" for TMC. \"Banks Sadler is one of the most respected brands in the meetings and events management sector. They have a wide range of services and solutions and an independent agency ethos that we will retain and develop.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>enhance the customer experience, our product offering and our international footprint through strategic acquisitions, partnerships and organic growth<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Like the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/ormes-donne-une-nouvelle-ampleur-a-cwt-sur-le-mice-20150610.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">acquisition of<strong>Elms by CWT<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0two years ago, this new advance by American Express GBT confirms the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/levenementiel-se-fond-dans-le-voyage-daffaires-20151012.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rapprochement entre <em>business travel<\/em> and MICE<\/a>A trend that the agency intends to exploit as it continues its transformation. \" <em>In business travel and event management, we are focused on continuously improving the customer experience, our product offering and our international footprint through strategic acquisitions, partnerships and organic growth.<\/em>\u00a0\"says Steven Curts, Chief Strategy Officer of American Express GBT. He concludes: \"\u00a0<em>The acquisition of Banks Sadler is a major strategic step in this direction.<\/em> \".<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) has announced the acquisition of Banks Sadler, a London-based agency specialising in meeting and event management.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":62051,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,81],"tags":[],"type-darticle":[],"n_magazine":[],"class_list":["post-62049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agences","category-meetings-management","vapo-free"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>American Express GBT rach\u00e8te Banks Sadler et renforce son offre MICE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) rach\u00e8te Banks Sadler, agence londonienne sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9e dans la gestion de r\u00e9unions et d\u2019\u00e9v\u00e9nements.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/banks-sadler-american-express-meetings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Banks Sadler rejoint American Express Meetings &amp; Events\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) rach\u00e8te Banks Sadler, agence londonienne sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9e dans la gestion de r\u00e9unions et d\u2019\u00e9v\u00e9nements.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/banks-sadler-american-express-meetings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Voyages d&#039;affaires\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-06-28T14:41:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-10T10:43:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Banks-Sadler.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"333\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Florian Guillemin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Florian Guillemin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/banks-sadler-american-express-meetings\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/banks-sadler-american-express-meetings\",\"name\":\"American Express GBT rach\u00e8te Banks Sadler et renforce son offre MICE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/banks-sadler-american-express-meetings#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/banks-sadler-american-express-meetings#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Banks-Sadler.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-06-28T14:41:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-10T10:43:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/#\/schema\/person\/21d3288dfdda735a7c37eb00030560b7\"},\"description\":\"American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) rach\u00e8te Banks Sadler, agence londonienne sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9e dans la gestion de r\u00e9unions et d\u2019\u00e9v\u00e9nements.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/banks-sadler-american-express-meetings#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/banks-sadler-american-express-meetings\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/banks-sadler-american-express-meetings#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Banks-Sadler.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Banks-Sadler.jpg\",\"width\":700,\"height\":333,\"caption\":\"Banks Sadler doit int\u00e9grer American Express Meetings & Events au cours du 3e trimestre\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/banks-sadler-american-express-meetings#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Banks Sadler rejoint American Express Meetings &#038; Events\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/\",\"name\":\"Voyages d&#039;affaires\",\"description\":\"media fran\u00e7ais du Voyage d&#039;Affaires &amp; du MICE\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/#\/schema\/person\/21d3288dfdda735a7c37eb00030560b7\",\"name\":\"Florian Guillemin\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/author\/florian\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"American Express GBT acquires Banks Sadler and strengthens its MICE offering","description":"American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) has acquired Banks Sadler, a London-based agency specialising in meeting and event management.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/banks-sadler-american-express-meetings","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Banks Sadler rejoint American Express Meetings & Events","og_description":"American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) rach\u00e8te Banks Sadler, agence londonienne sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9e dans la gestion de r\u00e9unions et d\u2019\u00e9v\u00e9nements.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/banks-sadler-american-express-meetings","og_site_name":"Voyages d&#039;affaires","article_published_time":"2017-06-28T14:41:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-10-10T10:43:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":700,"height":333,"url":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Banks-Sadler.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Florian Guillemin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Florian Guillemin","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/banks-sadler-american-express-meetings","url":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/banks-sadler-american-express-meetings","name":"American Express GBT acquires Banks Sadler and strengthens its MICE offering","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/banks-sadler-american-express-meetings#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/banks-sadler-american-express-meetings#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Banks-Sadler.jpg","datePublished":"2017-06-28T14:41:54+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-10T10:43:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/#\/schema\/person\/21d3288dfdda735a7c37eb00030560b7"},"description":"American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) has acquired Banks Sadler, a London-based agency specialising in meeting and event management.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/banks-sadler-american-express-meetings#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/banks-sadler-american-express-meetings"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/banks-sadler-american-express-meetings#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Banks-Sadler.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Banks-Sadler.jpg","width":700,"height":333,"caption":"Banks Sadler doit int\u00e9grer American Express Meetings & Events au cours du 3e trimestre"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/banks-sadler-american-express-meetings#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Banks Sadler rejoint American Express Meetings &#038; Events"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/","name":"Business travel","description":"THE FRENCH BUSINESS TRAVEL &amp; MICE MEDIA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/#\/schema\/person\/21d3288dfdda735a7c37eb00030560b7","name":"Florian Guillemin","url":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/author\/florian"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62049"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158889,"href":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62049\/revisions\/158889"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62049"},{"taxonomy":"type-darticle","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/type-darticle?post=62049"},{"taxonomy":"n_magazine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/n_magazine?post=62049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}