Luisago (CO), February 4, 2026 – ACI blueteam reaffirmed its commitment to innovation in Business Travel with the second edition of the Travel Manager Academy, held on February 3, 2026 in Milan at the Hotel Excelsior Gallia. The event welcomed more than 60 Travel Managers and key contacts from ACI blueteam’s Corporate Client Companies, gathered for a full day of discussion, insight and shared perspectives on the future of the industry.
This edition, conceived as a Tech Edition, provided both a practical and forward-looking overview of technological evolution in Business Travel. The meeting compared processes, tools and solutions that are reshaping the sector, while highlighting the technological investments made by ACI blueteam to support Companies in a constantly evolving environment.
During the morning session, ACI blueteam’s technological vision for corporate travel was presented, together with the new release of BTTool, the proprietary Self Booking Tool platform developed to address the needs for efficiency, control and innovation in corporate travel management. The program continued in the early afternoon with a roundtable discussion entitled “The Evolution of Technology in Business Travel and Future Perspectives.” The discussion was moderated by Fulvio Origo, Sr. Director EMEA of GBTA (Global Business Travel Association), and featured Fabio Andaloro, Sales Director Italy, Malta & Albania at Air France KLM & Delta Air Lines; Mariano Viola, Manager Product Technology Consulting EMEA at Sabre Corporation; Sandro Calzoni, Chief Technology Officer of ACI blueteam; and Alessandro di Fruscia, Account Development Manager at AirPlus International.
“The Travel Manager Academy has quickly become a key reference point for our Clients, because it stems from listening to their needs and from our desire to provide high-quality, practical and valuable content,” says Fausto Portelli, Chief Operating Officer Travel4Business. “This second edition confirmed the appreciation and trust that Companies place in ACI blueteam, not only for service excellence and support, but also for our ability to evolve. To ensure a truly distinctive level of quality, the human value of our operators must be supported by continuous investment in technology. ACI blueteam has always believed in this balance, consistently strengthening its digital solutions to deliver a service that meets market expectations.”
“ACI blueteam is a TMC that invests significantly and consistently in technology,” states Sandro Calzoni, Chief Technology Officer of ACI blueteam. “We closely follow the evolution of artificial intelligence, integrating it into our processes and solutions to enhance customer experience and operational efficiency. For us, technology achieves its true value through the integration of digital innovation and human expertise; it is not applied to increase quantity, but to raise the quality of service.”
With the Travel Manager Academy – Tech Edition, ACI blueteam further strengthened its positioning as a strategic partner for Companies, capable of combining service excellence, customer focus and technological innovation, supporting Travel Managers along a path of conscious evolution oriented toward the future of Business Travel.
