Jeannette Harrison of the University of Nottingham, a member of the Public Sector Travel editorial advisory board, has been named travel buyer of the year at the 2012 Business Travel Awards. Harrison was the unanimous choice of the judging panel for her outstanding work in a challenging sector and was chosen ahead of four buyers from private companies including B&Q and PwC. Harrison has brought in American Express Business Travel, Concur and AirPlus to help manage the University’s £9m travel spend.

Micros Travel, which powers the Redfern tool, picked up the award for best booking tool from a packed field that also featured Amadeus, Concur, GetThere and thetrainline.com.

• Public Sector Travel has today launched an exclusive video of Jeannette Harrison speaking about university travel management on the site.

• Public Sector Travel’s 2011 white paper on university travel, which includes a case study on the University of Nottingham, is still available to download for subscribers here.

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