TfL officials to provide live travel advice to businesses on Twitter

29/05/2012

By Daniel Hunter

For the first time in Olympic and Paralympic Games history, Games officials will be giving travel advice to businesses over Twitter.

Transport for London (TfL), O2 and The Zetter Hotel in London will be taking part in a live Twitter chat next week to help Britain?s employers plan their transport ahead of the London 2012 Games.

Ben Plowden, Director of Planning, TfL Surface Transport, Ben Dowd, Business Director at O2 and Lindsey Venter, Group HR Director at The Zetter Hotel will come together on Twitter from 11:30-12:30 BST on Wednesday 30 May 2012.

The chat will be hosted by the official London 2012/TfL Get Ahead of the Games transport advice twitter feed (@GAOTG), using the hashtag #GAOTG.

In the Twitter chat, the guests will answer questions from large employers to small businesses on all aspects of travel planning ahead of the Games, helping firms maximise the business benefits the Games will bring. Topics include:

? Planning ahead to minimise the travel impact of the Games on operations;
? Challenges experienced to date with travel planning and how to overcome them;
? How to test travel plans;
? How to implement employee flexible working;
? Sending and receiving deliveries during Games time;
? How to continue with any travel plans put in place after the Games.

Businesses impacted by the Games who are available to take part in the business chat should follow #GAOTG on Twitter from 11:30-12:30 BST on Wednesday 3 May 2012. Questions for the panel can be submitted to @GAOTG beforehand, using the...?continued on page two >

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