Daily News Brief – March 29, 2021

GBTA condemns the recent increase in hate crimes against Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and other Asian Americans in the United States. GBTA believes strongly in diversity, equity and inclusion. Actions that fly in the face of such principles and that rise to the level of open hatred, criminal violence and harassment are dangerous and absolutely unacceptable….

GBTA Announces New Training Program to Prepare Industry Professionals for a Safe Return to Business Travel

Alexandria, Virginia (March 26, 2021) – The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) – the world’s largest business travel association and worldwide leader in education, research, networking, and advocacy for the industry – proudly announces the Ready. Safe. Travel. Training Program to unite, educate and engage all levels of the business travel industry.   This virtual…

GBTA Statement Against US Violence Towards Asian Communities

Alexandria, Virginia (March 26, 2021), The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the world’s largest business travel association, condemns the recent increase in hate crimes against Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and other Asian Americans in the United States. GBTA believes strongly in diversity, equity and inclusion. Actions that fly in the face of such principles and that…

|

Daily News Brief – March 24, 2021

U.S. airlines and more than two dozen other industry groups on Monday urged the Biden administration to form a plan by May to lift international travel restrictions, including digital vaccine passport standards, after cross-border travel was devastated in the COVID pandemic. Airlines for America, which represents major U.S. airlines like American, United, Southwest and others,…

GBTA Announces Appointments to its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee

Alexandria, Virginia (March 24, 2021) – The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) – the world’s largest business travel association and worldwide leader in education, research, networking, and advocacy for the industry – announced today its first-ever globally curated committee to drive the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) agenda for its global members and constituents. The…

|

GBTA Daily News Brief – March 19, 2021

About three-quarters of corporate travel buyers and procurement professionals surveyed this month by the Global Business Travel Association project their organizations will resume non-essential domestic business travel sometime this year, if they haven’t already. About 60 percent of the approximately 302 respondents to the GBTA survey, which was conducted online March 8-13, indicated they believe…

|

GBTA Poll: Digital Health Verification – The Solution to Safely Resume Business Travel

Alexandria, VA (March 18, 2021) – The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the world’s largest business travel association, today reported on the findings from its 17th poll looking at the impact of the pandemic on the business travel industry.   Two-thirds of GBTA members and stakeholders (66%) believe implementing Digital Health Verification (also known as…