Live from the GBTA Broadcast Studio

The GBTA Broadcast Studio continues to stream live on Tuesday. Don’t miss out as leading industry executives share their insights into current and future industry trends, opportunities and challenges facing the business travel industry, and much more. Tune in throughout the week as we film over 100 interviews with leading executives. Here is Tuesday’s schedule: 8:00am – Kathy Morgan,…

Live from the GBTA Broadcast Studio

The GBTA Broadcast Studio will stream live for the final day on Wednesday, August 15. Our last day of interviews will feature back-to-back interviews with our exhibitors on Innovation Row in addition to industry executives as they share their insights into business travel trends, opportunities and challenges. Here is Wednesday’s schedule: 8am – Kjarsten Philipsen, Senior Vice President, Americas,…

GBTA Acquires WINiT, Strengthening Commitment to Women in the Travel Industry

SAN DIEGO (August 13, 2018) – The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the voice of the global business travel industry, announced today it is enhancing its ability to support women in the travel industries through the acquisition of WINiT for Women, a career development network aimed at increasing visibility, mobility and development for women in…

Travel Buyers Looking to Bring Innovation to Booking Process

Alexandria, VA (August 9, 2018) – Consumerization, personalized booking and live chat top the list of booking innovations travel buyers are most excited about offering through their travel program to improve the user experience, according to new research out today from the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) in partnership with SAP Concur. The research explores the…

New Research Identifies Business Travel Dining Trends

Alexandria, VA (August 7, 2018) – Clear generational differences exist when it comes to business traveler dining, payment and expensing options, according to new research released today by the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), in partnership with Dinova, Inc. According to first-of-its-kind research that delves into the psyche of the business diner, Millennials are more…

Newsletter: GBTA Brasil Agosto 2018

Reuniões representam um importante gasto corporativo, mas metade das companhias não monitoram reuniões consideras rotineiras. Globalmente metade das reuniões corporativas são reuniões rotineiras e quase a metade das companhias não utilizam canais mais sofisticados para efetuá-las, segundo um novo estudo realizado pela GBTA em parceria com HRS, entrevistando gerentes de viagens de negócio e planejadores…

GBTA Hotel Committees Embrace Name Change to Reflect Changing Marketplace

Alexandria, VA (August 6, 2018) – The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the voice of the global business travel industry, today is pleased to announce the current GBTA Hotel Committee and Europe Hotel Committee are changing their names to the GBTA Accommodations Committees. This new name change reflects the changing marketplace as the term “hotel” no…

Newsletter: GBTA América Latina Agosto 2018

Reuniones simples representan un importante gasto corporativo pero mitad de compañías no utilizan canales de manejo Globalmente, la mitad de las reuniones corporativas son reuniones simples y cerca de la mitad de las compañías las reservan fuera de los canales de manejo, según un nuevo estudio dado a conocer por GBTA en asocio con HRS…

GBTA Announces Industry Consolidation Panel at GBTA Convention 2018

Alexandria, VA (August 3, 2018) – The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the voice of the global business travel industry, today unveiled another Center Stage panel for the 50th anniversary of GBTA Convention, held August 11-15, 2018 in San Diego. This session is made possible by Festive Road. Is Bigger Better?: The Impact of Industry Consolidation…