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Check-In with Suzanne

My business travels this week bring me to the UK where I’m onsite at The Institute of Travel Management’s (ITM) Accelerate event. This marks GBTA’s renewed relationship with ITM but it’s also where I’ll engage in an onstage discussion on a topic that’s important to us all: selling business travel’s value.   One indicator of the…

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Check-In with Suzanne

In this week’s Check-In, Suzanne Neufang, CEO, GBTA, is filming from Las Vegas where she reflects on the meetings and events sector and how its recovery is such an important part of the business travel industry. One doesn’t exist without the other.  She also shares the line-up of in-person GBTA events for the coming months,…

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GBTA Calls for End to Testing Requirements for Vaccinated International Business Travelers

GBTA calls on governments in Europe, Canada, U.S. and Latin America to end COVID-19 testing requirements for vaccinated travelers. It’s been almost two years to the day since the global pandemic was declared. And while entire segments of the global economy have successfully reopened, business travel is still lagging far behind in recovery.    Corporations…

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Check-in with Suzanne

Today marks International Women’s Day 2022, a global day celebrating the achievements of women while also calling for a more gender-equal world. #IWD2022 There are amazing women achieving so much in our own industry, along with the allyship of amazing men. And tomorrow we hope you’ll join the discussion to #breakthebias. WINiT by GBTA is hosting…

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The megatrends impacting business travel and the industry’s response

The GBTA Conference 2021 – Berlin in Partnership with VDR saw the European business travel community reunited for the first time in over two years. During this time the way we live; work; travel and think about how we treat our planet and people has changed irreversibly, new trends have emerged creating new opportunities. Suzanne…

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Europe’s Business Travel Industry United Once Again at the GBTA Conference 2021 Berlin in Partnership with VDR

BERLIN – The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) – the voice of the global business travel industry – and German business travel buyer association, VDR – wrapped up their seventh successful joint conference in Europe this week. Hosted in Berlin, the event brought together more than 550 attendees from 22 countries for insights, collaboration, networking, and…

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Check-in with Suzanne

Tune in for a behind-the-scenes, pre-conference preview by Suzanne Neufang, CEO, GBTA, of the GBTA Conference – Berlin in partnership with VDR. Over 500 people will converge in person at the Estrel Conference Center this week, coming together for the first time in Europe in over two years at this event to learn, share and…

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Check-in with Suzanne

A few days ago, I headed out from New York City to Germany in anticipation of our upcoming GBTA Conference – Berlin in partnership with VDR. The flight was full and many people showed the classic signs of a business traveler: carry-ons in tow and working on their computers inflight. And many of you are…

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Check-in with Suzanne

We used to know the rules of the road when it came to business travel: where travelers could go, how they could get there, and the steps to needed to make it happen. But the pandemic was a great disruptor, and uncertainty now challenges the road back.  That’s why GBTA has focused advocacy efforts on…

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GBTA Endorses Toulouse Declaration

Brussels (February 10, 2022) – The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) supports the Toulouse Declaration on future sustainability and decarbonisation of aviation, launched at the European Union Aviation Summit on 4 February. The declaration signals a growing political momentum to deliver emission reductions in the aviation sector, which is a key element in the sustainability…