Virtual, In-Person, Hybrid: What’s Next for the Meetings Industry? Monday, November 9 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM EST Meetings and events have been a major part of the business travel industry for years, but the COVID-19 pandemic has all but eliminated in-person events for most of 2020. While an overwhelming majority of respondents (82%) to…
TSA Administrator Shares Insights with the World’s Largest Business Travel Association The steps TSA is taking to ensure a safe, secure return to travel For the eighth week of its Collaboratory 2020 series, GBTA’s Interim Executive Director, Dave Hilfman, hosted David Pekoske, Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for the headliner webinar of the…
GBTA Urges Leaders on Both Sides of the Aisle to Stop Playing Politics, Immediately Resume Talks to Save One of the U.S. Economy’s True Employment, GDP Drivers GBTA expressed deep concern today over the breakdown of COVID-19 supplemental funding discussions between the White House and Congress. The global pandemic has wreaked havoc on the business…
Dave Hilfman’s Monday Memo to GBTA Members Around the world, we continue to see sobering statistics about spikes in COVID-19 infections. This unwelcome news and its downward economic impact on global business travel underscores the need for governments of all nations to provide more help and resources for our members and the business travel sector. Here…
These States Require Travelers to Self-Quarantine or Present Negative COVID-19 Test As states have opened back up, some are now tightening restrictions, and travelers may not be free to come and go as they please amid the coronavirus pandemic. USA TODAY has an update on the states that are discouraging interstate travel by requiring or recommending that…
Virtual Proctoring Available for the GTP® Certification Fall Exam Learn More Airlines Ask EU, White House to Adopt COVID-19 Testing Program for Passengers Major U.S. and European Union airlines asked the EU and White House on Tuesday to consider a joint U.S.-EU program to test airline passengers for COVID-19 as a way to allow people to travel…
Minneapolis / Alexandria, 31 July 2019: After posting sharp rises in 2019, prices in the global travel industry are likely to slow in 2020, with flights rising a modest 1.2%, hotels rising only 1.3%, and rental car rates up 1%, according to the sixth annual Global Travel Forecast, published today by CWT and GBTA. While…
Uber and Lyft Achieve Record Popularity For the fist time since 2015, ride hailing services Uber and Lyft have appeared on more than 16 percent of business traveler expense reports, a new study by Certify shows. Certify’s second quarter 2019 SpendSmart report aggregates expenses and highlights the most popular airline, meal, lodging, and transportation services…
Increasingly corporate travel buyers continue hearing about NDC, or New Distribution Capability. NDC allows airlines and travel agents to make the booking process easier and offer clients more options. It is a set of XML standards that was developed by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the trade association for the world’s airlines. At a…
Beijing’s new airport is completed Construction of Beijing’s new international airport has been completed, and flights will begin later this year, China’s Xinhuanet.com reports. The new airport is known as Beijing Daxing International Airport though its official name has not yet been released. Located about 28 miles from Beijing’s city center, the new airport will…
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