Alexandria, VA – 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, has united the business travel sector to advocate for the Trudeau Government and Biden Administration to take immediate and necessary action to open the Canada-US Borders, allowing for…
Alexandria, VA – 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 – today announces the relaunch of the GBTA certificate in corporate travel execution (CCTE), in partnership with Cornell University Executive Education and the Cornell SC Johnson College…
Hey, everyone – Just a quick note this week to highlight more positive interactions on our road to recovery as an association. Last Friday I met – in real life! – with our partners from the German business travel association, VDR – Hans-Ingo Biehl, executive director, and Christoph Carnier, board president. GBTA have had a…
London: Global Secure Accreditation and the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) today announced a partnership to offer a new training course: Travel Risk Management Bootcamp: Understanding and Implementing ISO31030. This one-day virtual programme will help travel and procurement professionals explore travel risk management in the context of the upcoming ISO 31030 guidelines, giving them the…
Minneapolis – CWT, the Business-to-Business-for-Employees (B2B4E) travel management platform, today announces that it has re-joined the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA). As an active member, CWT will work with GBTA to further augment its customer and supplier needs, as the industry recalibrates for safe and sustainable post-pandemic business travel. “Now, more than ever, our industry must…
Hi everyone – The lifecycle of an association like ours depends on strong member participation, dedicated sponsors, relevant programs and good governance. And so, my topic this week combines all of those – around our elections. This is a bit of a GBTA civics lesson. What’s the background? Just a few weeks ago, the Board…
Alexandria, VA – 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 – today released the findings from its 20th COVID-19 poll assessing how GBTA members are managing the return to business travel, post pandemic. The first poll of…
Alexandria, Virginia – The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the world’s largest business travel association and worldwide leader in advocacy for the industry, strongly urges the U.S. government to move aggressively to re-open borders to international travelers, as the European Union is scheduled to vote this Friday on lifting travel restrictions for U.S. residents. “As the…
Brussels – 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 – is today writing to EU governments calling for strong political impetus, decisive action, and seamless coordination to safely re-open travel across the EU. The EU Digital COVID…
This afternoon, the All Party Parliamentary Group for Business Travel convened to discuss the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the business travel sector. Chaired by Stephen Hammond MP, Clive Wratten, CEO of the Business Travel Association (BTA), Suzanne Neufang, CEO of the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), Graeme Elliott, Director Government Affairs and…
