How do Business Travelers Feel about Business Travel?
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How do Business Travelers Feel about Business Travel?

Byjcampbell

Business travel drives business growth. Despite the myriad of ways people can communicate, meeting in person is still the one of the most effective way to conduct business with the greatest ROI.  Despite the diversity of reasons for business travel and the stress that can come from being in a new situation, traveling to a…

Business Traveler Satisfaction: The Generational Divide
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Business Traveler Satisfaction: The Generational Divide

Byjcampbell

In general, frequent business travelers are a content group with 88 percent satisfied with their business travel experiences and 84 percent that want to travel either the same amount or more frequently than they do now. It’s no secret that happy employees tend to be more productive, which could mean a better bottom line for…

Week in Review
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Week in Review

Byjcampbell

London City Airport flights were cancelled earlier this week after a stint by protesters on the runway. According to Buying Business Travel, nine protesters from the Black Lives Matter campaign group locked themselves together on the runway early Tuesday morning. Gatwick Airport set a new passenger traffic record by welcoming over 42 million passengers over…

Will the Italian Business Travel Market Take a Roman Holiday?

Will the Italian Business Travel Market Take a Roman Holiday?

Byjcampbell

Of the five European countries included in the most recent GBTA Foundation Western Europe BTI Report – the U.K., France, Germany, Spain and Italy – Italy is the most perplexing. While it, like the other nations, will experience slow and steady growth for 2016 and 2017, it won’t grow at the same rate as neighboring…

Demystifying Zika and Mitigating Risk for Business Travelers
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Demystifying Zika and Mitigating Risk for Business Travelers

Byjcampbell

As new cases of Zika have arisen in Nassau, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has just added the Bahamas to its list of travel notices. The recent Zika outbreak has worried business and leisure travelers alike, prompting GBTA’s Risk Committee to host a webinar called Demystifying Zika and the Real Cost of…

Week in Review
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Week in Review

Byjcampbell

The U.S. State Department has just issued a travel alert advising citizens to refrain from traveling to regions of Ethiopia due to political unrest and anti-government protests. Shortly after, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) added the Bahamas to their list of travel notices for Zika. Travel + Leisure reports local mosquito transmission…

GBTA Brings Business Travel Education and Networking to India

GBTA Brings Business Travel Education and Networking to India

Byjcampbell

During Convention, GBTA India’s new regional director, Gaurav Sundaram, joined us at the GBTA Broadcast studio to talk about what lies ahead for the region when it comes to business travel. In April, we announced the launch of GBTA India as part of our continuing global expansion. Gaurav shared three primary objectives for the upcoming…

Using Social Media During Business Travel: How Much Sharing is Going On?

Using Social Media During Business Travel: How Much Sharing is Going On?

Byjcampbell

In just a few short years, social media has gone from the domain of a few techies and college students to one of the main avenues that people use to communicate with one another. Indeed for some, it has become a truism that, “if it’s not on social media, it didn’t happen.” Given social media’s…

Moving Beyond Apps: Making Mobile More Strategic

Moving Beyond Apps: Making Mobile More Strategic

Byjcampbell

A large majority – almost 7 in 10 (69 percent) – of travel professionals indicate their travel program does not have a mobile strategy in place, according to new research by the GBTA Foundation in partnership with Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) and the Carlson Family Foundation. However, of the travel programs that have not adopted…

Message from the Office of the GBTA President – Honoring Outstanding Members

Message from the Office of the GBTA President – Honoring Outstanding Members

Byjcampbell

*The following blog post was originally sent as an email to GBTA Members on Friday, August  19.* Earlier this week I sent you a note about all the happenings at GBTA Convention 2016 and what is in store for the year ahead. It is an exciting time for GBTA and given that members are the…