March 30, 2021 Hi Everyone – It’s time to check in, and to greet the second quarter of 2021. It seems unbelievable that five quarters have now gone by since this pandemonium started – and a full year since it was officially recognized as a pandemic. Let me start by thanking all of…
Alexandria, Virginia (March 26, 2021), The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the world’s largest business travel association, condemns the recent increase in hate crimes against Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and other Asian Americans in the United States. GBTA believes strongly in diversity, equity and inclusion. Actions that fly in the face of such principles and that…
Alexandria, Virginia (March 26, 2021) – 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 – proudly announces the Ready. Safe. Travel. Training Program to unite, educate and engage all levels of the business travel industry. This virtual…
Hi everyone – Time to check in! Planet Earth passed another seasonal change over the weekend, with the March 20 equinox launching spring in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern hemisphere. It’s a good reminder to focus on how our global business travel community weathers “seasonal” change, up to and including the…
Alexandria, VA (March 18, 2021) – The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the world’s largest business travel association, today reported on the findings from its 17th poll looking at the impact of the pandemic on the business travel industry. Two-thirds of GBTA members and stakeholders (66%) believe implementing Digital Health Verification (also known as…
Brussels, (March 17, 2021) – The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) – the world’s largest business travel association – supports the European Commission’s proposal to introduce a Digital Green Certificate that is inter-operable and consistent across Members States. The certificate will verify that a person has been vaccinated against COVID-19, has recovered from the virus,…
Hi Global Colleagues: I’m “checking in” today, full of anticipation as I look forward to my first official Member Listening Tour session… kicking off today with session #1 in Europe. Thoughtful Q&A prompted by your write-in questions and a conversation moderated by Mark Cuschieri today will set the tone for the rest of the…
Alexandria, Virginia (March 10, 2021) – 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 – held its second WINiT Awards & Gala March 8, 2021, to honor business travel professionals who are reinventing, leaning in, and creating momentum…
Hello Everyone, Time to check in! These are such good words, ones we’d all love to see regularly again in our travel apps – anticipating the meetings, agendas, relationships, and business success driving us to travel in the first place. So, it’s week two for me at GBTA! And it’s time for…
Project Unite, focused on the integration of GBTA and ACTE, has been making progress and we’d like to provide you with this update. At the beginning of February, we completed the analysis of over 1,200 global responses to the survey that was conducted to gather thoughts on what people have enjoyed from the two associations,…
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