Women in Travel: Companies Can Benefit From a Leadership Team Mirroring their Greatest Consumer

Alexandria, Virginia (December 15, 2020) In the final 2020 session of its Collaboratory webinar series, the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) – the world’s largest business travel association – welcomed Arlene Coyle, Vice President of Commercial Corporations for Amadeus to discuss her career journey and the importance of having women in influential leadership roles.  …

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Travel Buyers Unplugged: New Technology Innovations Fueling Travel

Travel buyers have been very vocal about the need for innovation and have put pressure on suppliers to step up. So why is it so difficult to get travel buyers to adopt new innovations? As part of Collaboratory 2020, moderator Michelle “Mick” Lee, Global Head of General and Shared Services for BNY Mellon and Vice-Chair…

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GBTA Calls for a Coordinated Approach to Restore Safe Travels

Brussels (10 December 2020) — GBTA (Global Business Travel Association), the voice of the global business travel industry is calling for closer co-operation and coordination when the European Council meet this week to discuss COVID-19, climate change, security and external relations. The European Council are meeting to review the current situation with the pandemic and to…

GBTA Concludes Annual Business Meeting

Alexandria, Virginia (December 8, 2020) The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the world’s largest business travel association, held its Annual Business Meeting virtually, with more than 500 in attendance. This important gathering of association leadership and members is held annually and is usually part of the GBTA annual convention.   Highlights of the 2020 GBTA…

GBTA Giving Away $1000 Scholarships as Part of “Ready. Safe. Travel.” Campaign

As a GBTA member, you could win one of two $1,000 GBTA scholarships by just taking a few minutes of your time to join our “Ready. Safe. Travel” campaign.   GBTA’s “Ready. Safe. Travel.” awareness campaign is bringing attention to the fact that our industry represents millions of jobs and $1.45 trillion dollars globally and…

GBTA Completes Acquisition of ACTE

Alexandria, Virginia (November 24, 2020) The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the world’s largest business travel association, has completed its acquisition of key assets of the Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE), continuing its pledge to unify the industry and help lead business travel out of the COVID-19 pandemic.   “We are beyond thrilled to…