On August 13, three senior leaders in business travel will highlight success factors and obstacles they experienced throughout their careers, and will also address the unique challenges they faced as women to get to the level they are at today. Moderator Dorothy Dowling, SVP & CMO of Best Western Hotels & Resorts, expresses her excitement in…
In a blow to most air passengers, NPR reports the Federal Aviation Administration has declined to regulate seat size and pitch on airlines. Since 1978, seats have moved 3 inches closer together and average seat width on many airlines has shrunk by 1.5 inches. According to CNBC, rising jet fuel costs are expected to impact…
For this week’s episode, The Business of Travel highlights round three of GBTA’s Innovation Series in Partnership with Phocuswright. You’ll hear from Safely, Stasher and Sanctifly as they deliver their six-minute pitches on why they deserve to be named the “Best Innovator in Business Travel” at GBTA Convention 2018. You can download and listen…
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING Annual Report; Election of Directors; Absentee Ballot Request Instructions and Timelines Notice of Annual Meeting The Annual Meeting of the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), Inc. (“GBTA”) will be held on August 13, 2018, at 10:30am in San Diego, California at the San Diego Convention Center on Center Stage in…
Back when GBTA was still known as the National Business Travel Association (NBTA), we collaborated with The New Yorker to highlight a series of cartoons pertaining to corporate travel. Below are a couple cartoons from The Lighter Side of Business Travel. See more cartoons here. Visit the GBTA Blog every Thursday for more throwback posts!…
As we inch closer to our upcoming 50th anniversary of GBTA Convention, we continue to look back and celebrate our history through a series of weekly posts. Nearly eight years ago, the 2010 NBTA International Convention & Exposition was held in Houston, known for its horrendously hot weather in the summer months. In the video…
GBTA Projects Future Impact on U.S. Economy and Business Travel Today, the Supreme Court ruled to uphold President Trump’s travel ban. So, what does this mean for the future of the travel industry? It cannot be denied that the cumulative impact of the travel bans over the past 18 months has been felt by our industry….
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Today, I testified on behalf of GBTA at a hearing held by the Homeland Security Committee’s House Subcommittee on Transportation and Protective Security. The purpose of the hearing, Addressing The TSA Checkpoint: The PreCheck Program and Airport Wait Times, was to examine both TSA, GAO, and private sector stakeholder perspectives relating to the TSA PreCheck program, as well as the agency’s airport wait times mitigation strategy going into the busy Summer travel season.
Tripgrid, lumo and Stay22 recently went head-to-head in the first part of the Innovation Series, a multifaceted program designed to highlight the business travel industry’s most impactful innovators.
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