As only the third person in 90 years to head the largest hotel company in the world, Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson shared his outlook on the business travel industry, the shakeup over group commissions and the company’s home-sharing strategy on Center Stage at GBTA Convention 2018. Sorenson said he is “thrilled to be in an…
Women who want to move ahead in their careers must take risks, thrive through failure and talk the talk, according to three female business leaders on Monday at GBTA Convention 2018. The business travel executives—Jodi Allen, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Hertz; Melissa Maher, SVP Marketing and Innovation at Expedia; and Traci…
New facial recognition and CAT scan technologies are key to stopping terrorists, according to two of the nation’s highest security officials who spoke Monday on Center Stage at GBTA Convention 2018. Transportation Security Administrator (TSA) David Pekoske calls for “better security faster” at Monday’s Q&A session with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Kevin…
A travel buyer’s job is to ensure that corporate employees safely travel where they’re needed at a reasonable cost. But it’s much more than that. Importantly, these travel buyers are looking to balance corporate security and budgets with the individual traveler’s preferences and convenience. A panel of experienced travel buyers told GBTA attendees from Center…
Being bigger can help companies learn, negotiate better, and innovate, according to the representatives of three big travel brands who participated in a panel discussion from Center Stage at GBTA Convention 2018. On the other hand, integrating people from different cultures challenges even the largest corporations. With 4,200 locations worldwide, Best Western CEO David Kong…
The GBTA Broadcast Studio continues to stream live on Tuesday. Don’t miss out as leading industry executives share their insights into current and future industry trends, opportunities and challenges facing the business travel industry, and much more. Tune in throughout the week as we film over 100 interviews with leading executives. Here is Tuesday’s schedule: 8:00am – Kathy Morgan,…
The GBTA Broadcast Studio will stream live for the final day on Wednesday, August 15. Our last day of interviews will feature back-to-back interviews with our exhibitors on Innovation Row in addition to industry executives as they share their insights into business travel trends, opportunities and challenges. Here is Wednesday’s schedule: 8am – Kjarsten Philipsen, Senior Vice President, Americas,…
In less than 48 hours, GBTA Convention 2018 will be kicking off in San Diego! For our last Throwback Thursday post of the year, we brought former GBTA employee Hank Roeder into our offices to talk Convention history. Choosing Host Cities Hank’s Favorite Convention Memory Famous Convention Speakers
Reuniões representam um importante gasto corporativo, mas metade das companhias não monitoram reuniões consideras rotineiras. Globalmente metade das reuniões corporativas são reuniões rotineiras e quase a metade das companhias não utilizam canais mais sofisticados para efetuá-las, segundo um novo estudo realizado pela GBTA em parceria com HRS, entrevistando gerentes de viagens de negócio e planejadores…
Reuniones simples representan un importante gasto corporativo pero mitad de compañías no utilizan canales de manejo Globalmente, la mitad de las reuniones corporativas son reuniones simples y cerca de la mitad de las compañías las reservan fuera de los canales de manejo, según un nuevo estudio dado a conocer por GBTA en asocio con HRS…
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