GBTA Chicago Q4: SPIN, SERVE, SOLVE

Description: Game, set, match on corporate travel and partnerships, where innovation meets human interaction and buyers and suppliers rally toward better solutions.

Join GBTA Chicago for our final Education Meeting of the year. This event is dedicated to learning from our partnerships- how suppliers and buyers can work together to build success. Attendees will walk away with actionable takeaways from our keynote interview, and understand more deeply what their supplier partners are thinking about as we move into 2027. Direct/Buyer attendees, make sure your phone is fully charged for this one- we’ll need your active participation!

Opening Serve: a Conversation with Google’s Rob Bray:
How Rob brought all the players to the table, and what he built for his travelers from there.

Matchpoint: Buyer-Supplier Rally:
Powered by Slido, we welcome our four key industries in a back-and-forth Question and Response with the audience. Serving up ideas, Returning better answers.

Speaker Info:

Opening Serve: A Keynote Interview
Rob Bray
Head of Travel & Events
Google

Interviewer:
Jeff Burba
Corporate Travel & Expense Manager
Perficient
President, GBTA Chicago

Matchpoint: Buyer & Supplier Rall – Slido Ping Pong!

Tamar Fuchs
Director, Global Business Travel Sales
Corporate Strategic Accounts
Hilton

Carlo Chirchirillo
Account Director, Global Sales
IHG ® Hotels & Resorts

Amy Leeds
Area Director Transient Sales
Loews Chicago Hotel
Loews Chicago O’Hare

Melissa Rix, GLP, CLSSYB
Manager Field Sales |Heartland
Southwest Airlines

Alexander Frigo
General Manager, Central USA
Lufthansa Group

Mat Macko
Sr. Manager, Mid-Market | Global Sales
American Airlines

Gina Maylath
Global Client Solutions Manager
Fox World Travel

Aaron Miller
Owner/Operator
BASE Transportation Solutions
Allied Council, GBTA Chicago

Halley Shaw
Sales Manager, SMB
Uber for Business

Referee: Frankie Cigler
Global Account Director- Business Transient
Omni Hotels & Resorts
Vice President 1, GBTA Chicago

Sponsor Information:

Meeting Venue Sponsor- Perk Amtrav
Annual Sponsors-
Platinum- United for Business, American Airlines
Gold- Southwest Business
Silver- Fox World Travel, SAP Concur

Credits Requested: 3

RSVP and Costs:
Register Here: https://chicagobta.starchapter.com/meetinginfo.php?id=192&ts=1792599880
Complimentary for Chapter Direct Members
$100 Member Registration
$75 Early Bird Rate until Oct. 30
$150 Guest Registration
$130 Early Bird Rate until Oct. 30