With the entire business travel industry being turn upside down due to the pandemic, this is an opportunity for a fresh restart in every aspect of business travel, including duty of care and risk management. There are many choices to be made right now and one of them is to either go back to how…
Brussels – The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the world’s largest business travel association, is collaborating with the European Commission to help shape the new EU rules that will apply to computerised reservation systems (CRS). GBTA have collated and submitted detailed views on behalf of European partners, corporate travel buyers and suppliers in response to the…
Hello Everyone, With the successful passage of Set One of the GBTA Bylaw changes, voting for Set Two of Bylaw changes is underway now through May 21. Members previously categorized as “Direct,” “Allied” or “Indirect” are now all classified as “Active Members” and for the first time, all Active Members may vote on proposed bylaw…
Mr. Jeffrey Zients COVID-19 Response Team Coordinator The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. Zients: On behalf of the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), I applaud the Administration’s efforts to provide clear public health guidance and to deliver COVID-19 vaccinations to all Americans. For the global business travel industry,…
The call for Nominations will open on Thursday, May 6. All eligible members will receive an email from Election Services with the link to nominate a candidate. Instructions for nomination: You may nominate yourself. You may nominate as many or as few candidates as you like, but please use one form per nomination. Nominate only…
Brussels (May 5, 2021) – An international group of Business Travel Associations welcome the proposal released by the European Commission earlier this week to ease restrictions on non-essential travel to the EU for vaccinated individuals. The group which includes the Austrian Business Travel Association (ABTA); AFTM (Association Française du Travel Management); (ASTM) Association of Swiss…
Kari Bigot, Vice President and Head of North America Sales for Altour, shares her thoughts on working in business travel and her advice to those just entering the industry. What do you love about being in business travel? The collaborative environment that’s fostered by the business travel industry is simply addicting. I love that I…
Alexandria, VA (May 4, 2021) – The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the world’s largest business travel association, today announced changes to the association bylaws, as voted by Direct Members. These initial changes are the first step in a series of recommendations to transform the association in preparation for future growth, governance transformation, and the…
Hello Everyone, As we crossed into the month of May this past weekend, we’re now firmly into the heart of our industry’s – and association’s – building-back period. The Votes are in! For GBTA Bylaw Set 1, that is. Direct Members voted in record numbers and approved all 3 amendments put forward by the volunteer…
Brussels (April 29, 2021) – The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the world’s largest business travel association, welcomes the outcome of yesterday’s vote by the European Parliament and calls upon EU Governments to embrace the push for harmonised rules and the gradual lifting of unilateral travel restrictions during upcoming negotiations on a final text. The…
Hi Everyone, There’s so much going on as we prepare for the return of business travel – let me dive right in! According to breaking news, the Department of Homeland Security will extend the U.S. Real ID deadline beyond the October 1, 2021 date. GBTA has been pushing for an extension on this deadline and…
Alexandria, VA – The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the world’s largest business travel association, today issued the findings from its 18th COVID-19 poll assessing the impact of the pandemic and the road to recovery for the business travel industry. Nearly one-quarter of poll respondents report that their company has resumed non-essential business travel, or that…
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