Thursday, January 14 | 2:00 PM GMT After more than four years of intensive negotiation Brexit has finally happened and a deal has been struck between the UK and EU, but what does this mean for business travel? Experts from GBTA’s lobbying firm Grayling from the UK and Brussels will outline what has been agreed…
As the world starts to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic and global travel slowly opens up again, many countries are considering a system whereby travelers can prove their vaccination status to facilitate travel across borders. In fact, some countries have already done so. COVID-19 travel certificate systems involve digital or physical records of a person’s…
In her role as chief operations officer and part of the executive committee at CTM North America, Maureen is responsible for driving CTM North America’s operational vision and strategy for CTM’s performance and growth. Prior to joining CTM in 2019, she held executive roles in operations, global corporate acquisition integrations and global business solutions stretching…
Hey, everyone – Just a quick note this week to highlight more positive interactions on our road to recovery as an association. Last Friday I met – in real life! – with our partners from the German business travel association, VDR – Hans-Ingo Biehl, executive director, and Christoph Carnier, board president. GBTA have had a…
London: Global Secure Accreditation and the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) today announced a partnership to offer a new training course: Travel Risk Management Bootcamp: Understanding and Implementing ISO31030. This one-day virtual programme will help travel and procurement professionals explore travel risk management in the context of the upcoming ISO 31030 guidelines, giving them the…
Minneapolis – CWT, the Business-to-Business-for-Employees (B2B4E) travel management platform, today announces that it has re-joined the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA). As an active member, CWT will work with GBTA to further augment its customer and supplier needs, as the industry recalibrates for safe and sustainable post-pandemic business travel. “Now, more than ever, our industry must…
Jennifer Wilson-Buttigieg knows that to keep up with the travel industry’s continual change, as well as thrive in it, you must see opportunity everywhere and in everything. As Co-president & Owner of Valerie Wilson Travel, Jennifer’s forward-thinking approach and “challenge the status quo” mindset has helped cement Valerie Wilson Travel as an industry leader. In…
Hi everyone – The lifecycle of an association like ours depends on strong member participation, dedicated sponsors, relevant programs and good governance. And so, my topic this week combines all of those – around our elections. This is a bit of a GBTA civics lesson. What’s the background? Just a few weeks ago, the Board…
In her role as senior manager of travel and events for ICF, Carmen directs the day-to-day operations of the company’s global travel program including travel management, corporate housing and meetings & events. She is a member of the BWBTA Chapter of GBTA and has served on committees for both WINiT by GBTA and the Association…
Greetings! News of fits and starts of the return of domestic business travel in certain domestic markets has underscored our most recent pandemic recovery research: that optimism continues to cautiously rise as business travelers get back into planes, trains, cars and meetings. Thanks to all of you who fill out this important survey every month!…
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