Hey everyone – I am watching with awe as our industry and association prepare organizations to send their travelers safely and responsibly back on the road again in the coming weeks as pandemic situations allow. We have continued with advocacy efforts to push for a smart and safe return of business travel, especially between the…
Alexandria, Virginia The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) – the world’s largest business travel association and a worldwide leader in education, research, networking, and advocacy for the industry – proudly announces a two-year partnership with University of Virginia (UVA) Darden Executive Education & Lifelong Long Learning on GBTA Academy’s Global Leadership Professional® (GLP) Program. The…
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…
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