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You have done everything you can possibly do to ensure your travelers are well educated and practicing safe guidelines and protocols while traveling. You have a high-risk destination pre-approval process in place and the ability to track and contact travelers. Your organization is partnered with at least one security and intelligence provider supporting traveler safety and health, and you regularly conduct travel risk management program resource and education outreach. Your travel risk management program provides end-to-end Duty of Care to travelers. You’ve covered it all, right?
Alexandria, VA (April 9, 2019) – WINiT by GBTA, a network driving positive change for the career mobility of women in the travel-related industries, announced that it will be delivering a career development workshop as part of ITM Conference 2019 on 29 April at the Hilton Brighton Metropole.
On the podcast today, you’ll hear GBTA Executive Director and COO Mike McCormick’s interviews with Luis Barrios, President and CEO, Hoteles City Express; Anko Van Der Werff, Chief Revenue Officer, Aeromexico; and Beat Wille, Country General Manager – Mexico, BCD Travel. View all of the interviews from Mexico City on GBTA’s YouTube channel.
GBTA has closely been following developments with REAL ID over the past few years. REAL ID is a federal law passed as part of the 9/11 Commission in 2015 and requires states to issue standardized ID cards and driver’s licenses that include new technology. The intent of the law is to prevent forged documents and…
Alexandria, VA (April 3, 2019) – WINiT by GBTA, a network driving positive change for the career mobility of women in the travel-related industries, announced today that CEO of Gillis Consulting and Training, Inc., Tammy Gillis, will share valuable insight on how to build a team of sales leaders at WINiT Summit 2019 – Chicago…
Here’s to all the road warriors out there – to the business traveler who woke up at 4am to catch an early morning departure, to the jet-lagged traveler struggling to adjust to a new time zone, and to the sleep-deprived traveler whose flight was delayed… again. Here’s to the traveler who nailed his pitch with…
On today’s episode of The Business of Travel, we celebrate Women’s History Month as March comes to an end. We highlight WINiT and GBTA activities that took place around International Women’s Day earlier this month, including the launch of the inaugural WINiT awards recognizing excellence in leadership in advancing women in travel-related industries. This episode…
Currently, some in Congress want to double the current Passenger Facility Charge (PFC), and others even want to remove the cap altogether, meaning airports would be able to increase the PFC as much as they want. Today, GBTA joined Travelers United, Americans for Tax Reform and Airlines for America in opposition to raising the PFC. The…
Details on the Administration’s 2020 budget continue to come out this week. Included in it was a proposal to increase the 9/11 Aviation Security fee by one dollar, despite the fact that a portion of the funds currently being collected are being diverted to general deficit reduction. The fee is currently capped at $5.60 per…
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