Innovating the Flying Experience
Leading up to GBTA Convention 2017 in Boston, a handful of startups like Airmule competed in our inaugural Innovation Series for a spot on the Expo.
Leading up to GBTA Convention 2017 in Boston, a handful of startups like Airmule competed in our inaugural Innovation Series for a spot on the Expo.
At GBTA Convention 2017 in Boston, Travel Leaders Group took a risk by sponsoring our first-ever Innovation Row, a dedicated space on our Expo to highlight innovative technologies in the business travel space.
We kicked off our Throwback Thursday (#TBT) posts celebrating the upcoming 50th Anniversary of GBTA Convention with a post on the very beginnings of GBTA – or NPTA as it was known then. Today we learn more about the Association’s past and what NPTA looked like throughout the 1970s.
During GBTA Convention 2017, Mozio CEO David Litwak stopped by our Broadcast Studio to discuss the inner workings of the platform and how he sees it being incorporated within the business travel community.
Dear GBTA Members,
Happy New Year! I hope your 2018 is off to a great start. As we begin the new year, I would like to provide a brief update on GBTA’s current activities.
In the initial aftermath of the first two travel bans issued by the Trump Administration and the electronics ban, GBTA conservatively projected a loss of $1.3 billion in overall travel-related expenditures in the United States in 2017. Given the cumulative effect of ongoing negative rhetoric and polices that ultimately discouraged international travel to the country, travel fared even worse than our original projections.
Catch up on the latest business travel news for the week of Sunday, January 21.
Catch up on the latest in business travel news for the week of Sunday, January 14.
In 2017, over 160 industry speakers presented informative and engaging education sessions at Convention, ranging from the evolution of technology in travel programs to balancing traveler satisfaction with program compliance.
During GBTA Convention 2017 in Boston, we had a dedicated space on the Expo to highlight innovative startups impacting the business travel space. Startup Bizly, for example, has developed a platform that enables travel professionals and event planners to easily book small meetings spaces.