GBTA Advocacy Priorities
We believe that business travel is a fundamental force for good. Meeting face- to-face deepens relationships, fosters collaboration, and develops culture in a way that technology alone can never truly replicate. It drives progress for businesses, governments, economies, and people.
As the barriers and challenges facing business travel evolve and change, GBTA advocacy creates an opportunity to make our collective voice heard on public policy issues impacting the business travel industry globally and locally.
Facilitating Traveler Mobility
New technology, laws, and documentation requirements should encourage and ensure unbiased and equitable travel experience guided by broadly accepted levels of comfort, choice, control, safety, and expediency.
Ensuring Proper Infrastructure
Investment in transportation infrastructure is necessary for a sustainable economy and jobs growth. Governments must support and fund air and rail modernization efforts and should take a balanced approach on taxes and fees.
Promoting Sustainable Business Travel
The further development and use of technology, alternative fuels, clarity of carbon emissions standards, infrastructure, and multimodal options will all result in a future of more purposeful business travel.
Optimizing traveler taxes and fees
Any taxes or fees imposed on travel should be invested back into improved infrastructure, innovation and decarbonization efforts that directly impact travel and improve the passenger experience.
Learn more about our work and positions
GBTA Advocacy – U.S. and Canada
GBTA has established an active voice on legislation in the region. Our advocacy efforts are centered around items such as passenger facilitation, infrastructure, government support for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Additionally, GBTA Grassroots Advocacy Action Center allows GBTA members to communicate with their elected U.S. officials on issues and topics that matter most.
Learn more: Policy Priorities for the U.S. in 2024-2025 >>
Download: GBTA US Business Travel Economic Impact Info Sheet and Research Report
Coming soon: Policy Priorities for Canada in 2025-2026
Learn more and collaborate: U.S. Legislative Advisory Council >>
Take action: Grassroots Advocacy >>
Subscribe: Monthly U.S. Newsletter >>
GBTA Advocacy – Europe
GBTA and its members work closely with EU policymakers to ensure our industry remains a driving force for Europe’s competitiveness and green transition. Key advocacy topics include sustainability, multimodal travel, optimizing government-imposed taxes and fees.
Learn more: Policy Priorities for the EU in 2024-2029 >>
Subscribe: Monthly EU Newsletter >>
Participate: GBTA Sustainability Summit 2024 in Copenhagen >>
GBTA Advocacy – LATAM and APAC
GBTA is keen on establishing strong GBTA member voice in LATAM and APAC regions. Our current efforts are focused on educating communities and policymakers on business travel as a force for good, an opportunity to learn, communicate, share experience and Innovate.
Get in touch: Help identify regional advocacy topics and like-minded organizations >>
To stay up to date on regulatory news and developments impacting business travel industry, subscribe to GBTA Advocacy quarterly “Politics of Travel” and monthly Regional Advocacy newsletters
GBTA is active on a number of fronts in Europe, Canada, and the U.S.
GBTA positions include:
U.S. Chapter Challenge
To raise the profile of business travel with U.S. officials, we ask GBTA Chapters to participate in the annual government relations challenge.
Challenge objectives:
- Introduce the Business Travel industry to elected officials
- Raise and advocate on issues of concern to elected officials
- Bring the issues home to the Congressional District.
2024 Chapter Challenge Partners that accomplished the 2024 Challenge tasks
U.S. Business Travel Political Action Committee
A Political Action Committee (PAC) is a vehicle through which associations and other types of nonprofit organizations can support federal candidates who agree with their positions on critical issues. Business Travel PAC is the bipartisan GBTA USA political action committee and is the only federally recognized PAC representing the business travel industry, giving the industry another voice in the political process.
GBTA’s Business Travel PAC supports representatives on both sides of the aisle that champion travel issues. Simply put, GBTA advocacy helps keep business moving.
Learn more: GBTA Business Travel PAC Q&A >>
How do I donate to the U.S. Business Travel PAC?
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Federal PAC Rules state that you must be a member of an organization to donate to their PAC. If you’re a Chapter Member, please contact the Government Relations representative to make arrangements.
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