My business travels this week bring me to the UK where I’m onsite at The Institute of Travel Management’s (ITM) Accelerate event. This marks GBTA’s renewed relationship with ITM but it’s also where I’ll engage in an onstage discussion on a topic that’s important to us all: selling business travel’s value. One indicator of the…
Alexandria, VA – Business travel is surging forward, international travel is returning and despite new challenges, industry recovery is entrenched. In addition, corporate travel policies are undergoing a revamp and employees are broadly willing to travel for business. These findings are from the April Business Travel Recovery Poll, the latest and 27th in a series…
In this week’s Check-In, Suzanne Neufang, CEO, GBTA, is filming from Las Vegas where she reflects on the meetings and events sector and how its recovery is such an important part of the business travel industry. One doesn’t exist without the other. She also shares the line-up of in-person GBTA events for the coming months,…
Alexandria, VA – GBTA, the voice of the global business travel industry, applauds the Biden Administration’s push to boost production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the United States. SAF will play a critical role in decarbonizing aviation by 2050 – but this is conditional on a dramatic acceleration of production capabilities and overall supply,…
If you’re like me, many times you see the parallels between work and life. I wanted to share a recent reflection on that here, so you may find today’s Check-In a little different… In 2014 when I was between jobs, I took up a new hobby: stained glass crafting. I took a multi-week…
Alexandria, VA – GBTA, the voice of the global business travel industry, applauds the bipartisan effort to end the current testing requirement for all vaccinated inbound travelers to the United States. Moreover, GBTA calls on the Biden Administration to immediately end the testing requirements and move to allow vaccinated travelers to fly into the U.S. …
Alexandria, VA – GBTA applauds the confirmation of Grant Harris to serve as the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Analysis at the U.S. Department of Commerce. GBTA had advocated on behalf of its membership and chapters for a swift confirmation of Harris to serve in this important senior leadership role for the business…
Spurred by the pandemic and resulting overall societal changes, I’m hearing that companies are reimagining and adapting for a next era in business – which also means a next era for business travel. New approaches in business travel for fostering client and team connectedness and individual traveler needs must coexist with corporate priorities and bottom-line…
Tracking business travel’s recovery is like plotting moments on a continuum – our industry has been assessing, reassessing, staying the course or pivoting, as we move across the horizontal axis of time. So what moment are we in now? A recent story in “The Economist” featuring GBTA and a conversation I had last week…
Its always a busy start to the new year, however that’s no excuse for not sending a more regular Politics of Travel. I will try to do better. BERLIN GOT BLURRY: The GBTA Conference I attended in Berlin was fantastic. The speakers were provocative, the business was booming and the feel around being back in person,…
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