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Mandating Sustainability: New White Paper Details Impact Recent EU Accounting Directive to Have on Travel Buyers

Byjcampbell

In 2014, the European Council adopted Directive 2014/95/EU establishing mandatory environmental, social and governance reporting requirements for companies of significant public relevance with more than 500 employees. The EU member states are currently transposing the Directive into national law and mandatory reporting will be enforced beginning in 2017. This new Directive makes reporting of non-financial…

Reading the Travel Tea Leaves About Greece and Europe

Reading the Travel Tea Leaves About Greece and Europe

Byjcampbell

The eyes of the world are now on Greece, watching and waiting to see if it will accept the terms of a third bailout, and ultimately whether it will leave the Eurozone. The more fundamental question, however, is what impact the Greek crisis will have on the larger European Economy? One way to gain insight…

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Project ICARUS Recognizes Outstanding Examples of Sustainability at Berlin Conference

Byjcampbell

Many of you are probably already familiar with Project ICARUS. For those that aren’t, this GBTA Foundation initiative launched in 2006 is the definitive source of information, education, support and recognition programs for sustainability in the business travel and meetings industry, globally. Just last month at GBTA Conference 2014 Berlin, Project ICARUS announced the winners…

Week In Review
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Week In Review

Byjcampbell

It was a big week for business travel in Europe as GBTA along with German business travel buyer association VDR kicked off Europe’s largest business travel conference in Berlin. The GBTA Foundation released the results of its semi-annual Western Europe business travel forecast there predicting 4.9 percent growth in business travel spending in 2014 followed…

Latest Forecast Shows Good News for Western Europe

Byjcampbell

Today, GBTA released our latest GBTA BTI™ Outlook – Western Europe report, a semi-annual analysis of the five most critical business travel markets in Europe: Germany, the UK, France, Italy and Spain. These five markets together form the lion’s share of business travel in the region acting as a good barometer of the health of…

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GBTA Europe Advocacy Newsletter – July 2022

Byjcampbell

GBTA submitted response to the European Commission’s public consultation on international freight and passenger transport – increasing the share of rail traffic, focusing on the importance of rail as an alternative to air transport and reducing emissions from business travel. GBTA co-signed a joint rail travel letter along with CER, EUTT, and others on Reaching EU Climate goals by making rail…

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GBTA Announces Mark Cuschieri as New European Advisory Board Chair

Byjcampbell

Alexandria, VA (April 23, 2019) – The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the voice of the global business travel industry, announced Mark Cuschieri to become the new European Advisory Board Chair. In this role, Cuschieri will lead the advisory board in providing strategic direction behind GBTA’s efforts in Europe.

GBTA Honors Véra Strezyk With Luoma Award

Byjcampbell

BERLIN (5 December 2018) – The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) – the voice of the global business travel industry – honored Véra Strezyk, Category Buyer Travel & MICE for CHANEL, with the prestigious Luoma Award. The award was announced during last week’s GBTA Conference 2018 Berlin in partnership with VDR. “Véra has been pivotal to…

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Automation, Fragmentation and Consolidation Were the Hot Topics of GBTA Conference 2018 Berlin in Partnership with VDR

Byjcampbell

BERLIN (4 December 2018) – The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) – the voice of the global business travel industry – and German business travel buyer association VDR – wrapped up their fifth successful joint conference in Europe this week with record-breaking attendance. The event brought together nearly 1,100 attendees from 30+ countries for unparalleled networking,…

GBTA Honors BCD Travel’s Torsten Kriedt with Luoma Award

Byjcampbell

FRANKFURT, 14 December 2017 – The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) – the voice of the global business travel industry – recently honored Torsten Kriedt, Vice President for Product Strategy and Innovation at BCD Travel, with the prestigious Luoma Award. Gehan Colliander, Chair of the GBTA Europe Advisory Board, presented the award during GBTA Conference…