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Navigating Uncertainty with Optimism and Levity: A Reflection on GBTA + VDR Europe Conference 2025 and the Future of Business Travel

In this feature series, GBTA’s Board of Directors share their views on topics that matter most to members, the industry and the way forward for business travel. Today’s guest author is Lindsay Straub, Global Head of Sales at FCM Travel. Now that the GBTA + VDR Europe Conference is over, I’m left reflecting on one consistent theme: we operate…

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GBTA + VDR Europe Conference 2025 in Hamburg Spotlights Advocacy, Innovation and Resilience in European Business Travel

One of Europe’s Largest Gatherings of Industry Professionals Focuses on Growth & Sustainability as Business Travel Spending Advances Toward €389.9 Billion Business travel’s evolving landscape and the drive toward a more sustainable future took center stage this week at the GBTA + VDR Europe Conference 2025 in Hamburg. From 10–12 November, the CCH – Congress…

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Reflections from Brussels: Community, Learning, Advocacy and Action for Business Travel’s Future

Last week hundreds of stakeholders from the global industry gathered in Brussels for a pair of back-to-back GBTA events – the Sustainability Summit and the Europe Conference with VDR – as together we continue to set the agenda and create the platform for the many voices within our sector.  The GBTA Sustainability Summit centered around…

A New Way Of Seeing Things
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A New Way Of Seeing Things

A couple of weeks ago, I had the privilege of attending the GBTA Latin America Conference held at the Hilton Madero in Buenos Aires, Argentina.  The event was a success with over 350 business travel professionals from ten Latin American countries and the United States attending the two day event.  The great novelist, Henry Miller…