Alexandria, VA (May 5, 2016) – The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) – the voice of the global business travel industry – today announced legendary quarterback Peyton Manning will be a featured speaker at GBTA Convention 2016, July 16-20 in Denver, Colorado. Manning will speak at Convention Arena on Tuesday, July 19. His participation is…
Alexandria, VA (May 5, 2016) – The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) – the voice of the global business travel industry – today announced Allied Leadership Council President Scott Solombrino and Vice President Dorothy Dowling have appointed eight new members to the Allied Leadership Council (ALC). The ALC represents GBTA’s Allied Members by acting as…
Alexandria, VA (2 May 2016) – On 5 March 2016, China’s Premier Li Keqiang announced the expansion of the scope of the Value Added Tax (VAT) to several key sectors including hospitality to take effect from 1 May 2016. Prior to this announcement, most hotels in China charge guests a 15 percent “service charge” consisting…
Alexandria, VA (May 2, 2016) – The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) – the voice of the global business travel industry – today announced Oscar Munoz, president and CEO of United Airlines, will be a featured speaker at GBTA Convention 2016, July 16-20 in Denver, Colorado. Munoz will speak at Center Stage on Monday, July…
London/Frankfurt (April 27, 2016) – The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) – the voice of the global business travel industry – announced that registration is now open for GBTA Conference 2016 Frankfurt in Partnership with VDR. For the third straight year, GBTA joins its German partner association VDR – the German Business Travel Association – to host the largest…
Alexandria, VA (April 21, 2016) – China’s business travel market has overtaken the United States as the number one business travel market in the world. This is one of the key findings from the GBTA BTI™ Outlook – China 2016 H1, a report by the GBTA Foundation, the education and research arm of the Global…
Toronto (April 21, 2016) – The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) – the leading voice of the business travel industry in Canada – held its 12th annual conference in Toronto at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre this week with a record 600+ attendees and also the highest buyer attendance in the history of the event….
TORONTO (April 20, 2016) – New research to be unveiled today by the GBTA Foundation at GBTA Conference 2016 Toronto reveals that nearly 9 in 10 employees (88 percent) in North America are satisfied with their business travel experiences. The GBTA Foundation, the education and research arm of the Global Business Travel Association, presented these…
Alexandria, VA/Gurgaon (April 19, 2016) – The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the voice of the global business travel industry, today announced the launch of GBTA India as part of its continuing global expansion. GBTA’s initial focus in the region will be on establishing a broad based membership among the Indian business travel community and…
DALLAS, TX and ALEXANDRIA, VA – April 19, 2016 – Meeting Professionals International (MPI)has renewed an education agreement with the University of Virginia Darden School Foundation for the Certificate in Meeting Management (CMM) Program. Faculty from the Darden Executive Education team will continue to provide instruction for the program, which is delivered in partnership by…
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