About GBTA Europe
GBTA in Europe is founded on its partnerships with the region’s leading business travel associations and the GBTA France chapter.
The network provides business travel and meeting professionals with a European remit with access to the best education and training, research, benchmarking tools and events. For advocacy, it means that GBTA is the voice of business travel in Europe.
Join
Make the business travel connections in Europe that matter most to you, your career, and your business. Join Today >
Sponsor
Expose your brand to the largest number of European business travel professionals. Learn About Sponsorship Opportunities >
Professional Development
Power your career with business travel education and certifications to fuel recognition and career advancement. Learn more >
Research
Access the world’s largest collection of business travel industry research, RFP templates, benchmarking tools and archived webinars. Learn more >
News & Media
Why GBTA Europe?
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Committees
GBTA’s 13 committees set the direction of the business travel industry across major categories of interest.
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Valuable Connections
Join 9,000 + global members and connect via GBTA’s member-only networking and collaboration tool, GBTA Hub.
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Stay Current
Don’t fall behind — the business travel environment is constantly in flux. GBTA’s resources keep you abreast of the latest news and research.
GBTA Europe Events
GBTA Europe Sponsorship and Exhibition Opportunities
Is your organization looking to connect with European business travel and meetings management professionals?
Increase your brand awareness and visibility by making an impact as a sponsor
Sponsor GBTA Conference 2023 – Hamburg in Partnership with VDR
Expose your brand to the largest number of European business travel professionals
Exhibit at GBTA Conference 2023 – Hamburg in Partnership with VDR
For sponsorship and exhibition enquiries, please contact:
Catherine Logan
Regional Vice President – Europe
Email Catherine
Mobile: +44 (0) 7980 588 181
GBTA Europe Membership
Join GBTA today and take advantage of all of the local and global features and programmes that are customized to support you, your company and your career.
Your GBTA Europe membership entitles you to membership of both GBTA’s European network and the broader GBTA association – providing you with all the resources and benefits of membership. GBTA is a global association with travel professional members located around the world, and has been a leader in the business travel industry for over forty years.
Join GBTA
If you reside in a country where we currently do not have a partner association, you can join GBTA directly >
If you are not a member of one of the below partner associations and would like to join GBTA directly please contact rfahed@gbta.org
If you are already a member of one of the above partner associations, please proceed with registration for GBTA membership, which will either be complimentary or at a discounted rate for partner members. All memberships of partner associations are verified.
Leadership
The Advisory Board is a group of appointed buyer and supplier members of the network with the goal of creating membership benefit strategy, ensuring GBTA Europe remains led by buyers and monitoring that any activity undertaken by the network is in line with created strategy and objectives.
Ben Park
GBTA Europe, Regional Chair
Senior Director Procurement & Travel
Parexel International GmbH
Roberta Billè
GBTA Italy Representative
Xpend Manager
Sandoz Italia
Martin Ferguson
Board Member
Vice President, Global, Communications, Public Affairs & Global Events
Amercian Express Global Business Travel
Dan Humby
Board Member
Vice President, Sales – Europe
Groups 360
Jens Liltorp, CCTE
GBTA Board of Directors,
Direct Seat, Regional Europe
Manager, Global Travel and Meetings
LEO Pharma, Denmark
Catherine Logan
GBTA Europe Staff Delegate
Regional Senior Vice President – EMEA & APAC
GBTA
Jorge Mesa
Board Member
Director – Global Crisis Management
BCD Travel
Axel Müller
Board member
Regional VP DACH
Amadeus
Roman Neumeister
Board Member
Travel Officer
OSCE
Martin Sapori
Board member
VP Sales – Strategy and Transformation, Performance, Business Development
Accor
Odete Pimenta Da Silva
Partnership Council Rep
Managing Director
NATM
Julia Sullivan
Board Member
Corporate Travel Strategy Manager
Shell
Stefan Van Sliedregt
Board Member
Manager Global Travel and Expense
JDE Peet’s
Stéphane Vallageas
GBTA France representative
Global Lead Buyer Airlines, Payment Means, Safety Capgemini
Mikkel Wismann
Board Member
Managing Director and Vice President SML CIBT
The Partnership Council is a group of single representatives from each of GBTA Europe’s partners. Its role is to guide the network to ensure it works in the interests of Europe’s regional partners and their members/subscribers, and to ensure the mutual co-operation of all partners for the benefit of all.
Roman Neumeister
Council Member
President
ABTA
Jens Søndergaard
Council Member
General Manager
DBTA
Catherine Logan
Europe GBTA Staff Delegate
Senior Regional Vice President – EMEA & APAC
GBTA
Jens Schließmann
Council Member
Executive Director
VDR
Camilla Lageson
Council Member
Managing Director
NBTA
Fredrik Hermelin
Council Member
General Manager
SBTA
Odete Pimenta da Silva
Council Member
Managing Director
NATM
Scott Davies
Council Member
Chief Executive Officer
ITM
Sari Viljamaa
Council Member
Managing Director
FBTA
Víctor Noguer
Council Member
Managing Director
IBTA
Contact GBTA Europe
Melanie Garrett
Senior Vice President, Business Development – Europe
Email Melanie
+44 (0) 7736 105 257
Catherine Logan
Senior Regional Vice President – Europe & APAC
Email Catherine
+44 (0) 7980 588 181
Dawn McCormick
Senior Director, Event Operations – EMEA &APAC
Email Dawn
+44 (0) 7525241864
Tara O’Sullivan
Senior Marketing Manager
Email Tara