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News to Know
GBTA Holds Annual Business Meeting for 2025, Announces 2026 Board Election Results
GBTA conducted its Annual Business Meeting yesterday led by GBTA CEO, Suzanne Neufang, and Board President, Rosemary Maloney.
The session provided an overview of GBTA’s 2025 financial performance, key organizational metrics, and highlights from the year’s achievements. Attendees also gained valuable insight into GBTA’s ongoing investments in its core mission, programs, people and advocacy efforts, as well as what’s ahead for the remainder of 2026, including the GBTA Convention, August 3-5 in Chicago.
The meeting also featured the announcement of the results of the 2026 GBTA Board of Directors election. GBTA extends its sincere appreciation to all candidates who participated in this year’s election process and all who voted, and congratulates the newly elected volunteer leaders who will begin their Board terms on August 5th at the close of Convention:
Director-At-Large (Direct Member)
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Leslie Andrews, Director of Category Management, JLL
Regional Director, European (Direct Member)
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Ben Park, Executive Director, Travel & Sustainability, Parexel
Director-At-Large (Allied Member)
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Kim Conway, CEO, ASK4 Group
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Evan Koppel, Director of Sales, Atlantic Region, United Airlines
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Katie Virtue, Consultant, temoji
You can access the GBTA Annual Business Meeting | 2025 Review report here and watch a full replay on GBTA’s YouTube channel.
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Industry Spotlight
New Episode from The Business of Travel Podcast
From RFP to Strategy: Hotel Program Trends for 2026
 
In this episode of The Business of Travel, presented by the GBTA U.S. Accommodations Committee, Fred Veliyev, Principal Product Manager at Cvent Transient, David Mollov, Managing Director of Travel Industry Solutions at Emburse, and Annette Cumming, Senior Vice President at CerebriAI, discuss the key trends that emerged from the 2026 hotel RFP season.
The conversation explores what buyers should know as they evaluate hotel program performance, supplier strategy, sourcing decisions, and the evolving technologies shaping accommodation programs. Listeners will gain practical insights into the current hotel sourcing landscape and considerations for building stronger, more informed hotel programs moving forward.
GBTA Acceleration Challenge
Move From Commitment to Measurable Progress
Many organizations have made climate commitments. The next step is translating those commitments into measurable progress across business travel.
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The GBTA Acceleration Challenge gives companies a practical way to assess their current travel sustainability practices, identify quick wins and longer-term shifts, and align travel policy with broader climate goals.
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Participants receive a confidential benchmarking report to help inform planning, tracking, and next-stage improvements.
Progress doesn’t have to start with perfection. It starts with a baseline.
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Buyers come to Convention with decisions to make.
Buyer Access+ is designed to help them make the most of their time at GBTA Convention 2026, with a more focused experience built around planning, connection and value.
For travel buyers managing complex programs, every conversation matters. Buyer Access+ helps create a clearer path through Convention so attendees can focus on the people, insights and opportunities that support stronger program decisions.
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View the New Payment and Expense Toolkit on Community+
Managing payments and expense processes in business travel can be complex. GBTA's Payments & Expense Toolkit provides practical guidance to help travel buyers, suppliers, and industry professionals navigate payment solutions, compliance requirements, reconciliation processes, and evolving industry trends.
The toolkit includes twelve modules, with the first three available to everyone and the remaining nine exclusively for GBTA members.
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