GBTA Convention 2019 - Online Press Room

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American Airlines Expands Dedicated Support Team to Enhance Customer Experience for Travel Professionals
At the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) 2019 Convention today, American Airlines announced it will increase staffing levels for its dedicated Sales Support team by 50% to provide even more personalized service for travel agency and corporate customers.
American Airlines | 5 August 2019
American Airlines Enhances Day-of-Travel Experience Through Corporate Recognition
American Airlines is highlighting improvements in the entire travel journey at the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) 2019 Convention. One of those improvements includes corporate traveler recognition, which is now available on American and its Atlantic Joint Business (AJ...
American Airlines | 5 August 2019
American Airlines, American Express Global Business Travel and Amadeus complete live NDC bookings
American Airlines, American Express Global Business Travel and Amadeus announce a milestone in travel retailing at the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) 2019 Convention. The companies have processed live bookings using American's NDC-enabled content with American Express...
Amadeus North America | 4 August 2019
Traxo and DVI Partner to Bring Enhanced Data Insights to Corporate Travel Spend
Traxo, the leader in travel data aggregation and itinerary intelligence, and DVI, the leader in data science and data visualization solutions for corporate travel management, announced today at the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) annual convention a partnership to inte...
Traxo, Inc. | 4 August 2019
Global Travel Pricing Set To Slow Down In 2020; Flights To Rise 1.2%, Hotels 1.3%
After posting sharp rises in 2019, prices in the global travel industry are likely to slow in 2020, with flights rising a modest 1.2%, hotels rising only 1.3%, and rental car rates up 1%, according to the sixth annual Global Travel Forecast, published today by CWT and GBTA. Whil...
Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) | 31 July 2019
The “Travel Journey” Highlights ARC’s 2019 GBTA Booth
A touchscreen experience that represents the travel journey will intrigue visitors next week in the Airlines Reporting Corp. (ARC) booth during the 2019 Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) Convention in Chicago. The active visual display allows participants to explore the ...
ARC (Airlines Reporting Corporation) | 30 July 2019
CWT Research Reveals 71% of Business Travelers Embrace Innovation
Research by CWT, the B2B4E travel management platform, shows that 71% of global business travelers embrace travel innovation. Travelers from the Americas and Asia Pacific are more likely to favor it, with 75% and 71% respectively. Europeans, on the other hand, are warier of the ...
CWT | 10 July 2019
GBTA Pulses Buyer Members on Confidence Around Boeing MAX Aircraft
In March 2019, airlines and governments around the world grounded the Boeing 737 MAX in response to a fault in the aircraft's Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) which resulted in two crashes in October 2018 and March 2019.
Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) | 14 June 2019
Delta makes industry-first move linking corporate meetings with business travel
Meetings and event coordinators at corporations must prove that event costs do not outweigh the meaningful value of face-to-face conversation. That's exactly why Delta Air Lines is launching Delta Edge Meetings – to save companies money and time, while providing detailed repor...
Delta Air Lines Inc | 18 July 2016
EVA Joins Elite Ranks of World’s 5-Star Airlines
EVA Air earned SKYTRAX's prestigious 5-Star certification on June 15, 2016 and joined an elite group of only eight airlines worldwide. The 5-Star ranking is SKYTRAX's highest global airline quality rating and the result of a direct, year-long professional analysis of as many ...
Booth: 930h | EVA Air | 18 July 2016

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