GBTA Convention 2019 - Online Press Room

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GBTA and Egencia® Research Shows Travel Professionals Gaining Control of Travel Policie
Travel professionals are playing an increasingly large and influential role in shaping and controlling business travel policy, aided by online booking tools and fueled by a growing focus on cost-saving efforts, according to a new report by the GBTA Foundation, the research arm o...
Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) | 20 July 2012
GBTA and Fast Company Announce Business Traveler Innovation Award Winners
The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) – the voice of the global business travel industry – and Fast Company have announced winners of the annual 2012 Business Traveler Innovation Awards. Business travelers nominated services, products and ideas that help to make life on ...
Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) | 13 July 2012
GBTA Research Explains The Premium Traveler in Developing Countries
A plurality of premium travelers from developing countries around the world say they have taken more international trips in the past twelve months and expect to take even more over the next twelve months, according to new research released today by the Global Business Travel Ass...
Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) | 12 July 2012
Record Breaking Buyer Attendance at 2012 GBTA Convention
The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA)—the voice of the global business travel industry—today announced that the 2012 GBTA Convention will have the largest buyer attendance in the show's 44 year history, with almost 1,400 buyers registered. GBTA Convention reached the 1,0...
Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) | 11 July 2012
European Fiscal Crisis Dragging Down Business Travel Growth in United States
Economic uncertainty in Europe will dramatically slow the growth of business travel in the United States through the end of the year, according to the latest GBTA BTI™ Outlook – United States a report from the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) and sponsored by Visa, Inc....
Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) | 10 July 2012
Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell Featured in Sunday Night Live Session at 2012 GBTA Convention
The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the voice of the business travel industry, today announced Ed Rendell, former Governor of Pennsylvania, author and NBC News Analyst, will be joining GBTA Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer Michael W. McCormick for a one-...
Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) | 10 July 2012
GBTA Announces General Availability of GBTA Hub
The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the voice of the business travel industry, today announced the general availability of GBTA Hub, its online collaboration tool featuring business travel research, discussions, news, and alerts now available to all GBTA members. GBTA...
Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) | 27 June 2012
GBTA Foundation Re-launches Project ICARUS to Create the Travel Industry’s First Global Sustainability Program
The GBTA Foundation, the education and research foundation of the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) today announced the expansion of Project ICARUS, the first global travel management sustainability body, representing the interests of the global travel and meetings indus...
Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) | 11 June 2012
GBTA Completes 2nd Annual Sports Symposium
Alexandria, VA (June 8, 2012) – The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) Sports Symposium 2012 helped attendees understand the importance of efficient travel as it relates to team performance and budgets. At the 2nd annual GBTA Sports Symposium, attendees also learned lesso...
Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) | 8 June 2012
GBTA Announces “Saturday Night Live” Star Seth Meyers As Keynote Speaker At 2012 Convention In Boston
The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the voice of the business travel industry, today announced Seth Meyers, "Saturday Night Live" star, head writer and anchor of the satirical news segment, "Weekend Update," will be a featured speaker at the 2012 GBTA Convention in Bo...
Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) | 4 June 2012

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