"These panelists represent some of the best in entrepreneurial and innovative thinking within the travel industry," said Michael W. McCormick, GBTA executive director and COO. "We are excited to welcome these industry game changers to the stage and look forward to hearing their perspective on the future of distribution systems, among other topics."

The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA)—the voice of the global business travel industry—is pleased to announce the launch of GBTA Brazil, which will expand the focus of business travel management through conferences and educational offerings in Brazil. GBTA Brazil will work closely with GBTA Latin America and focus on growth and development of the organization, supporting GBTA's ongoing c...

The majority of travel buyers (62%) are satisfied with their salaries, with average total compensation climbing five percent this year to $101,736 according to findings released today from the GBTA Foundation's annual 2011 Travel Management Compensation and Benefits Survey. Based on the responses of 255 corporate travel and meetings managers working in the U.S. and Canada, a large majority of tra...

On the heels of Hurricane Irene and a freakishly early fall snowstorm, and with the impending onslaught of severe winter storms, the Global Business Travel Association has quantified the impact of major weather events on business travel. The research uses GBTA's Business Travel Quarterly (BTQ) methodology to determine how a theoretical Category-3 hurricane on the East Coast would impact the busin...

Companies in North America (N.A.) and Asia Pacific (APAC) are expecting airfare and lodging rates to climb next year and bracing for these increases by upping their travel budgets, travel managers report. Negotiations with airline and hotel suppliers for 2012 were also tougher this year – with buyers citing stricter volume commitments and expecting less generous discounts, according to a recent s...

The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA)-the voice of the global business travel industry-today announced Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., former IBM Corporation chairman of the board, will be a keynote speaker at the prestigious 2012 Masters Program being held at the Mandarin Hotel in Washington, D.C., February 6-7, 2012. By rewarding teamwork, embracing a take charge culture and improving employee ...

Business travel will maintain its upward trajectory in 2012, but a stagnant U.S. economy is driving increasing corporate uncertainty and leading to projections of slower U.S. business travel spending growth next year, according to the latest Business Travel Quarterly Outlook – United States from the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), sponsored by Visa.

The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA)-the voice of the business travel industry-- today announced the creation of a new taskforce with a commitment to enhancing meetings strategy in global education, accelerated thought leadership, industry collaboration, and best practices. The taskforce will further bring the discipline of strategic meetings management into the forefront of the business...

The GBTA Foundation, the research arm of the Global Business Travel Association, and Egencia®, the corporate travel arm of Expedia, Inc., today released results from its first Corporate Travel Policy study for Asia Pacific (APAC), exploring trends and effectiveness in policies.

"It is crucial that all companies look inward at their policies to ensure they achieve the goals they are after. With every traveller on the road there is an optimal point where they are able to do their business effectively while not breaking the corporate bank and studies like this allow us to find that point," said Paul Tilstone, managing director, GBTA Europe. "This study shows us that polici...