NBTA Announces Major Events for 2009
Los Angeles, CA | The National Business Travel Association's (NBTA) 2009 major event schedule will offer 10 industry-leading events around the world designed to meet the education and networking needs of the global business travel community.
"NBTA has put together an industry-leading slate of major events to serve its 15,000 customers across the globe," said NBTA President & CEO, Kevin Maguire, CCTE. "Our lineup includes regional conferences in Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific; national events in Mexico, Canada and Shanghai; and the industry's recognized global event -- the NBTA International Convention & Exposition. Three specialized forums will offer unique experiences built around specific topics: a summit on travel, meetings and supply management; the Business Travel Financial Forum, and the Legislative Summit."
NBTA's major events for 2009 are as follows:
January 27-28, 2009
ISM and NBTA Summit on Travel & Meetings: Supply Management's
Critical Role
Charlotte, NC
February 2-4, 2009
4th Latin American Corporate Travel and Technology Exchange (LACTTE)
Sao Paulo
February 23-25, 2009
NBTA Mexico Corporate Travel Conference
Mexico City
March 17-18, 2009
NBTA Canada 5th Annual Conference & Exhibitor Showcase
Toronto
March 30-31, 2009
NBTA Business Travel Financial Forum
NBTA Foundation Annual Gala Dinner
New York
April 13-14, 2009
3rd Corporate Travel & Technology World (CT&TW) China
Shanghai
May 14-15
Crossroads Paris: Paragon Business Travel Conference & Expo
Paris
June 2009
7th NBTA Legislative Summit & NBTAPAC Golf Outing
Washington, DC
August 23-26, 2009
41st NBTA International Convention & Exposition
San Diego, CA
August 31-September 1, 2009
NBTA Asia Pacific Regional Business Travel Conference
Canberra, Australia
Attendees of each event will have opportunities to hear from industry thought leaders, to advance their knowledge of travel industry trends and practices regionally and globally, and to build value for their companies by building their peer networks. NBTA will also offer attendees opportunities to take part in professional development through NBTA's three-tiered development program, including regionally tailored versions of those professional designation courses.
In addition to these major events, NBTA's will offer dozens professional development programs in various locations throughout the year; its U.S. Chapters and regional affiliates (NBTA Asia Pacific, NBTA Canada and NBTA Mexico) will , as well as by partnering to help advance other important industry events. Details on all of these programs will be made available throughout the year on www.nbta.org.
The National Business Travel Association (NBTA) is the world's premier business travel and corporate meetings organization. NBTA and its regional affiliates – NBTA Asia Pacific, NBTA Canada, NBTA Mexico and NBTA USA – serve a network of more than 15,000 business travel professionals around the globe with industry-leading events, networking, education & professional development, research, news & information, and advocacy. NBTA members, numbering more than 4,000 in 30 nations, are corporate and government travel and meetings managers, as well as travel service providers. They collectively manage and direct more than US$200 billion of global business travel and meetings expenditures annually on behalf of more than 10 million business travelers within their organizations. For more information, visit www.nbta.org.
Widely recognized as the must-attend event for business travel buyers, suppliers, industry leaders and business travel journalists, the 2008 NBTA International Convention & Exposition will be held in Los Angeles from July 27-30. More than 6,000 travel professionals are expected to take advantage of the convention's programming, designed to empower attendees to maximize value for their companies, including more than 40 seminars on the most important topics in business travel, more than 460 companies exhibiting in the Expo and countless opportunities for networking with peers. For details, visit www.nbtaconvention.org.