The National Business Travel Association's (NBTA) 2010 global event schedule will offer industry-leading events around the world designed to meet the education and networking needs of the international business travel community.
Craig Banikowski, CCTE, C.P.M., CMM, new NBTA President & CEO, said, "NBTA has assembled a world-class lineup of major events to serve its more than 15,000 business travel professionals around the globe. Our lineup includes regional conferences in Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific; national events in the United States, Mexico, Canada and Shanghai; and globally recognized business travel event of the year -- the NBTA International Convention & Exposition."
NBTA's major events for 2010 are as follows:
- January 27 – 28
ISM and NBTA Summit on Travel & Meetings
Tampa, FL
- March 1 – 3
5th Latin American Corporate Travel and Technology Exchange (LACTTE)
Sao Paulo, Brazil
- March 15
NBTA Business Travel Financial Forum
New York, NY
- March 15
NBTA Foundation 13th Annual Gala Dinner
New York, NY
- March 22 – 24
4th NBTA Mexico Corporate Travel Conference
Mexico City, Mexico
- April 7 – 9
4th Corporate Travel & Technology World (CT&TW) China
Shanghai, China
- April 13 – 14
NBTA Canada 6th Annual Conference & Exhibitor Showcase
Toronto, Canada
- June 2-3
NBTA Legislative Summit
Washington, DC
- June 29 – July 1
National Travel Forum (NTF)
Presented by the NBTA Government Travel Group
Orlando, FL
- August 8 – 11
NBTA International Convention & Exposition
Houston, TX
- September 6 – 7
15th NBTA Asia Pacific Regional Business Travel Conference
Melbourne, Australia
- October 1
Strategic Meeting & Events Conference – Latin America (SMEC-LA)
Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Fall 2010
European Business Travel Conference
Location to be determined
Attendees of each event will have opportunities to advance their knowledge of travel industry trends and practices regionally and globally, to hear from industry thought leaders, 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 of professional development programs in various locations throughout the year; its U.S. Chapters and regional affiliates (NBTA Asia Pacific, NBTA Canada, NBTA Mexico, and ABGEV) will as well by partnering to help advance other important industry events. For additional events and details, as well as professional development opportunities, visit www.nbta.org/events.
About NBTA | 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, the Brazilian Business Travel Association (ABGEV), 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.
About the 2009 NBTA International Convention & Exposition | Widely recognized as the must-attend event for business travel buyers, suppliers, industry leaders and business travel journalists, the 2009 NBTA International Convention & Exposition will be held in San Diego August 23-26, 2009. More than 5,000 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 65 seminars on the most important topics in business travel, more than 400 companies exhibiting in the Expo and countless opportunities for networking with peers. For details, visit
www.nbtaconvention.org.
Global Business Travel Association (GBTA)
