NBTA Government Travel Group Honors Becky Rhodes
First National Travel Forum Award
The National Travel Forum Award was instituted to recognize outstanding contributions to advancing the professional development of federal employees engaged in government travel management. It was presented to Rhodes by NBTA Executive Director & COO, Bill Connors.
Atlanta, GA and Alexandria, VA | The National Business Travel Association (NBTA) Government Travel Group (GTG) presented the first-ever National Travel Forum Award to Becky Rhodes, Deputy Associate Administrator; Office of Travel, Transportation and Asset Management; U.S. General Services Administration. The award was presented at the 2008 National Travel Forum (NTF), the largest industry event for government travel professional, held last week in Atlanta. The National Travel Forum Award was instituted to recognize outstanding contributions to advancing the professional development of federal employees engaged in government travel management. It was presented to Rhodes by NBTA Executive Director & COO, Bill Connors.
Connors said, "Becky"s work has been instrumental in the establishment and growth of the National Travel Forum. Her vision and leadership have helped create an event with top-notch networking and education to empower government travel professionals to strengthen government programs. This National Travel Forum Award honors everything Becky has done for NTF and for the government travel community."
He added, "I am honored to have had the opportunity to work with her, and to present her with this award. NBTA"s Government Travel Group is committed to working with travel leaders at the General Services Administration, the Department of Defense, and throughout the federal government to continue the success Becky and others built with NTF. To further recognize her work, I am pleased to say that from now on this award will be called the Becky Rhodes National Travel Forum Award."
About NTF and NBTA GTG
The National Travel Forum (NTF) is the largest and most important event for the federal travel and relocation community. Government travel and relocation are constantly changing to meet the needs of government travelers and their agencies. NTF helps attendees continue to offer worldclass travel management for their agencies by offering dozens of educational sessions on the topics most important to government travel professionals, an exhibition to facilitate networking with key suppliers of travel and related services and multiple opportunities for attendees to interact with government and industry travel and relocation peers. NTF was historically organized by the General Services Administration (GSA), and at the conclusion of NTF 2006, GSA entrusted the management of the event"s future to the National Business Travel Association"s Government Travel Group (NBTA GTG). For details, visit www.nationaltravelforum.org.
In 2004 NBTA created the GTG to serve the growing needs of government travel professionals within GSA, DoD and the states and to provide government travel managers with access to the member benefits that have long set NBTA apart as the leading association for corporate travel professionals. The GTG is steered by an Advisory Board comprised of leading travel figures, including officials from GSA and DoD. For more, see www.nbta.org/gtg.
About NBTA
The National Business Travel Association (NBTA) is the world"s premier business travel organization. U.S.-based NBTA and its regional subsidiaries – NBTA Asia Pacific, NBTA Canada and NBTA Mexico – serve more than 3,200 members in 30 nations around the globe. NBTA has 41 U.S. Chapters with more than 5,000 members. NBTA members are corporate and government travel and meetings managers, as well as travel service providers, who collectively manage and direct more than US$170 billion of global business travel expenditures annually. The association provides industry-leading networking, education & professional development, research, news & information, and advocacy. For more information, visit www.nbta.org.