The Global Leadership Professional® designation (GLP) was created to acknowledge business travel professionals who had completed the GLP Program, received their Certificate of Professional Development, and then applied that knowledge to help further the industry through a related group project. Participants completing the 12-month designation program will be honored at GBTA's Annual Convention and then be able to carry the GLP Designation following their names.

The Global Leadership Professional® designation consists of several components, beginning with a 2-day on-site session with Wharton Professors.  During this session, work groups will be formed and industry related projects will be assigned.  Over the next 9 months participants will receive additional instruction from the professors via three web-based virtual classrooms, as well as working independently and within their groups via email and conference calls.  There will be a final 1-day on-site session during which the participants will finalize their projects and presentations for delivery to their industry peers at the GBTA Convention.

This program provides corporate travel professionals an opportunity to utilize the various skills, knowledge and expertise they have gained during the GLP program, put it to practical use and then in turn share that knowledge with their peers in an effort to help better the travel industry.

To apply for the 2012-2013 GLP Designation program, applicants must first complete the GLP program and receive their Certificate of Professional Development.

The GLP Designation was awarded during the
GBTA  Convention in August 2011 in Denver to the following:

Hillary Dallas - Booz Allen Hamilton
Mary Alice Hansen - Astellas, LLC
LaShawn Hampton - Delta Air Lines
Richard Ho - UBS
Kendra Gleason - HRG North America
Linda Loesch - KBR
Bruce Miller - McDonald's Corporation
Cecile Mutch - Kellogg Company
Amanda Somers - Infor Global Solutions