Wyndham Hotel Group Partners with NBTA Foundation to Deliver GLP Program
Wyndham Hotel Group has partnered with the NBTA Foundation to support the Global Leadership Professional program; the only masters-level education program for the business travel industry;. As the number of professionals that have participated in the program continues to grow, Wyndham has partnered with the Foundation to provide the resources necessary to continue delivering Whartons world renowned education program to NBTA Members.

Tax Report Projects U.S. Travel Costs to Be Higher After Recession
The NBTA Foundation, and Concur, the world's leading provider of on-demand employee spend management services, released the updated findings of a comprehensive study of car rental, hotel and meal taxes in the top 50 U.S. travel destination cities.

‘Locals,’ ‘Cosmopolitans’ and Other Keys to Creating Successful Global Teams
(from Knowledge@Wharton)
Global teams are like oceans: Depending on how they are navigated, they can link the world together or split it apart. When global teams work, they tap into a company's top talent, exploit local expertise, unite far-flung groups and ramp up worldwide production. When they don't, they are divisive, spark massive miscommunication and drive global projects into the ground.

NBTA Foundation to Conduct 2009 Salary and Benefits Survey
The NBTA Foundation is seeking responses from NBTA Direct members for the 2009 Travel Management Compensation and Benefits Survey. The NBTA Foundation, and Industry Insights, an independent research and consulting firm, are working together to produce the 2009 Salary and Benefits Survey that allows individuals to compare their compensation levels and benefits to that of their peers.

14 NBTA Members Awarded GLP Designation:
During the NBTA Convention last month in San Diego, 14 industry professionals completed the final chapter in the Foundations educational programmingthe Global Leadership Professional (GLP) Designation. The GLP designation builds upon the principles of the GLP program coursework, the industrys only masters level course. The program is a partnership between the NBTA Foundation and the University of Pennsylvanias Wharton School.

NBTA Foundation Presents 16 with Wharton Certificates of Professional Development
The NBTA Foundation awarded 16 business travel professionals with the Certificate of Professional Development from The Wharton School for completion of the Global Leadership Professional program coursework last month in San Diego during the NBTA Convention

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