June 5-6, 2012 | Phoenix, AZ
Mark your calendar for the premier sports travel event that focuses on the challenges faced by professional, collegiate, and amateur level travel managers, athletic directors and trainers, coaches, and administrators.
Building on the success of the first-ever 2011 GBTA Sports Conference, the GBTA Sports Symposium 2012 will take this event to the next level. The event will converge on markets meeting at the intersection of sports and travel, to include professional, collegiate, and amateur sports domestically and globally.
Be a part of the action with this day-and-a-half-long learning experience. Network with your peers, discuss best practices, and assess the current state of your travel program. Educational sessions will help bring new light to challenges faced by sports business travel managers in both transient and group travel such as ancillary fees, safety and security, and managing risk.
Session topics include:
- The business of professional and amateur travel in sports
- Conference realignment and travel
- Logistics of managed travel internationally
- The task of ensuring the safety and security of athletes
- Peak performance in sports and beyond
- Managing airline ancillary fees from a travel policy and process standpoint
- Leveraging transient and group hotel spend for increased savings
- Managing traveler risk and liability effectively
The GBTA Sports Symposium provides you with the knowledge, tools, and resources needed to contain costs, keep your road warriors game ready, and ensure that your athletes, team, school, and organization are at the forefront of sports travel.
Attendees will achieve measurable bottom-line benefits from educational sessions focusing on streamlining sourcing negotiations, traveler safety and security, and much more. Whether you’re a buyer or supplier, this is an event you won’t want to miss.
Registration
Registration to attend the GBTA Sports Symposium is $295.
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