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Alexandria, VA (July 20, 2009) – The National Business Travel Association (NBTA) today announced that C. Maylena Burchfield, CCTE, of ADTRAV Travel management will be honored as the recipient of the 2009 Allied Member of the Year Award. The award is given each year at the NBTA International Convention & Exposition, to be held this year August 23-26 in San Diego, to an NBTA Allied Member who demonstrates steadfast dedication to the managed travel industry and whose actions over the previous year have significantly advanced the business.
Burchfield has been a consistent supporter of NBTA and its resources over the years, participating on the Technology Committee and in planning sessions to further the business travel industry. As a founding board member of the NBTA Political Action Committee and actively serving on the Legislative Advisory Council (LAC), she has helped to bring important legislative issues to the forefront of the travel industry. She has also worked tirelessly to solicit personal donations to the NBTA Political Action Committee (NBTAPAC) fund.
Kevin Maguire, CCTE, GLP, NBTA President & CEO, said, “Maylena’s stategic insights and perspectives have been instrumental in helping to advance NBTA’s legislative affairs efforts in recent years. Her dedication to enhancing policies that govern the industry has been invaluable to NBTA and the corporate travel community as a whole.”
Burchfield has also been an advocate of education offerings through NBTA and the NBTA Foundation. She received her Certified Corporate Travel Executive (CCTE) designation in less than seven months after joining NBTA, and she had successfully completed coursework for the Global Leadership Professional (GLP) program conducted by the Wharton School of Business. Concerned with environmental issues and the impact of global warming, Burchfield is currently completing her GLP designation, focusing on corporate opportunities to cost effectively enhance sustainability.
Scott Solombrino, President of the NBTA Allied Leadership Council (ALC) and President & CEO of Dav El Chauffeured Transportation Network, said, “Maylena has contributed her time and expertise to help NBTA continue to grow and meet the evolving needs of the business travel community. Whether she is offering opinions during an LAC conference call or helping to lobby Congress at the annual NBTA Legislative Summit, she is truly dedicated to improving the industry she has already enhanced so much. I am honored to present the NBTA Allied Member of the Year Award to my friend and colleague Maylena Burchfield.”
As an entrepreneur assisting corporations during times of industry change and growth, Burchfield joined ADTRAV Travel Management in the aftermath of 9/11, identifying areas of business expansion to create lucrative new divisions within the company. She was instrumental in ADTRAV’s growth during those difficult years, being the catalyst that propelled the regional travel management company to the 9th largest TMC in the nation.
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.
The National Business Travel Association (NBTA) is
the world’s premier business travel and corporate
meetings organization. NBTA and its regional
affiliates – NBTA Australia / New Zealand, the
Brazilian Business Travel Association (ABGEV), NBTA
Canada, NBTA Europe, NBTA Mexico, and NBTA USA –
serve a network of more than 17,000 business travel
professionals around the globe with industry-leading
events, networking, education & professional
development, research, news & information, and
advocacy. NBTA members, numbering more than 5,000 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$340 billion of global business travel and
meetings expenditures annually on behalf of more
than 13 million business travelers within their
organizations. For more information, visit
www.nbta.org