Industry Leaders First to Receive Designation for Enhanced Program Redesigned for Both Meeting and Travel Professionals ALEXANDRIA, VA and DALLAS, TX – June 19, 2015 – The GBTA Foundation, the education and research arm of the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), and Meeting Professionals International (MPI) announced today that they recently presented the distinguished Certificate…

Alexandria, VA (June 19, 2015) – Three-quarters (74 percent) of travel managers oppose IATA’s recently recommended guidelines that standard carry-on baggage sizes be reduced to dimensions about 20 percent smaller than what most major airlines currently allow according to a poll of travel managers conducted by the GBTA Foundation, the education and research arm of…

Alexandria, VA (June 16, 2015) – Earlier today, The International Air Transport Association (IATA), an airline industry association, put on hold on its recommendation that standard carry-on baggage sizes be reduced to dimensions about 20 percent smaller than what most major airlines currently allow — to 22 inches tall, 13 1/2 inches wide and 7…

Alexandria, VA (June 10, 2015) – Last week, the Lufthansa Group airlines announced that it plans to add a surcharge to tickets purchased anywhere other than its websites, service centers and airport ticket counters beginning on September 1, 2015. The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) – the voice of the global business travel industry –…

Alexandria, VA (June 10, 2015) – The United States House of Representatives late Tuesday night passed a bill to fund the Department of Transportation for Fiscal Year 2016. The bill doesn’t include a near doubling of passenger facility charges (PFCs), from $4.50 to $8, for each time a business traveler deplanes, first proposed in President…

Mexico City, Mexico (June 10, 2015) – The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) Mexico today announced Felipe Roman Hernandez of BBVA Bancomer as the newly elected Direct Board President of GBTA Mexico. He will serve a two-year term. “I am honored to accept the role of GBTA Mexico Direct President,” said Hernandez. “As the only…

June 3 in Moscow, a business travel symposium GBTA Russia ‘Strategies and practices to optimize the costs of business trips in a changing economic situation’, which brought together key representatives of the business travel industry in Russia. The event was held at the new Marriott Novy Arbat Hotel in a very dynamic and friendly atmosphere….

Alexandria, VA (June 1, 2015) — On Friday, May 29, we at the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) were deeply saddened to hear of the sudden passing of Ed Gilligan. Ed was the recipient of GBTA’s highest honor, the Icon Award, at our annual Convention in 2013. This prestigious honor has only been given six…

Alexandria, VA (June 1, 2015) – Today ABC News reported on an internal investigation of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) that showed security failures at dozens of the nation’s busiest airports, where undercover investigators were able to smuggle mock explosives or banned weapons through checkpoints in 95 percent of trials. The statement below can be…