GBTA and MPI Recognize New Class of CMM Recipients

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…

Selon la GBTA, la proposition de réduire la taille des bagages à main doit être "définitivement mise au rebut"

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…

GBTA a satisfait l'IATA "Appuyez sur le bouton Pause" sur la proposition de réduire les dimensions des bagages à main de 20%

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…

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Dépenses en voyages d'affaires en Europe de l'Ouest sur des bases solides, croissance prévue en 2015 et 2016

Londres, Royaume-Uni (11 juin 2015) - La Fondation GBTA, la branche éducation et recherche de la Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), annonce aujourd'hui les résultats de son dernier rapport GBTA BTI™ Outlook - Western Europe, une analyse semestrielle des cinq marchés les plus critiques du voyage d'affaires en Europe : l'Allemagne, le Royaume-Uni, la France, l'Italie et l'Espagne….

GBTA Opposes Lufthansa Group’s Proposal to Force Channel Shift

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 –…

GBTA Pleased that Transportation Bill Rejects Massive Proposed Increase to Travel Fee

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…

GBTA Mexique annonce la nomination d'un nouveau président direct au conseil d'administration

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…

Тревел симпозиум, посвященный стратегиям снижения затрат на деловые поездки и организацию мероприятий, состоялся в Москве 3 июня 2015

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….

TSA Report Raises Red Flags for Traveler Safety and Security

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…