Agenda | GBTA ITM SMM Symposium 2020

Opening Keynote Steve Richards

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Speakers announced - London 11 February

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GBTA in Europe is founded on its partnerships with the region’s leading business travel associations and the GBTA France chapter.

The network provides business travel and meeting professionals with a European remit with access to the best education and training, research, benchmarking tools and events.

For advocacy it means that GBTA is the voice of business travel in Europe.

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Why GBTA Europe?

Committees

GBTA’s 9 Committees set the direction of the business travel industry across major categories of interest including; aviation, hotels, meetings, risk management, sustainability, government relations, payment solutions, technology and sports, media and entertainment.

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GBTA Europe Events

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2020

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GBTA Europe News

Sustainability, Traveller Wellbeing and the Latest Innovative Solutions, Were the Hot Topics of GBTA Conference 2019 Munich in Partnership with VDR

November 26, 2019

Munich, Germany (21 November 2019) – The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) – the voice of the global business travel industry – and German business travel buyer association VDR – wrapped up their sixth successful joint conference in Europe this week with record-breaking attendance and top-notch education.

GBTA Announce 2019 Luoma Winner

November 20, 2019

Munich, Germany – (November 20, 2019) The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) — the voice of the global business travel industry – honoured Gehan Colliander, as the recipient of the prestigious Luoma Award at the GBTA Conference 2019 in Munich.

GBTA and VDR Kick Off Annual Business Travel Conference In Munich

November 19, 2019

(November 19, 2019) The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) — the voice of the global business travel industry – and German business travel buyer association VDR, today launched its GBTA Conference 2019 in partnership with VDR.

New Research from GBTA and Cvent Uncovers CurrentTrends Impacting the Business Travel Industry

Admin / September 4, 2019

Technology advancements, globalization, and a younger workforce add to industry complexity

Alexandria, VA (September 4, 2019) – Globalization, the growing Millennial workforce, and disruption in suppliers, are new trends that are expected to have significant impact on the business travel industry according to new research out today from the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) in partnership with Cvent. The travel buyer role…

GBTA Europe Membership

Join GBTA today and take advantage of all of the local and global features and programmes that are customized to support you, your company and your career.

Your GBTA Europe membership entitles you to membership of both GBTA’s European network and the broader GBTA association - providing you with all the resources and benefits of membership. GBTA is the global association with travel professional members located around the world. GBTA has been a leader in the business travel industry for over forty years.

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If you reside in a country where we currently do not have a partner association you can join GBTA directly >

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If you reside where GBTA works with a partner association, you must be a member of the partner association to avail of GBTA membership:

If you are already a member of one of the above partner associations, please proceed with registration of GBTA membership. GBTA membership will either be complimentary or at a discounted rate for partner members. All memberships of partner associations are verified.

Leadership

GBTA Europe Advisory Board

The Advisory Board is a group of appointed buyer and supplier members of the network with the goal of creating membership benefit strategy, ensuring GBTA Europe remains led by buyers and monitoring that any activity undertaken by the network is in line with created strategy and objectives.

Mark Cuschieri
Europe, Regional Chair
Executive Director for Global Travel
UBS

Mia Andersson
Board Member
Associate
Festive Road

Stefan Asmuss
Board Member
Global Travel Manager
SAP SE

Ricardo Crespo
Board Member
Spain Sr. Travel & Congress Manager EMEA Meeting & Events Category Lead
abbvie

Flavio Ghiringhelli
GBTA Italy Advisory Board Chair
Country Manager - Italy
Emirates

Torsten Kriedt
Board Member
Vice President, Product Strategy & Innovation
BCD Travel

Jens Liltorp
Board Member
Global Category Manager, Travel and M&E
LEO Pharma

Catherine Logan
Europe GBTA Staff Delagate
Regional Vice President - EMEA
GBTA

Bernd Schulz
Board Member
Director Business Development MEE
SAP Concur

GBTA Europe Partnership Council

The Partnership Council is a group of single representatives from each of GBTA Europe’s partners. Its role is to guide the network to ensure it works in the interests of Europe’s regional partners and their members/subscribers, and to ensure the mutual co-operation of all partners for the benefit of all.

Andrea Gruber
Council Member
President
ABTA - Austrian Business Travel Association

Anne Mette Berg
Council Member
General Manager
DBTA – Danish Business Travel Association

Hans-Ingo Biehl
Council Member
Executive Director
VDR - The German Business Travel Association

Jan Henrik Ulvatne
Council Member
General Manager
NBTA - Norway Business Travel Association

Odete Pimenta da Silva
Council Member
Managing Director
NATM - Netherlands Association for Travel Management

Sari Viljamaa
Council Member
Managing Director
FBTA - Finnish Business Travel Association

Scott Davies
Council Member
CEO
ITM UK & Ireland Institute of Travel Management UK & Ireland

Lotten Fowler
Council Member
General Manager
SBTA - Swedish Business Travel Association

Catherine Logan
Europe GBTA Staff Delagate
Regional Vice President - EMEA
GBTA

GBTA Europe Advocacy Group

The European Advocacy Group is a group of single, buyer or association leadership representatives from each GBTA Europe Partner Association.

Our objectives are:

To be recognised by European Governments and the corporate travel industry as the voice of Corporate Travel & Meetings in Europe and the ‘Go To' organisation when a key issue is to be discussed, arises or requires comment.
To support partner association activity on national government basis.
To deliver additional value add to our buyer members by representing them and challenging any activity we believe is not in their interest.
To support and co-ordinate with the global efforts of GBTA on industry affairs activity.
To communicate our advocacy efforts and positions to our GBTA European members.

Catherine Logan
Europe GBTA Staff Delagate
Regional Vice President - EMEA
GBTA

Scott Solombrino
GBTA Staff
Executive Director & COO
GBTA

Anne Mette Berg
Group Member
General Manager
DBTA – Danish Business Travel Association

Sandy Moring
Group Member
Director of Education
ITM – Institute of Travel Management UK & Ireland

Andreas Gruber
Group Member
President
ABTA - Austrian Business Travel Association

Hans-Ingo Biehl
Group Member
Executive Director
VDR - The German Business Travel Association

Jan Henrik Ulvatne
Group Member
General Manager
NBTA - Norway Business Travel Association

Odete Pimenta da Silva
Group Member
Managing Director
NATM - Netherlands Association for Travel Management

Sari Viljamaa
Group Member
Managing Director
FBTA - Finnish Business Travel Association

Lotten Fowler
Group Member
General Manager
SBTA - Swedish Business Travel Association

Chris Crowley
Group Member
Senior Vice President
BCD Travel – on behalf of ITM Industry Affairs Group

Stèphane Vallageas
Group Member
Chapter President – GBTA France Strategic Sourcing Manager
Pitney Bowes

Stefan van Sliedregt
Group Member
Travel & Fleet Management
Foot Locker Europe B.V.

GBTA Europe Sponsorship Opportunities

Is your organization looking to connect with European business travel and meetings management professionals? Increase your brand awareness and visibility by making an impact as a sponsor at one of our 2019 events.

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Catherine Logan
Regional Vice President - Europe
Email Catherine
Mobile: +44 (0) 7980 588 181

Melanie Garrett

Vice President, Business Development – Europe
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+44 (0) 7736 105 257

Dawn McCormick

Events and Operations Director – Europe
Contact Dawn
+44 (0) 7525241864

Tara O'Sullivan

Marketing Manager
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Siobhan McGuigan

Membership and Operations Manager - EMEA
Direct: +44 (0) 7825337757
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