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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.

Why GBTA Europe?

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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

Conferences

NOV
3-5
2020
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GBTA Conference 2020 Frankfurt-Wiesbaden in Partnership with VDR

Europe

Professional Development

JUN
15-16
2020
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Advanced Principles of Business Travel Management ™

Europe

SEP
7-8
2020
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Advanced Principles of Business Travel Management

Europe

SEP
14-15
2020
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Fundamentals of Business Travel Management™

Europe

NOV
2-3
2020
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Advanced Principles of Business Travel Management

Europe

NOV
2-3
2020
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The Fundamentals of Strategic Meetings Management

Europe

GBTA Europe News



The Coronavirus has the Potential to Jeopardize the Global Business Travel Industry

February 27, 2020

The coronavirus has the potential to threaten the entire global business travel industry. According to a new lightning poll released today by the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the virus could potentially cost the industry $46.6 billion per month. That translates into $559.7 billion annually, or 37% of the industry’s total 2020 forecasted global spend.

 

GBTA Polls Global Buyer Members on Concerns About the Coronavirus

February 4, 2020

In mid-January, the first cases of the new coronavirus began to be reported. The virus was first detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China and has continued to spread quickly across the globe. Since then there have been mandatory quarantines, canceled airline flights, and serious effects on the global financial markets.

February 26, 2020

Mark Rodley Joins as Senior Manager of Supplier Strategy

The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) – the voice of the global business travel industry has announced the appointment of Mark Rodley as Senior Manager of Supplier Strategies in Europe. Based in London, Rodley will report to Melanie Garrett, Senior Vice President, Supplier Strategies. Read More.

 

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 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.

Join Directly

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

Join Through a Partner Association

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



AUSTRIA - ABTA
Denmark - DBTA
Finland - FBTA
Germany - VDR
UK and Ireland - ITM
The Netherlands - NATM
Norway - NBTA
Spain and Portugal - IBTA
Sweden - SBTA

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

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

    

 

 

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

 

 

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
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.

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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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For sponsorship and exhibition enquiries please contact:

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

Melanie Garrett

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

Dawn McCormick

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

Tara O'Sullivan

Marketing Manager
Contact Tara

Siobhan McGuigan

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

Mark Rodley

Senior Manager, Supplier Strategies Europe

Contact Mark 

Mobile: +44 (0) 7809720832