Business Travel Trends Driving the Future of Spend Management

Clive Cornelius, Head of Travel Segment at Visa Business Solutions Europe and Peter van Spaandonk Head of Sales Europe at Yokoy discuss one of the hot topics in our industry, managing business travel expenses. With the current economic uncertainty, travel buyers are looking for ways to effectively manage employee travel expenses. Clive and Peter share…

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GBTA WINiT Elects New Advisory Leaders, Launches International Women’s Day Event 

International Women’s Day on March 8 is a “global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality.” Mark your calendar to join GBTA WINiT for a live virtual event: “Celebrating our Voices on International Women’s Day. A Day to #EmbraceEquity” (register…

What The Industry Expects Next: Insights from the GBTA Q1 2023 Business Travel Outlook Poll

The GBTA Research Team − Chris Ely, Research Director, and Mark Sharoff, Research Manager – provide more insights and analysis around the GBTA’s Q1 2023 Business Travel Outlook Poll in a sit-down interview with Debbie Iannaci, head of Communications, Public Relations and Research at GBTA. Based on poll data collected across global travel buyers, suppliers…

GBTA Global Risk Committee Releases Updated People Risk Management / Travel Risk Management RFP Guide

With the start of the new year, many organizations are reassessing their current contracts and existing RFPs, especially with the rapid changes in business travel and meeting environments. Looking at how organizations best mitigate and respond to risk for their employees and those who travel and attend meetings/events should also be added to this list…

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Global Business Travel Forecast 2023: Bookings, Spending and Optimism on the Upswing, GBTA Poll Shows

New research points to continued industry recovery, easing of supplier staffing constraints, and mixed outlook on China travel Global business travel is forecast to see an uptick in 2023 versus 2022. Companies are expected to send more employees on trips and travel suppliers anticipate an increase in corporate travel spending. Sectors such as finance, insurance,…

The Politics of Travel: How Congress Shapes the Recovery and Outlook of the U.S. Rental Car Market

In this podcast episode, GBTA Vice President of Government Relations, Shane Downey, talks with Gordon Reel, Vice President of Government and Public Affairs from Enterprise Holdings, to learn more about the post-pandemic recovery and forecast for the U.S. rental car market as well as legislative issues of interest in the new 118th Congress. Reel also shares his expertise…

Tech Safari Series: Coupa Brings End-to-End T&E Management Built to Scale

The GBTA Tech Committee brings you the podcast version of the Tech Safari Series which showcases new technologies launching cutting-edge solutions in business travel. In this episode, Katie Virtue, GBTA Tech Committee Member talks with Devon Tivona from Coupa to learn more about the company and its technology first approach to T&E Management. Devon is…

Check-In with Suzanne: Resolutions for a New Year in Global Business Travel

It’s with optimism for what’s ahead that I pen this first Check-In for 2023. While many business travel-related activities wound down over the holidays, the travel industry did not. Ours is an industry that never sleeps, and many professionals worked to serve millions of travelers and trips around the world over the end-of-year holidays. Connecting…

Tech Safari Series: Snowfall Offers an Ecosystem to Business Travel

The GBTA Tech Committee brings you the podcast version of the Tech Safari Series which showcases new technologies launching cutting-edge solutions in business travel. In this episode, Katie Virtue, GBTA Tech Committee Member talks with Ron Glickman from Snowfall to learn more about the company and it’s new ecosystem offering to the business travel industry….