About GBTA Australia

As part of the world’s largest business travel association, GBTA Australia is dedicated to supporting the growth, innovation, and collaboration within Australia’s corporate travel industry.

GBTA Australia provides a dynamic platform for business travel professionals to connect, learn, share knowledge, and stay up-to-date on the latest industry trends and developments shaping the future of business travel. Through regional events, educational programs, and exclusive member benefits, we are here to enhance your expertise and help you leverage the power of a global network. Join over 8,500+ GBTA members worldwide and access valuable resources, industry connections, and global insights.

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Make the business travel connections in APAC that matter most to you, your career, and your business. Join Today >

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Become an AU Founding Partner Sponsor

$5,000 USD

  • Two (2) complimentary annual individual memberships for representatives of the sponsor.
  • Two (2) complimentary annual memberships for buyer clients/ prospects of the sponsor.
  • One (1) complimentary registration for all AU events to include Corporate Travel Summit, Meetings & Events Summit, Tech & Innovation Summit, and Airline Futures Summit.
  • Access to buyer/supplier sharing groups on the GBTA Hub via complimentary Memberships.
  • 10% discount off registration for all AU Events.
  • 10% discount off conference registration for APAC Conference.
  • Logo presence as Founding Partner on regular email campaigns for AU Events sent by GBTA AU.
  • Logo recognition under Partner on GBTA AU and APAC webpages on GBTA.org.
  • Access to GBTA Hub via complimentary memberships.
  • Possibility to propose topics for the GBTA AU events and to be invited as speaker (subject to AU Board approval).
  • Post a short announcement on LinkedIn GBTA APAC channel communications (no advertising).
  • Welcome announcement on LinkedIn GBTA APAC channel.

Interested in becoming an AU Founding Partner Sponsor? Reach out to sponsor@gbta.org and a member of our team will reach out shortly.

Why Join GBTA

We believe business travel is a fundamental force for good. Meeting face to face deepens relationships, fosters collaboration, and develops culture in ways that technology alone can never truly replicate. It drives progress for businesses, governments, economies, and people.

As the barriers and challenges facing business travel evolve and change, we must continue to innovate and set new standards as an industry, bringing many perspectives together under one roof. GBTA is the platform for all sides to come together to tackle how travel can adapt to and drive dynamic transformations in the workplace, from the changing way people work, to new attitudes towards managing risk, to improving sustainability.

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 Australia remains led by buyers and monitoring that any activity undertaken by the network is in line with created strategy and objectives.

Andy O’Mara

Chairperson
Head of Travel & Expense
Canva

Lisa Batchelor

Board Member
Strategic Sourcing Manager
Global Business Cochlear

Agnes Tsoa Lee

Board Member
Corporate T&E Program Specialist
Optus

Tanaz Pochkhanawalla

Board Member
Senior Commercial Manager | Strategic Partnering, Sourcing and Property
AMP

Dan Stevens

Board Member
Director, Global Travel Operations
Macquarie Group

Jim Crowder

Board Member
Strategic Sales Director, APAC
Enterprise Mobility

Karryn Cutcheon

Board Member
Senior Director, Global Sales Australia and New Zealand
Marriott

Anthea Dimitrakopoulos

Board Member
GM Brand and ESG
The Ascott Limited

Anna Fisher

Board Member
Vice President – Asia Pacific
Frosch Travel

Melanie Giles

Board Member
Travel Services Manager
Origin Energy

Ashley Houston

Board Member
Senior RSM, Global Safety and Security, Global Travel Risk
Bain & Company

Emma Jones

Board Member
Director of Sales – Corporate, Government & Airlines, Pacific
Accor

Kurt Knackstedt

Board Member
Head of Sales – Pacific
Avis Budget Group

Bill Kokovas

Board Member
Senior Manager, Travel & Events
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA)

Sue McEvoy

Board Member
Head of Sales ANZ
FCM

Mike Orchard

Board Member
Head of Performance
Festive Road

Ama Aidoo-Sam

Board Member
Director Procurement Operations
Res Med Australia Pty Ltd

Siobhan Prideaux

Board Member
Senior Sales Director, APAC
BCD Travel

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Contact GBTA Australia

Derek Sadubin

Country Manager – Australia
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