Podcast: Reduce Your Travel Costs

On the latest episode of The Business of Travel, GBTA discusses cost savings strategies in managed travel programs from the basics on up. Marc Casto, CEO of Casto Travel, and Mark Ziegler, Senior Travel Manager of Global Travel Services for NetApp, both join the podcast from Silicon Valley to share their experiences, perspectives and best practices when it comes to saving your travel program money.

Message from the Office of the GBTA President

Message from the Office of the GBTA President

*This post was also sent as an email to GBTA Members.* Dear GBTA Member, I recently had the honor of attending the GBTA Foundation Gala and celebrating the Foundation’s 20th Anniversary. The gala highlighted the groundbreaking research the Foundation has conducted on behalf of the industry. That research has made the Foundation a global thought…

GBTA EU Hotel Committee Explores Hotel Program Savings Calculation Methods
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GBTA EU Hotel Committee Explores Hotel Program Savings Calculation Methods

*The GBTA EU Hotel Committee contributed the following blog post.* Do you know the most often-used methods for hotel program savings calculation in Europe? The GBTA Foundation conducted a survey in Europe to investigate how European travel buyers are calculating hotel savings. Based on the survey results, the GBTA EU Hotel Committee created a resource…

Average Compensation for U.S. Travel Buyers Gets Moderate Year-Over-Year Bump

Average Compensation for U.S. Travel Buyers Gets Moderate Year-Over-Year Bump

Average compensation for U.S. travel buyers saw a moderate 1.8 percent year-over-year increase in 2016 reaching $114,000, according to an annual study released today by the GBTA Foundation. Despite only a modest increase, almost three-quarters (73 percent) of travel buyers are satisfied with their compensation, while only 8 percent are dissatisfied – in line with…

GBTA Canada Travel Sourcing Series Continues

GBTA Canada Travel Sourcing Series Continues

GBTA Canada’s 2016 Travel Sourcing Series continues today in Toronto and Wednesday in Montreal as industry professionals come together in a buyer-only setting to discuss hot topics in the industry from cost savings strategies to sourcing strategies and tactics for success. During GBTA’s Convention this summer, Nancy Tudorache, director of operations for GBTA Canada, sat…

GBTA Calls on TravelSky to Rescind Action Discontinuing Sale of Domestic  China Flights via Any GDS Partner

GBTA Calls on TravelSky to Rescind Action Discontinuing Sale of Domestic China Flights via Any GDS Partner

*Update: Reports are there has been a partial rollback of the aggressive action TravelSky took. The major Chinese airlines have now restored the ability of foreign GDS’s to sell many (but not all) of their fares through foreign agents.*   The announcement of TravelSky’s unilateral decision to discontinue the sale of domestic China flights on…

GBTA’s Rules of the Road
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GBTA’s Rules of the Road

In May, GBTA launched its new Rules of the Road designed to optimize business travel. The guiding principles that make up the Rules of the Road will help to make the global travel systems safer, more secure, more reliable and a better place to conduct and facilitate business. Check out the interactive capsule below to get…