The Business of Travel

In the second installment of the GBTA Accommodation Committee’s Sourcing Podcast Series, Lukasz Dabrowski (HRS), Pauline Robin (RoomIt by CWT), David Mollov (TRIPBAM), and Steven Van Overmeiren (Baker McKenzie) discuss post sourcing season insights, how the RFP season compared with forecasts, as well as high level-strategies utilized.     Music track is Space Jazz by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Are you looking to join a top-talent community of the industry’s rising stars and senior leaders, and to enhance your personal and professional career development? On this podcast, you’ll hear from the Season 9 leadership team as they talk all things GBTA Ladders – from the program’s key pillars of mentorship, networking and education, to the benefits to members and how you can get involved. Tune in for an engaging conversation between our speakers and Ladders Leadership Co-Chairs: Alexandria Prejean Smith, Director, Marketing & Communications at BCD Travel; Lindsay Straub, Vice President, Sales, The BTN Group; and Grace Knowlton, Director, Global Travel & Expense, General Atlantic     Music Track is Space Jazz by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

La seconda parte del 2022 ha visto la riscoperta degli eventi fisici come momenti indispensabili di condivisione, formazione, business e networking. I trend che oggi connotano il comparto hanno le radici proprio nella ripartenza dell’anno scorso a cui si aggiungono nuove sfide. Quali sono le opportunità da cogliere nel 2023? Perché gli eventi sono da considerarsi un elemento di sviluppo fondamentale nel mercato di oggi? Quali sono gli elementi di attenzione e le peculiarità organizzative che fanno la differenza?  Ne parliamo con Marco Quagliarella Director of International Operations di AIM Group International . --- The second half of 2022 saw the rediscovery of physical events as indispensable moments of sharing, training, business and networking. The trends of today industry have their roots in last year's restart while new challenges to face are emerging. What are the opportunities to be seized in 2023? Why are events to be considered a fundamental element of business development in today's market? What are the tricks and the organizational peculiarities that can make the difference?    We talk about it with Marco Quagliarella Director of International Operations of AIM Group International. --- Music track is Space Jazz by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

GBTA’s Sustainability Initiative – a program managed by the GBTA Foundation – focuses on driving climate action to create a future where global business travel can be done with a net positive impact on the planet and its people. As we move into 2023, GBTA Vice President, Mark Cuschieri, sits down with Jenny Sabineu, Chair of GBTA’s Sustainability Committee and Delphine Millot, GBTA Senior Vice President for Sustainability, to discuss priorities and concrete actions planned for the year ahead. The discussion centers around current needs of business travel professionals around sustainability; GBTA’s plans to address these – including building capacity, driving cross-industry alignment, and advocating for clearer standards on emissions reporting; the push for low carbon transport infrastructure and solutions; and the benefit of radical collaboration across the global business travel industry. For more information, visit the GBTA Foundation Sustainability webpage.   Music: Space Jazz by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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 their insights on the latest trends in corporate spend management and how technology can play a part.   Music is Space Jazz by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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 and other industry stakeholders, the discussion focuses on year-over-year changes anticipated in business travel volume and spending; how recession threat is − or isn’t − impacting the industry; and the nuances of travel growth across sectors. In terms of other back-to-business-travel developments, the trio also explores timely topics including changes to travel policy and approval processes; outlook for increased staffing and re-building workforces in the travel industry; and the sentiment around business travel and China. You can find these latest GBTA poll results on GBTA.org. GBTA members can access all GBTA Research in the member Hub. GBTA can help your organization with its research needs – reach out to research@gbta.org for more information.   Music track is Space Jazz by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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 and insights on the importance of citizen political activity along with the company’s thoughts  on legislative items such as excise taxes, electric vehicles, infrastructure, and bonus depreciation.

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 the Head of Coupa Travel and was formerly the CEO of Pana. He shares how Coupa offers a technology platform with expense, virtual payment and travel management solutions to help companies maximize the value of their spend. 

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. Ron Glickman has over 20 years of experience growing businesses in the aviation and travel technology industries. After successfully scaling Etihad Airways’ global corporate sales channel to record results, he launched the North America operations of Air Italy. In 2021, Ron brought his area expertise to the technology sector, and he current serves as Vice President, North America of Snowfall, where he is involved in architecting solutions. Ron talks about Snowfall’s Junction products that serve travelers on the end-to-end journey including multimodal booking, different content such as on-trip experiences, automated timing alerts to relieve potential journey friction points and payment solutions. Names: Katie Virtue, Festive Road and Ron Glickman, Snowfall.

Diversity is a fact and being more inclusive is becoming a necessity in order to fully engage today's workforce and creating inclusive spaces for your meeting and event attendees is equally as important as when they are back in their regular workspaces.  Our podcast will discuss why it's important, how to get started and provide some easy tips and tricks to get started on your journey toward creating a more inclusive meeting experience.