NBTA at its annual convention in Houston this week announced that it is changing its name from the US-focused National Business Travel Association to the more apt GBTA – Global Business Travel Association.
Business travel name-change signifies globalisation of industry and tech issues
August 10, 2010 By 2 Comments
Sabre calls on US Transportation Department to mandate ancillaries in all channels
August 10, 2010 By 2 Comments
Sabre’s chief executive called on the U.S. Transporation Dept. “to advocate and even mandate” that airline ancillary services be available in all distribution channels, including GDSs.
Travelocity Business analyzes ancillary fees, Egencia gets meetings tools
August 8, 2010 By 2 Comments
Get ready for a flurry of corporate travel announcements as the National Business Travel Association conference kicked off Sunday night in Houston.
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Should there be balance between air safety and efficiency? NBTA thinks so
January 5, 2010 By 5 Comments
The National Business Travel Association surveyed 150 travel managers and found that the vast majority, 81%, have no plans to reduce business travel out of concerns about the Dec. 25 Northwest flight attempted bombing.
While 43% expressed safety concerns about the incident and 42% had no new concerns about air safety, NBTA Executive Director and COO Michael McCormick says: “NBTA encourages governments and airports to strike the proper balance of safety and efficiency in these new regulations and future policy changes.”
But, is there really a proper balance between air safety and efficiency, and is risk management the way to go?
US Travel, BTC, NBTA call for action on security issues
December 29, 2009 By 3 Comments
Perhaps the Obama administration needs to come up with a travel-security stimulus plan.
In the aftermath of the Christmas Day terrorism incident onboard Northwest flight 253, the U.S. Travel Association called on Congress to take leftover monies from the country’s economic stimulus plan and to use it for the immediate implementation “of screening techniques that strengthen security, balance privacy and improve traveler facilitation.”
The development came as several other travel industry organizations, including the Business Travel Coalition, the National Business Travel Association and the American Society of Travel Agents, chimed in about the security issue.
Specifically, U.S. Travel says whole-body imaging (WBI) and increased use of bomb-sniffing dogs seem promising, but the association adds that while privacy issues related to WBI have been aired, detailed analysis is needed regarding its “security benefits, effect on wait times and any potential of reducing travelers’ hassles at security checkpoints.”
