The 48th annual Global Business Travel Association convention brought over 6,500 corporate travel professionals to Denver, Colorado, July 16-20 for networking, education and development.
BCD Travel, Advito and BCD Meetings & Events experts presented at 11 education sessions, encouraging attendees to:
- Get personal to engage travelers and influence their travel buying decisions
- Get creative to energize their programs with new technologies and options like virtual collaboration
- Get focused on using business intelligence to drive great decisions
During the convention, several BCD clients and employees were honored for achievements, among them:
- Jill Huffman, Cardinal Health senior manager of global travel and meetings management, was recognized by BTN as a Best Practitioner. She earned the award by using technology tools in new ways to dig into hotel compliance and optimize her program.
- Dorian Stonie, Salesforce senior manager of global travel, was recognized by Business Travel News as Travel Manager of the Year for a strategic vision that is transforming the supplier relationship and increasing traveler compliance.
- Jim Wilkins, senior director of corporate travel services for Turner Broadcasting, was presented with the Direct Member of the Year Award for his dedication to advancing both GBTA and the travel management profession.
- BCD Travel’s Deb Cruz, vice president of global sales, and Kim Kearns, senior director of Supplier Relations, were presented with Global Leadership Professional® (GLP) designations. The master’s-level GLP curriculum addresses opportunities and challenges of today’s business travel environment.
Get details on popular GBTA sessions: Improving RFPs: Air proposals toolkit unveiled at GBTA and Succeeding in India and China: APAC market insights. Watch Move in coming days for more takeaways from our best-attended sessions. And mark your calendars: GBTA 2017 is scheduled July 15-19 in Boston. See you there!
