The National Business Travel Association said more than 350 people, including more than 100 travel buyers, registered for the first-ever Paragon Business Travel Conference & Expo

. Co-sponsored by 10 other business travel associations and held in Milan, the event drew attendees from more than 20 nations and had "very few no-shows," according to NBTA. Its timing, just one day removed from a major Association of Corporate Travel Executives conference--which begins Sunday in Washington, D.C.-- last year angered some ACTE supporters.