The Global Business Travel Association named Patricia Higginbotham and Hema Shah to executive posts.

Most recently a vice president at the Air Transport Association of America, Higginbotham will serve as vice president of government relations and general counsel, focused on "key legislative and regulatory priorities," including opposition to "taxes that unfairly target business travelers" and support for the NextGen air traffic control modernization program, according to GBTA. Shah will serve as vice president of corporate strategy, tasked with providing "strategic leadership on new initiatives and special projects, supporting all aspects of the business," notably including "potential mergers and acquisitions, new partnerships and various other deals." Shah previously was a principal at Strategic Financial Consulting. Earlier in her career, she held an executive position at Cendant/Travelport, where, according to GBTA, "she was the finance lead on the $1.4B Worldspan post-acquisition integration team."