The 3rd Annual Procurement Workshop Series is a 6-week long course designed to help you build and optimize your organization's corporate travel program through the discipline of procurement
This year’s workshop series takes a deeper dive into the discipline of procurement and provide attendees with the information to enable them to succeed in a procurement led environment.
Workshops will be comprised of a combination of presentation, case studies and panel discussions and feature insights from consultants, buyers and suppliers. Attendees will also be tasked with a project of developing their own procurement strategy.
Each workshop will run from 1:00-4:00 p.m. ET/10:00-1:00 PT with
one 15-minute break.
March 7 - Introduction
to Procurement/Sourcing Categories for Managed Travel & Meetings
Programs
March 14 - The RFP Process
March 21 - Leveraging Your Data to Source Wisely
March 28 - Project Management, Change Management &
Communication
April 4 - Evaluation: Scoring and Decision Making
April 11- Implementation: Tales of Horror and Success
“BTN Workshops on Travel Procurement never fail to offer a gold mine of sourcing intelligence. With leading industry speakers presenting topics of current relevance, any attendee will come away with a number of valuable insights and best practice examples that can only make us all more skillful procurement professionals.”
- Allison O'Sullivan, Global Category Manager, Travel, Chain IQ US, Inc.
The 4th Annual Business Travel Show Americas will include live specialized education sessions, expert speakers including corporate travel buyers, supplier executives and consultants, as well as interviews with travel industry's leading CEO’s.
“In the "normal" ever changing world of travel, which now is absurdly complicated with Covid, this was an extremely worthwhile experience. Many thanks to you, BTN, for a great show and keeping us up to date not only on Covid protocols, but also how it has changed the industry. Great forward thinking topics! BTN rocks!”
- Stacey Jo Withers, Assistant Director of Travel Operations, Commonwealth of PA
The 13th Annual Business Travel Tech Talk Chicago is
a one-day conference dedicated to travel management
technology and designed exclusively for corporate travel managers and
procurement professionals.
“As a new Travel Manager, I found the content
insightful and I feel far more prepared to tackle this new responsibility after
having attended this event.”
- Beth Faubel, Senior Manager, Meeting Services,
HIMSS
The BTN Group’s Business Travel Sustainability Summit Americas is a one-day event focusing on advancements in policy adoption and actions taken by companies to align business travel with corporate objectives to increase sustainability practices. Contributing to the conversation will be industry visionaries, corporate practitioners, analysts, and leading suppliers.
“Enlightening sessions that help the industry start getting consensus around finding a standard way to manage and reduce carbon emissions from an important component of the nature of doing business--business travel”
- Jose Velasquez, Technical Lead, ISN Software Corporation
The BTN Group’s 3rd Annual Business Travel Sustainability Summit Europe is a one-day in-person event focusing on advancements in policy adoption and actions taken by companies to align business travel with corporate objectives to increase sustainability practices. Contributing to the conversation will be industry visionaries, corporate practitioners, analysts, and leading suppliers.
The BTN Group's Strategic Meetings Summit is a one-day conference series uniting senior level meeting executives and corporate travel managers focused on strategic meetings management. Attendees gather intelligence on industry developments and share experiences, challenges, and solutions with peers in an open forum along with in person, face-to-face networking.
If you are looking to take
your strategic meetings management program to the next level or just starting out,
don’t miss the BTN Group's 9th Annual Strategic Meetings Summit New York. You will hear from subject matter experts including senior level
meeting executives and corporate travel managers as they share experiences,
challenges, and solutions.
“BTN’s Strategic Meeting Summit was a great opportunity
for me to take a step back and look at my program with a more holistic view.
The networking with industry leaders was invaluable.”
- Joe Taus, Sr. Global
Travel & Meetings Manager, Mentor, a Siemens Business
The 12th annual Business Travel Summit at Pebble Beach brings together industry leaders for a dynamic three days of education and senior-level networking.
Business Travel Show Europe, presented by The BTN Group, is the place where travel buyers, procurement, and bookers from across Europe go to start, improve, or benchmark their travel programmes.
Focussing solely on business travel, it brings all the innovations, knowledge, and contacts together into one place to allow buyers and bookers to put the corporate traveller at the heart of every story. The unique hosted buyer programme brings many top-level decision-makers to the show with a minimum £1 million travel budget.
The show provides a forum for the industry to talk travel, learn new practices and exciting new techniques, and meet with colleagues and network. It is a show where the industry comes together to do business effectively. Entry to the event is free. Join us on 28-29 September 2023 by registering today.
Business Travel News announces its 39th Travel Manager of the Year and Best Practitioners, honored for their industry accomplishments and innovations, at its annual reception with 300+ travel industry professionals
Innovate is the premier corporate travel industry event combining cutting-edge education, technology innovators and industry networking for hundreds of corporate travel managers/travel procurement professionals with an annual T&E budget of $5 million or more. Attendees participate in their choice of Think Tanks and Master Classes and the Business Travel Innovation Faceoff, featuring a dozen presentations of cutting-edge products, technologies and services developed by suppliers to address industry challenges and support managed business travel and/or business travelers. Each presenter has seven-minutes of uninterrupted speaking time followed by four-minutes of Q&A from a panel of expert judges and two-minutes of audience Q&A. Two winners will be chosen; one selected by the judges and you get to vote for the People’s Choice Award Winner.
“Innovate was an optimal 'one stop shop' for strategic networking, cutting edge education on the current 'hot topics' in travel as well as a truly global deep dive into the most innovative categories as they are evolving in corporate travel. I highly recommend attendance at this event, and I will attend next year and years to follow.”
- Deirdre Morrison/Travel Consultant/FM Global
Entries are now open to Business Travel Awards Europe 2023! Each year is a glittering celebration of the industry coming together and recognising some incredible achievements, and this year will be no exception. Going into its 28th year, it's time to spotlight your team and your company's hard work at the Business Travel Awards Europe by celebrating your success stories and achievements over the past 12 months. Start your entry in one of our 21 free-to-enter categories. The ceremony will take place at JW Marriott Grosvenor House on Monday 30 October.
The BTN Group's 7th Annual Strategic Meetings Summit Chicago is a one-day conference uniting senior
level meeting executives and corporate travel managers focused on strategic
meetings management. Attendees gather intelligence on industry developments and
share experiences, challenges, and solutions with peers in an open forum along with in person,
face-to-face networking.
The Beat Live, a travel business conference, is a thought-provoking event focused on the key issues in travel distribution, technology and managed corporate travel. Its signature news, views and interviews format is modeled after The Beat, The BTN Group’s subscription news service for travel management company representatives, technologists, distributors, management professionals, suppliers and other industry influencers. This executive-level conference features candid commentary, substantial audience interaction and extensive networking.
“The Beat Live is the best industry event out there. It's rare to find such a notably small group of industry experts diving in on the hottest topics for real meaningful dialogue. Getting audience participation in large events is hard, and Jay and the moderators do an excellent job!”
- Kristen Pratt, VP, Global Customer Solutions, Corporate Travel Management
The BTN Group established the Business Travel Hall of Fame in 2011 to recognize those executives who blazed trails and shaped what has become today’s business travel landscape.
Join over 250 of your travel industry colleagues at the 12th Annual Business Travel Hall of Fame induction ceremony and dinner as the BTN Group recognizes four of the travel industry's most influential executives who helped shape today's business travel landscape and created legacies of achievement. Each Business Travel Hall of Fame inductee will share their industry views; past, present and future.
The black-tie reception/dinner will be held at the Plaza in New York City on Wednesday, December 6 from 6:30pm-11:00pm and attendance is by invitation only.
2023 Inductees to be Announced!
Business Travel Tech Talk returns to Paris for the fourth time, enabling corporate travel buyers to network, discuss industry trends and developments, and learn about new technologies for managing travel management services.
Business Travel Tech Talk is coming to Amsterdam, enabling corporate travel buyers to network, discuss industry trends and developments, and learn about new technologies for managing travel management services.
Business Travel Tech Talk is coming to Frankfurt, enabling corporate travel buyers to network, discuss industry trends and developments, and learn about new technologies for managing travel management services.
Brought to you by The BTN Group, Business Travel Tech Talk is a one-day, buyer-focused conference series designed to unite corporate travel professionals and provide a platform
for information sharing in a virtual environment. Attendees gather
intelligence on industry developments, sharing experiences, challenges
and solutions with peers.
Chicago: May 1, 2023
Frankfurt: June 2023
San Francisco: September 2023
London: November 2023
Amsterdam: Q4 2023
Paris: Q4 2023
Business Travel Trends & Forecasts is a one-day, buyer-focused event series designed to unite corporate travel professionals and provide a platform for information sharing live and in person. Through expert-led sessions and interactive discussions, attendees gather intelligence on industry changes and discuss with fellow corporate buyers common challenges, effective solutions and future trends in business travel management.
Washington, DC - March 21, 2023
Atlanta - May 2023
Chicago - September 2023
Philadelphia - September 28, 2023
Toronto - September 2023
Boston - October 2023
Minneapolis - October 2023
New York - November 2023
Seattle - December 2023
San Francisco - December 2023
Dallas - December 2023
“BTN always provides a fantastic forum for peer to peer learning! They bring together industry experts to help travel managers reassess their programs and policies. At GameStop we want to stay on the forefront of trends in the Travel Industry. Programs like BTN Trends and Forecasts provide the opportunity to take a deep dive into our travel policy and procedures, reassess our direction and ensure we're staying current with corporate travel trends!
- Samantha Vogel/ Sr. Manager, Meetings & Travel/ GameStop
The BTN Group's Strategic Meetings Summit is a one-day conference series uniting senior
level meeting executives and corporate travel managers focused on strategic
meetings management. Attendees gather intelligence on industry developments and
share experiences, challenges, and solutions with peers in an open forum along with in person, face-to-face networking.
San Francisco: June 5, 2023
New York: June 12, 2023
London: October 2023
Chicago: November 6, 2023
“Great content and discussion from those on the front lines of the supplier and buyer communities.”
Adam Gordon, Global Category and Sourcing Lead, Meetings and Events, Takeda
The 8th annual Business Travel Trends & Forecasts Washington DC is a one-day, buyer-focused event designed to unite corporate travel professionals and provide a platform for information sharing live and in person. Through expert-led sessions and interactive discussions, attendees gather intelligence on industry changes and discuss with fellow corporate buyers common challenges, effective solutions and future trends in business travel management.
Get Ready, Set, Go for 2023
Business Travel Show Europe Kick Off has been designed for corporate travel managers and procurement professionals to refresh their knowledge as they hear from industry experts, innovators and disruptors. Discover the knowledge you need to build on, improve or benchmark your travel programme as you enter a new year.
Benefit from 4 uninterrupted hours of corporate travel content brought to you by leading industry experts and hosted by The BTN Group.