More than 60 Corporate Travel Professionals Take Part in NBTA-Canada Education Exchange Day, Calgary
The National Business Travel Association–Canada (NBTA-Canada), the leading provider of education and professional resources for corporate travel professionals, today hosts its largest event to date in Calgary. More than 60 business travel industry professionals are taking part in the NBTA-Canada Education Exchange Day, Calgary, with more than half of participants being corporate travel managers, or buyers.
Participants are taking part in sessions on the following topics:
- Benefits of the NEXUS program, presented by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
- How Canadian airports are adapting for the future of aviation, presented by Canadian Airport Council President & CEO, Jim Facette
- Travel security and Private Aircraft Operating Certificate processing, presented by World Fuel Services, Gordon Berturelli
- Canadian business travel technology, with panelists Fred Fredericks, Director of Travel Technology, Concur Technologies; Jack Wallis, Director of Corporate Sales, Air Canada; and Mohamed Bhanji, Director of Marketing Technologies, VIA Rail
- Working effectively with travel management companies (corporate travel agencies), with panelists David Kruschell, President, Uniglobe Custom Travel; Vaughan Payne, President, ATCO Travel; and Anthony Tonkinson, Partner, Vision 2000 Travel Group
- Understanding and managing cross-cultural issues, presented by Mansour Javidan, Ph.D., Professor and Director, The Garvin Centre for Cultures and Languages of International Management, Thunderbird School of Global Management
The National Business Travel Association – Canada (formerly the Canadian Alliance of Business Travel) is the premiere professional travel management association in Canada. As the Canadian arm of NBTA, the world’s leading business travel association, NBTA-Canada is the Canadian source for critical information on the business travel industry. For nearly 40 years, NBTA has dedicated itself to the professional development of its members through advocacy, education and training, and networking opportunities. NBTA represents over 2,700 corporate and government travel managers and travel service providers, who collectively manage and direct more than $170 billion of expenditures within the business travel industry. For more on NBTA-Canada, visit www.nbtacanada.org.
For more information, please contact
Caleb Tiller, +1 703-236-1138 , ctiller@nbta.org
Tanya Racz, +1 403-503-0431, tracz@nbta.org