Caleb Tiller, +1 703-684-0836 x138
Tanya Racz, +1 403-503-0431
Toronto, ON (March 21, 2007) – NBTA-Canada, formerly the Canadian Alliance of Business Travel, the leading association for the corporate travel industry in Canada, today released the findings of its Canadian Travel Management Professional report. The full report was provided to all attendees of the association’s Annual Conference & Exhibitor Showcase, held this week in Toronto, and is available on the association’s website for all its members.
“As a unique, Canada-focused, buyer-driven, corporate travel association, NBTA-Canada is pleased to help corporate travel professionals understand the roles and status of corporate travel managers relative to their peers, and to give Canadian companies benchmarks for comparing their travel management programs to those of other companies,” said NBTA-Canada President, Tanya Racz, CCTE. “It’s my hope that this data will empower travel managers and their companies to strengthen their travel programs and the positions of corporate travel professionals.”
In researching the report, NBTA-Canada surveyed 102 companies of various business classifications from across Canada.
Key findings of the report are as follows (all monetary values listed in Canadian dollars):
- 42 percent of respondents’ 2007 total travel budgets are between $1 million and $5 million, while 38 percent are between $11 million and $40 million.
- 60 percent of respondent organizations report global operations; up 9 percentage points over 2006.
- 47 percent of respondent organizations have more than 250 employees who travel regularly.
- 75 percent hold the title of Manager or Supervisor; up 36 percentage points over 2006 respondents.
- 58 percent of respondents report to Corporate Services and/or Administration; up from 47 percent last year.
- The percentage of respondent companies with centralized travel responsibilities in each of the following areas increased over 2006:
- travel policy creation – from 94 percent to 95 percent
- vendor negotiations – from 94 percent to 100 percent
- travel communications – from 86 percent to 89 percent
- travel agency relations – from 80 percent to 89 percent
- reservations and tickets – from 56 percent to 74 percent
- 100 percent of respondents are responsible for vendor negotiations; up from 94 percent in 2006.
- The number one career issue facing travel management professionals is job security, as reported by 33 percent of respondents.
- The leading travel management education and professional development opportunities attended by respondents are: NBTA-Canada Education Days (31%) and the NBTA-Canada Annual Conference (18%).
More information can be found in the full report, which is available at no charge to NBTA-Canada members. Corporate travel professionals interested in joining should visit www.nbtacanada.org. Members of the media can obtain a complimentary copy of the report by contacting Caleb Tiller at ctiller@nbta.org
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.
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