Upcoming Events
Business Travel at Climate Week NYC
September 21, 2026 | 4pm-7pm | New York
Impact in Motion
Join the GBTA Foundation at Climate Week NYC as business travel enters a new era – one where sustainability, cost discipline, and operational performance must move together. Business Travel at Climate Week brings senior sustainability, corporate travel, procurement, and supplier leaders to assess progress, share practical insights, and build the partnerships needed to accelerate decarbonization across the business travel ecosystem.
GBTA WINiT Summit 2026
October 26-27, 2026 | Dallas, TX
Rise & Renew with WINiT
The GBTA WINiT Summit is a high‑impact, two‑day leadership event hosted by the GBTA Foundation. It’s designed to advance and celebrate women and gender equity in the business travel industry – bringing together professionals, leaders, and allies for two days of learning, inspiration, and community building.
GBTA Sustainability Summit 2026
November 2, 2026 | Vienna, Austria
From Strategy to Scale
On 2 November 2026, GBTA will host its Sustainability Summit: From Strategy to Scale, taking place at the GBTA + VDR + ABTA Conference 2026. This focused, solution-driven gathering will bring together industry leaders, practitioners, experts and policy leaders to outline the latest trends in sustainable business travel and offer concrete decarbonisation solutions
Past Events
People
GBTA Foundation Gala
August 2, 2026 | Chicago, IL
An Evening Where Impact Takes the Center Stage
Join the GBTA Foundation as the global business travel community comes together for an evening of purpose, recognition, and connection. At the GBTA Foundation Gala, we honor the leaders, organizations, and partnerships whose vision and dedication are driving meaningful, measurable change for People and the Planet. Through the Annual Impact Awards, we celebrate their impact – and the momentum propelling our industry into its next chapter.
GBTA Ladders Summit 2026
May 19-21, 2026 | Charlotte, NC
The GBTA Ladders Summit is where the brightest rising stars and the industry’s most influential leaders come together to shape what’s next. This is the annual gathering for ambitious business travel professionals ready to elevate their leadership, expand their influence, and collaborate with the innovators redefining the industry.
GBTA WINiT Gala 2025
October 2025 | New York, NY
The goal of the WINiT Awards is to recognize the women, men, and companies who together are driving positive change for the career mobility of women in the travel-related industries. Winners will be honored at the Gala.
GBTA WINiT Summit 2025
October 23, 2025 | New York, NY
A high-impact, day-long experience designed to spark new ideas, unlock potential, and elevate your leadership journey. Rooted in WINiT’s pillars of mentorship, professional development, and community, The Power of Possibility is intended to help you embrace possibility, break barriers, and envision new opportunities for the future.
GBTA Ladders 2025
May 20-22, 2025 | Austin, TX.
Join GBTA Ladders business travel professionals from across the industries to learn, network, and innovate during this three-day inspirational event. Through powerful presentations and global networking opportunities, the Summit aims to inspire current and future business travel leaders to drive positive change and shape the future of the industry.
GBTA Ladders 2024 Summit & 10 Year Celebration
May 21-23, 2024 | Chicago, IL
The GBTA Ladders season culminates in Chicago this May, with the theme, Coming Together: Shaping the future of travel through radical collaborations and partnerships.
GBTA Ladders 2023
May 23-25, 2023 | New Orleans, LA
The GBTA Ladders season culminates at the three-day Summit, bringing together all program pillars: professional development, global networking across verticals, and innovative presentations on the season theme. The goal of Summit is to inspire current and next-generation business travel leaders and to drive industry change.
Planet
GBTA Sustainability Summit 2025
June 10, 2025 | Washington, D.C.
Join us in this ambitious endeavor to transform business travel for a sustainable future. This agenda-packed, one-day event aims to bring together industry leaders, sustainability practitioners, and policy leaders, bridge any possible cross-sectoral collaboration gaps, and hasten climate action within business travel.
GBTA Sustainability Summit 2024
November 4, 2024 | Copenhagen, Denmark
This one-day, high-level event will bring together industry leaders, practitioners, experts , and policy leaders to outline the latest trends in sustainable business travel and offer concrete decarbonisation solutions. Offering a platform for open conversations about the challenges and opportunities in advancing climate action within the business travel sector.
Sustainability Day at GBTA + VDR Europe Conference 2023
November 14, 2023 | Hamburg, Germany
This dedicated sustainability event covers how you and your organization can “green” your travel program. Every day there are creative ways to make business travel more environmentally friendly, eco-aware, and sustainable.
Sustainability Pavilion at GBTA Convention 2023
August 13-15, 2023 | Dallas, TX
At the Sustainability Pavilion, learn about sustainable travel initiatives and meet experts and exhibitors across the business travel industry.
GBTA Sustainability Summit 2023
June 13, 2023 | Washington, D.C.
Building a greener future for business travel must be part of our game plan today to make sure we can still connect people and travel for business tomorrow.
This one-day, high-level event will bring together experts, industry and policy leaders to outline concrete solutions to manage the environmental impact of business travel.
GBTA Sustainability Summit 2022
November 8, 2022 | Brussels, Belgium
Reducing emissions must be part of our game plan today to make sure we can still connect people and travel for business tomorrow. GBTA’s first ever Global Sustainability Summit focuses on Driving Action on the Race To Net Zero.
This one-day, high-level event will bring together experts, industry and policy leaders to outline concrete solutions to decarbonize business travel, in alignment with the Paris Climate Goals – and concurrently to the 27th UN Climate Summit (COP 27), taking place in Egypt from November 7-18, 2022.
Sustainability Pavilion at GBTA Convention 2022
August 14-17, 2022 | San Diego, CA
GBTA unveiled its first ever Sustainability Pavilion as part of Convention 2022 in San Diego. Over four days, attendees learned about sustainable initiatives and met experts and exhibitors across the business travel industry. Furthermore, sustainability was baked into the entire GBTA Convention – from a plant-based lunch on Monday, to eliminating 14,600 square yards of carpet, to digitizing our business cards, and more.
GBTA Emissions Report
Climate action is becoming a priority across the business travel industry, and many organizations are facing more pressure to manage their climate impact. Carbon emissions reduction is a multi-layered process, and a crucial first step is measuring and reporting carbon emissions. GBTA now tracks and reports the carbon emissions of its largest events. Our Events Emissions reports outline the events’ carbon emissions, sustainability practices and green wins.
GBTA Convention 2023 Emissions Report – Dallas, TX
GBTA Convention 2022 Emissions Report – San Diego, CA
GBTA Europe Conference 2022 Emissions Report – Brussels, Belgium
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