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GBTA WINiT Summit 2024

October 24, 2024 | Queens, NY

The WINiT Summit is an empowering event that brings together professionals of all levels to positively transform the careers and lives of women in travel-related industries.

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GBTA WINiT Gala 2024

October 24, 2024 | Queens, 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.

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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.

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GBTA WINiT Summit 2023

October 26, 2023 | Brooklyn, NY

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GBTA WINiT Gala 2023

October 26, 2023 | Brooklyn, NY

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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