Global Business Travel Association

The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) is the world’s leading non-profit trade association dedicated to the business travel and meetings industry, representing a global network of over 9,000 members and more than 28,000 travel professionals worldwide. Headquartered in the Washington, D.C. area, GBTA advocates for an industry that accounts for approximately $1.48 trillion in global business travel and meetings expenditures annually. Its mission is to serve as the voice of the business travel sector by providing education, advocacy, research, networking opportunities, and industry insights. GBTA supports its members across six continents and promotes sustainable, professional, and innovative business travel practices.

GBTA endeavors to empower its membership by facilitating knowledge sharing and collaborative learning through member-driven education, research, and polling on current and emerging travel topics. The association places significant emphasis on community building, aiming to foster strong professional and personal relationships among travel buyers and suppliers in order to advance industry standards and collectively address challenges.

From an advocacy perspective, GBTA takes a global approach with a local focus, representing diverse regional interests and striving for consensus on key industry issues before engaging in policy dialogues. The organization’s lobbying efforts include engaging with regional, national, and international policymakers, including those in the European Union, to promote the interests of business travelers and travel managers. GBTA is committed to transparency, integrity, and ongoing communication with its members and stakeholders.

In the EU context, GBTA is registered with the EU Transparency Register, signaling its formal engagement in influencing policy and regulatory frameworks that impact global business travel. Through this registration, GBTA abides by the register’s code of conduct and submits detailed information about its lobbying objectives, budget, and contacts with EU institutions. GBTA aims to shape policies that protect and promote efficient and sustainable business travel, addressing issues such as travel management, safety protocols, environmental sustainability, and travel-related regulations.

GBTA’s comprehensive offering also includes events, networking platforms, research products, and advocacy campaigns that keep the business travel community informed and involved. With a history rooted in fostering collaboration, GBTA continues to drive the evolution of the business travel industry toward a more integrated and responsive future, leveraging its extensive membership and global influence to advocate effectively on behalf of its constituents.

Type: Non-profit trade association
Industry Focus: Global business travel and meetings management
Headquarters: Washington, D.C., USA
Membership: 9,000+ members, 28,000+ travel professionals globally
Global Reach: Serves stakeholders across six continents
Core Activities: Education, advocacy, events, research, networking
Business Volume Managed by Members: Over $1.48 trillion in annual business travel expenditures

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Business Travel Industry Advocacy
Trade Associations
Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE)
Travel Management
Industry Research and Education
Lobbying and Advocacy for Regulatory Frameworks

GBTA networks extensively with:

Members including travel buyers, suppliers, and management companies
Regional and global business travel stakeholders
Government bodies and policymakers, including EU institutions
Industry partners and associations in the travel and meetings sector
There is no public detailed enumeration of all affiliated organizations or EU-specific coalitions GBTA partners with since its EU registration, but it collaborates broadly to represent and advocate for the interests of business travel globally and in specific regions.

Though specific annual lobbying expenditure data for GBTA registered in the EU Transparency Register is not fully detailed in the search results, historic data indicates:

In 2014, GBTA spent approximately $200,000 on lobbying activities (likely US-focused)
Recent exact figures for lobbying costs within the EU, broken down by year, are not publicly disclosed or available in the provided information. The EU Transparency Register typically publishes spending bands rather than precise totals.
Further breaking down the lobbying expenditure by year since registration is not feasible from the current data.

GBTA engages with EU institutions as a registered entity in the EU Transparency Register, which includes:

European Commission
European Parliament
Possibly participates in advisory groups or industry forums relevant to business travel and transport policy (formal memberships not explicitly listed)
Interactions aligned with EU transparency and lobbying codes of conduct
Specific EU institutional frameworks and committees involved are not explicitly detailed in the available data.

The detailed list of meetings held by GBTA with EU Commissioners, cabinet members, or other officials since its registration with the EU Transparency Register is not provided in the search results. The EU Transparency Register database and Commission’s official meeting records would typically list these, but such data was not available here. It is known that GBTA, like other registered entities, must publish information about meetings with EU policymakers in the interest of open transparency.