NBTA Committed to Maintaining NTF’s Identity
Caleb Tiller , +1 703-684-0836, ext. 138
Courtney Leigh Beisel , +1 703-684-0836, ext. 133
Los Angeles, CA (June 29, 2006) -- Becky Rhodes, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Governmentwide Policy, Office of Travel, Transportation and Asset Management, U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), today announced that the National Business Travel Association (NBTA) and its Government Travel Group (GTG) would assume management of the biennial National Travel Forum (NTF). The announcement was made at NTF 2006, being held this week in Los Angeles. NTF is the largest event designed specifically to meet the needs of government travel and relocation professionals.
“Under GSA leadership, NTF has continuously grown, offering the government travel and relocation community better networking and educational opportunities with each Forum” said Rhodes. “I am pleased to now hand the baton to NBTA. As a member of NBTA and chair of its GTG Advisory Board, I’ve seen the quality of NBTA events and educational content and am confident NTF will continue to flourish in the NBTA GTG environment.”
NBTA President & CEO, Suzanne Fletcher, said, “NBTA is honored to be given the opportunity to manage an event as important as NTF, and pleased to expand our relationship with the government travel and relocation community. We formed the NBTA GTG because we saw the important synergies between private-sector and government-sector travel management. With the addition of the NTF to the NBTA portfolio, we will be better positioned to capitalize on those synergies to the benefit of the entire travel management community, while maintaining the unique identity of NTF.”
The next NTF will be held in 2008. Details will be made available on www.nationaltravelforum.org and www.nbta.org.
About NTF
The National Travel Forum (NTF) is the premier government travel and relocation event. NTF provides workshops, plenary sessions and vendor exhibits covering a full range of travel and relocation-related topics, current issues and future trends to help government travel managers and others do their jobs more effectively. NTF offers attendees opportunities to interact with policymakers from federal agencies who are involved with the regulations, operation, maintenance and scheduling of official travel and to network with federal, state and local governments and private sector representatives. NTF attendees include relocation coordinators; management information system providers; procurement, financial operations, maintenance, and certifying officials; private industry travel managers and coordinators; conference planners; and other attendees interested in learning cutting-edge technology related to travel management.
About NBTA
The National Business Travel Association is the source for critical information on the business travel industry. For more than 35 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, visit www.nbta.org.
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