Caleb Tiller , +1 703-684-0836, ext. 138
Courtney Leigh Beisel , +1 703-684-0836, ext. 133
Alexandria, VA (November 6, 2006) – The National Business Travel Association (NBTA), the leading provider of education, research, advocacy and networking for corporate travel professionals, is pleased to announce the support of the first 24 companies to sponsor the NBTA 2007 International Convention & Exposition, hosted July 22-25 in Boston. The generosity of these travel suppliers in support of the largest business travel industry event will assist the association in providing attendees of the annual convention with the most comprehensive program of education and networking available in the industry.
Suzanne Fletcher, President and CEO of NBTA, remarked, “NBTA is grateful for the support its dedicated supplier members offer the association. Their involvement in the NBTA Convention is a major contributor to its overwhelming success of the event each year. On behalf of NBTA and its members, I’d like to thank the sponsors of the NBTA 2007 Convention for their commitment to the advancement of the business travel community.”
The NBTA Convention has five distinct sponsorship levels, offering business travel suppliers multiple means to lend their support of the event. These opportunities include, but are not limited to, sponsorship of general sessions, opening and closing receptions, education sessions, tradeshow lounges, wireless hotspots and the convention program. Sponsors of the convention were also recently recognized in a special Time Magazine advertisement, distributed to more than one million Coast readers in select regions, for their backing of the convention.
NBTA thanks the below suppliers for their continued support of the association and its mission:
Diamond
BostonCoach
GetThere
SkyTeam
Travelocity Business
Wyndham Hotel Group
Gold
British Airways
Concur Technologies
Empire International
Prime
GetThere
Expedia Corporate Travel
Orbitz for Business
Travelocity Business
Partner
CARINO Collection
Dav El
Radius
StarCite
Wingate Inn
General
1-800-Book-a-Limo
AirPlus International
Amtrak
JetBlue Airways
Northwest Airlines/KLM
Travel Solutions
Tri-Pen TravelMaster Technologies
Universal Air Travel Plan (UATP)
Wingate Inn
The NBTA 2006 Convention attracted more than 5,700 corporate travel professionals to Chicago’s McCormick Place for four days of informative education sessions, keynote speeches featuring some of the nation’s most recognizable personalities and hours of networking on a tradeshow floor featuring more than 400 travel suppliers. NBTA looks forward to another successful and ground-breaking convention in Boston. For more information related to the convention, please visit www.nbtaconvention.org.
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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