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New York, NY (March 26, 2007) -- The National Business Travel Association (NBTA) today presented its 2007 Alan Fredericks Business Travel Journalism Award to Roger Yu, USA Today Business Travel Reporter. Yu was honored for his coverage of a wide variety of industry topics of interest to business travelers and industry professionals alike, including: the rising cost travel and how companies manage those increasing costs, changing air travel security rules, changes major hotel chains are making in their services and business models, airlines’ personal technologies offerings, airline mergers, changing passport rules, lost luggage, airport parking, powering electronic devices at airports, the Very Light Jet market, and changes being made at airports around the world. The award was presented at the NBTA Business Travel Financial Forum, held today in New York to give participants “A Wall Street Look at the Business of Business Travel.”
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| Yu (left) and Connors (right) |
“NBTA is pleased to honor Roger with the 2007 Business Travel Journalism Award in recognition of the wealth of important information his stories and columns provide for business travelers and business travel industry insiders, and in honor of his approach to covering the industry” said NBTA Executive Director & COO. “The award is named in memory Alan Fredericks, long-time travel industry journalist who finished his career as Editor-in-Chief of Travel Weekly. Roger’s style of journalism, like Alan’s, is one of integrity. Roger reports the facts clearly, and helps his readers understand the travel business. Also like Alan, Roger is a team player. At USA Today, he is part of one of the best teams covering business travel today.”
This is the first time NBTA has presented the Alan Fredericks Business Travel Journalism Award. The award is intended to recognize the important role of media in the business travel industry by honoring an outstanding travel journalist or editor whose work over the last 12-18 months has done the most to enlighten corporate travel professionals, the business community, and/or the general public about important topics is business travel, and has done so in a way that is generally beneficial for and supportive of the industry.
The National Business Travel Association is the source for critical information on the business travel industry. For nearly 40 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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