Tag: advocacy
Mike McCormick’s Campaign For Recovery Starts This Week
Industry veterans Mike McCormick and Ed Silver plan Tuesday to launch an advocacy group to help facilitate business travel’s return. “When I look at all…
Working On Initiatives For Recovery, Former GBTA COO McCormick Is Disappointed By What’s Happened To The Association (Audio)
Mike McCormick stayed behind the scenes since he left the Global Business Travel Association in April 2019. During a Thursday interview, he shared some details…
Big TMCs Hire Familiar Lobbyist As Public Policy Encroaches, Uncertainty Persists
American Express Global Business Travel, BCD Travel and other large travel management companies banded together and engaged Monument Advocacy, a Washington lobby group. They want…
GBTA Throws Its Lot In With ASTA, Ground Transport Groups To Seek Relief
The Global Business Travel Association lent its support to the American Society of Travel Advisors as industry groups press Washington for financial aid. Some individual…
Op Ed: Eben Peck On How The FAA Bill Impacts Business Travel
Reauthorizing the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is never easy. Many times in the past, Congress punted and settled for an extension. This year, a new…
Who Speaks For You? (And What Are They Saying?)
Many groups advocate for a wide range of travel issues. Some relate to corporate travel, but who speaks specifically for the corporate travel industry? Sixty…
