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 the collective industry recovery efforts to date, I see so much well-intentioned activity,” McCormick said in a video posted online. “Unfortunately, I think we would all agree that we are…
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 about two initiatives he’s working on to help with industry recovery. McCormick played it diplomatically when asked about GBTA’s controversies, but offered some color about how the association works and…
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 their voices heard and concerns aired as the government crafts rescue packages for businesses laid low by the pandemic. New projections put the travel industry’s recovery timeline at 12 months…
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 entities also are stepping up. Travel and Transport, for example, reached out to federal representatives from a dozen states to explain the dire state of travel management companies. “A tremendous…
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 multi-year bill finally worked its way through both the Senate and House of Representatives. The American Society of Travel Advisors has been all over it, engaging with policymakers to lobby…
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 attendees to the Association of Corporate Travel Executives’ New York event this week answered that question as part of an informal poll. They mentioned ACTE, Airlines for America, the American…
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