SBTA – Your travel and meetings network
SBTA gathers buyers and suppliers of the travel and meetings industry to facilitate dialogue and exchange of knowledge. SBTA adds value by offering education and arranging regional, national and global activities. As a member you have the opportunity to influence the future of our industry.
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SBTA announces new board
New chair is Bobbi Djordjevic, Global Category Manager for Meetings, events and Tradeshows at Dentsply Sirona. The new vice Chair will be Mats Lagerholm, Global Travel Manager at Essity Hygiene and Health AB. SBTA General Manager Lotten Fowler said of the appointments: ”It will be exciting to work together with the new board to continue to develop and adjust SBTA to a changing business travel landscape. The pandemic has hit our industry hard, and we need to work together to find a sustainable way back.”
Nordic survey | Travel during the Pandemic Survey #3
The Nordic Business Travel Associations have for the 3rd time asked Buyer members on how they see travel affected by the pandemic. This time questions about “work from home” and COVID-19 “passports” were added.
See the answers from 100 Nordic buyers here.
GBTAs BTI Global Outlook 2020-2024 published
GBTAs Global BTI Outlook for the period 2020-2024 has been released and is available on the SBTA member pages.
NBTS 2021 - Update 17 Dec
Following Folkhälsomyndighetens updated recommendation from earlier this week, we have decided to make NBTS 2021 a purely virtual event.This will not change more than the fact that the only ones present at Clarion Sign will be the hosts and some of the presenters. We will be using a newly built studio from where we broadcast the event, with professional assistance.
EU; covid-19 and travel restrictions
SBTA works with the other European Business Travel Associations on informing and educating decision makers on important questions relating to business travel. Members of SBTA can log onto the member pages to follow updates around issues such as “slots waivers” for airlines, EUs efforts to coordinate and streamline information and regulations around covid-19 among other things.
Updates on travel restrictions within Europe
The European Union, and all of its member states, are planning for a safe re-opening of Europe. In order to support travel within Europe a website has been created with information needed for anyone planning a trip. The website is updated regularly and available in 24 languages.
Comment to the turbulence in GBTA
The European partners of GBTA have released a mutual comment to the current turbulence in GBTA US. Click on the headline to read the comment in full.
Nordic webinar | Q&A - Travel to and from the U.K
This meeting will be structured as a Q&A session, rather than a presentation, in order for our participants to ask about all the things that are still unclear. Ray Rackham from Newland Chase, a CIBT partner, and an expert on immigration issues related to the UK will be there to explain the ins and outs of travel to and from the UK following Brexit.
Nordic Business Travel Summit | NBTS 2022
The date and place is set; NBTS 2022 will take place in Stockholm on March 22-23.
We will most probably be offering a hybrid event, with the option to participate virtually or in person. More information will follow.
