GBTA Convention 2018 | GBTA | 11 August 2018 | San Diego Convention Center, 111 W Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92101, USA

The business travel industry is evolving at an unprecedented rate.

New technologies have emerged, transforming the face of the global travel program. New security risks have surfaced, which have proven to threaten the industry on a worldwide scale. You, the travel professional, have expressed a clear desire for a return to basics—for a centralization of ideas and processes designed to address this rapid acceleration of change, unlike any which has ever been experienced before.

For 50 years, GBTA has provided a platform for corporate travel professionals to share new practices, policies and solutions to the industry’s greatest issues. At GBTA Convention, innovators introduced the world to new products and technologies, forever altering the business travel landscape. Over time, GBTA Convention grew to become the world’s largest corporate travel event, featuring 7,000+ attendees on an annual basis.

GBTA Convention 2018 will showcase 400+ exhibiting companies, an agenda featuring 100+ education & professional development sessions and 7,000+ attendees representing over 50 countries. Join your peers in San Diego for the 50th anniversary of The Business Travel Event of the Year® as we build upon the momentum created by the latest trends, changes and progressions in the industry.

2018 Speakers

Billie Jean King
Sports Icon, Social Justice Pioneer, and Entrepreneur

Kevin O’Leary
Investor on ABC’s Shark Tank, Chairman of O’Shares ETF Investments Financial Group, and Bestselling Author

Michael W. McCormick
Executive Director & COO

Arne M. Sorenson
President and Chief Executive Officer, Marriott International, Inc.

Dorothy Dowling
Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Best Western® Hotels & Resorts

Melissa Maher
SVP Marketing and Innovation, Expedia

Traci Mercer
SVP, Lodging, Ground & Sea, Sabre

Jodi Allen
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Hertz

David P. Pekoske
Administrator, Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Kevin McAleenan
Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

2018 Sponsors

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• CHOICE HOTELS
• HRS Global Hotel Solution
• SKYTEAM
• UNITED AIRLINES

GOLD SPONSORS:
• aMaDEUS
• American Airlines
• GLOBAL BUSINESS TRAVEL
• Best Western Hotel & Resort
• Carlson Wagonlit Travel
• Sabre
• SAP Concur
• STAR ALLIANCE
• TURKISH AIRLINES
• WYNDHAM HOTEL & RESORTS

CONVENTION ARENA SPONSORS:
• Marriott INTERNATIONAL

PARTNER SPONSORS:
• ACCOR HOTELS
• Avianca Airlines
• Freebird
• FREEMAN
• LATAM AIRLINES
• OVATION CORPORATE TRAVEL
• RoomIt
• SpotHERO for BUSSINESS
• TravelBank
• TRAVEL LEADERS CORPORATE
• TRIPACTION
• UATP
• Yapta