Group Air has long been one of the most complex and high-friction areas in managed travel. From laborious spreadsheets to last-minute changes and traveler constraints, it’s a non-traditional booking workflow that has been processed manually, until now. In this BTN Group AI in Action webinar with content developed and sponsored by AMGiNE, Cvent and BCD Travel, we’ll explore how AI is finally modernizing Group Air with the speed, precision, flexibility, and scale the industry has been waiting for.

Join AMGiNE, Cvent, BCD Travel, and Norm Rose as they showcase how AI is automating Group Air — from sending itineraries to travelers in minutes, to optimizing agent efficiency, and enhancing traveler self-serve capabilities. Learn how BCD Travel has achieved measurable ROI by implementing AMGiNE Group Air Automation.

Whether you work for a Travel Management Company or Meeting Management Company, operate a Corporate Travel Department or manage travel or meetings for your company, you will learn in this 45-minute webinar what’s now possible with Group Air and how booking process automation is finally catching up with the rest of corporate travel tech.

Business travel payment solutions can be complex, but they don't have to be.

Join experts from Visa, EY and Parexel International as they dive into exclusive insights from Visa's new market research on business travel payments, discussing the current state of play and envisioning how we can expect businesses to enhance their capabilities to meet their evolving needs. Ask your own questions of speakers in this 45-minute BTN Group Europe In the Know webinar, with content sponsored and developed by Visa. 

Key Takeaways:

• Understand how businesses are currently using payments solutions and how they might benefit from reconsidering their strategy
• Learn what an industry-leading travel payment programme looks like today
• Discover how your business and travellers can benefit from adopting best practices

BTN is closing out the year and Travel Manager Appreciation Week with four power buyers each with a head for innovation, irreverence and insights. Join us for a no-holds-barred Q&A Session of what travel managers are up against going into 2025 and what opportunities await.  

BTN Editorial Director Elizabeth West is joined by Elevance Global Travel & Meetings Director and BTN Hall of Famer Cindy Heston, GE Vernova Executive Global Sourcing Travel, Meetings & Fleet leader Bernadette Basterfield, ZS Associates’ Global Meetings & Travel Manager and 2019 Travel Manager of the Year Suzanne Boyan and Syngenta North America Regional Category Leader for Travel & Meetings Margaret Brady to answer your pressing questions going into the new year. 

We’ll cover the industry from whatever angle your questions define. Unfiltered.

AI and cloud-based software solutions are disrupting the way TMCs serve travelers. With the right technology investments, travel agents can increase their capacity and streamline their workflows without sacrificing the five-star service that sets them apart. In this webinar, thought leaders from technology innovators Front and AMGiNE, and TMC Atlas Travel & Technology Group discuss practical examples of how to scale exceptional service with AI and automation.

Key Takeaways:

• Learn how AI and automation are changing the way business travel is booked and managed
  
• Get tips on practical applications of AI to improve service quality and delivery
• Gain insights from executives at leading travel management companies who have embraced automation

Ready to set a new bar for efficiently delivering quality service? Register now for this 45-minute BTN Group AI in Actions webinar that will help get you on the fast track to building your AI and automation strategy to assist your team, unlock valuable insights, and automate routine tasks.

There's a lot of chatter and buzzwords out there regarding sustainability and air travel. Join Jonas Diederich Senior Manager Corporate Responsibility Communications Strategy as he helps to De-mystify the basics around sustainability efforts within the Lufthansa Group and find out what this means for your corporate travel program and your travelers.

Key takeaways:

• Explore what sustainability efforts are being prioritized in the airline industry, including the role of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and carbon offsetting.
  
• Learn about the most fuel-efficient, modern aircraft and the latest innovations designed to reduce fuel consumption.
• Understand what the Lufthansa Group is doing to promote traveling more sustainably, and the options available for corporate customers and their travelers.

 

As companies set ambitious emissions reduction targets on their journeys to net zero, learn how your organisation can reduce the environmental impact of its business travel activity while empowering your travellers to achieve their objectives. This webinar complements the publication in late September of BTN Europe’s fourth annual business travel sustainability report, featuring practical strategies to cut travel emissions and the sustainability success stories of a range of companies.

Hear from the experts in this thought-provoking webinar and get your questions answered.

Register now for this BTN Europe webinar

With the shifting dynamics brought about by New Distribution Capability (NDC), the landscape of hospitality distribution is also evolving, highlighting an increasing urgency for innovative approaches, especially within corporate travel. In this webinar, speakers hone in on the driving forces behind the imperatives to rethink multi-sourcing strategies, solve for loyalty program challenges, and deliver user-friendly content that meets B2B2C expectations, all within the context of finding new solutions to support the needs of both suppliers and buyers in this space.

Register now for this BTN Group In the Know webinar, "The Case for Disruption: Elevating Hotel Connectivity, Content and Expense Management for Next Generation Travel Experiences," with content sponsored and developed by DerbySoft.

Key Takeaways:

• Learn how to enhance hotel options to match traveler preferences, ensuring employees book within your travel program using preferred suppliers and channels for accurate tracking of program participation
• Discover how to access up-to-the-minute hotel availability, pricing and inventory, and give today's savvy business travelers greater confidence in their hotel bookings
• Understand how to streamline travel management processes, particularly in expense management, to increase efficiency for your traveler
  
  

Travel buyers, hoteliers and travel management companies will better understand current hotel distribution changes and strategies to achieve their goals. Ask your own questions during the live Q&A. 

As business travel steadily approaches pre-pandemic levels, corporate travel managers are navigating a landscape of optimism and opportunity. However, amidst this resurgence, they face many challenges—from economic uncertainties and inflation to the pressing realities of climate change and escalating costs— which are reshaping priorities in corporate travel sourcing and RFP processes. According to Cvent’s comprehensive survey of more than 600 European-based travel managers, 62% identify costs as their primary concern for their 2024 programme. Register now for this webinar designed for hospitality professionals and hear from Cvent’s Laura Cresswell as she shares insights into the following topics:

• Navigating rising costs
• Evolution of sourcing processes
• Future priorities and impact factors

Business travel in Europe has bounced back strongly since the pandemic, proving the evergreen need for in-person connections. Meanwhile, increased prices have led companies to change how they book and manage travel.

Join this BTN Group Europe In the Know webinar, sponsored and developed by Navan to understand recent trends in European business travel and how travel spend at different companies has evolved in recent years.

Hear results from a recent report titled “Who Spends What Where” that examined how a range of companies travel by air and on trains and stay at hotels; and analysed how company and traveller choices can influence spend.

Changing workplace models are morphing corporate travel and meetings models as well. More travel managers than ever are involved in managing meetings. What does the future look like and how will strategies change to serve the business needs? Join BTN’s panel of experts to explore these new models.