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GBTA Announces Delta CEO Richard Anderson as Featured Speaker at GBTA
Convention 2014
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Global
Business Travel Association (GBTA) - the voice of the global business
travel industry - today announced Richard H. Anderson, chief executive
officer of Delta Air Lines, will be a featured speaker at Center Stage
at the GBTA Convention 2014 to be held July 26-30 in Los Angeles,
Calif.
"GBTA is pleased to welcome Richard as a featured speaker for this
year's convention." said Michael W. McCormick, executive director and
COO, GBTA "Richard is an industry leader and one of the most
influential people in travel today. He joins an impressive slate of
speakers that will give our attendees unique insight and perspective
on the business travel industry."
Richard Anderson is Delta's chief executive officer and a member of
the company's Board of Directors. Through the vision of Richard's
leadership team, Delta is a values-based company that is strategically
and creatively reengineering the airline business model. Under
Richard's leadership, the airline is reducing debt, strengthening
revenues and thinking differently about cost control to build a
flexible, stable and more durable business. In 2014, 2013 and 2011,
Delta topped Fortune's Most Admired Airlines list, a worldwide ranking
based on people management, quality of management, innovation,
long-term investment, social responsibility, quality of product and
services and global competitiveness.
Richard's more than 25 years of aviation experience began in 1987 at
Continental Airlines. Richard currently serves as chairman of the
International Air Transport Association Board of Governors as well as
a director on the Boards of Medtronic Inc. and Cargill.
Other Center Stage industry keynoters at the GBTA Convention 2014
include U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Administrator John S. Pistole and Chairman of the Board, President and
CEO of United Airlines Jeffery A. Smisek.
The 2014 Convention theme, Business in Motion, aptly describes how the
event will unfold as nearly 7,000 attendees from all facets of the
business travel industry come together for five days of continuous
motion at the business travel event of the year. GBTA will broadcast
LIVE from the LA Convention Center, bringing you world-class keynote
speakers, more than 70 industry-leading education sessions, the
largest business travel expo floor, a wide selection of professional
development opportunities and much more providing attendees the
opportunity to build their careers and get business done.
Attendee registration is open now. New programs and speakers will be
unveiled throughout 2014. For the latest developments and more
information, please visit gbta.org/convention.
Media registration is complimentary and available online.
About GBTA Convention The GBTA Convention, with nearly 7,000
attendees, is the largest, most comprehensive annual gathering of
business travel and meetings managers, meeting planners, procurement
professionals and suppliers anywhere in the world. The Business Travel
Event of the Year@ features: more than 70 industry-leading education
sessions organized into 20+ specialized tracks geared to specific
levels of experience and a variety of disciplines; a 400+ company
Exposition showcasing market choices not available at other industry
gatherings; sessions featuring world-renowned speakers and industry
leaders; a wide selection of professional development opportunities;
and, much more. For more information on the GBTA Convention, visit
gbta.org/convention.
About the Global Business Travel Association The Global Business
Travel Association (GBTA) is the world's premier business travel and
meetings organization. Collectively, GBTA's 6,000-plus members manage
over $340 billion of global business travel and meetings expenditures
annually. GBTA provides its network of 21,000 business and government
travel and meetings managers, as well as travel service providers,
with networking events, news, education & professional development,
research, and advocacy. For more information, visit gbta.org
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