NBTA Plans Stimulus Package for Business Travel Industry

The National Business Travel Association (NBTA) announced a stimulus package of programs designed to advance the business travel industry and to invest in the future of its members.

At its most recent meeting, the NBTA board of directors approved the NBTA Industry Stimulus Package of 2009, directing significant funding for programs to help NBTA members through this unique economic cycle.

The NBTA Industry Stimulus Package includes several elements. It will upgrade the NBTA Career Center, already the most robust job board for travel and meetings management positions, with more than 40 current job listings.

The stimulus package will invest to further enhance and promote greater usage of this industry-leading resource. For members who have lost jobs in these turbulent times, NBTA is extending membership on a complimentary basis.

Membership in NBTA includes access to the most important industry networking and education tools, helping those who are currently out of work stay up-to-date on industry developments and connected to the network that is likely to land them their next job.

As the meetings and business travel industries have come under attack recently, NBTA has taken a leadership role in promoting the importance of meetings and travel to business success and economic growth.

Under the NBTA Industry Stimulus Package, the association will continue to develop new tools and resources to demonstrate the economic impact of travel and meetings and the value of effective travel and meetings management.

NBTA has already commissioned IHS Global Insight, a leading economic research firm, to assess the economic impact of business and group travel, as well as managed travel’s contribution to corporate profitability. In addition, NBTA will engage the industry in grassroots efforts to ensure government intervention does not undermine the industry.