The BTN Group produces over forty annual conferences, events and tradeshows creating the ideal environment for corporate travel/meeting buyers and suppliers to connect through education and networking.
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AMERICAS
Javits Center, New York City
October 14 - 15, 2026
APAC
Marina Bay Sands Singapore
14 - 15 April, 2026
EUROPE
ExCeL London
24 - 25 June, 2026
BUSINESS TRAVEL SHOW SERIES
Join us at the Business Travel Show in America, Europe and APAC in 2026! This premier event brings together hundreds of corporate travel professionals and industry-leading suppliers from around the world for two days of networking, innovation, and education. Discover the future of business travel.
New York City: May 2026
London: May 2026
business travel ESG Summit SERIES
Formerly the Business Travel Sustainability Summit, the Business Travel ESG Summit helps corporate travel buyers turn ESG goals into practical actions for their travel programs. This one-day event brings together travel, procurement, and sustainability leaders to address the realities of emissions reduction, traveler well-being, accessibility, and responsible sourcing—without losing sight of cost, compliance, and traveler experience. Expect real-world playbooks and peer discussion on what can be implemented now, what requires supplier partnership, and how to build internal alignment with finance, HR, and ESG stakeholders. Whether you’re refining a sustainability roadmap or building a broader ESG framework for business travel, the summit is designed to deliver strategies you can defend, measure, and report
Dallas: March 2026
Mexico: March 2026
Sydney: April 21, 2026
Philadelphia: April 2026
Chicago: May 202
Paris: May 2026
Toronto: October 2026
Boston: November 2026
business travel trends & forecasts series
The Business Travel Trends & Forecasts series brings local-area corporate travel buyers together for a full day of education and peer networking focused on what’s changing now—and what to plan for next. Built for travel managers and procurement leaders, the program examines current business travel trends, supplier and pricing dynamics, policy and compliance pressures, and innovation in travel and meetings management. Sessions are designed to be interactive and practical, with takeaways you can apply to sourcing cycles, stakeholder conversations, and traveler experience improvements. If you’re looking to benchmark your program against peers in your market and get ahead of what’s coming, this is the room to be in.
Business Travel Trends & Forecasts conferences give suppliers face-to-face exposure with the most sought after corporate travel and meeting buyers. There is a minimum buyer-to-supplier ratio of 3:1 and on average, 60% of the buyer attendees don’t attend the annual GBTA convention, providing access to a unique audience only delivered by the BTN Group.
Chicago: May 2026
Montreal: September 2026
Boston: September 2026
London: November 2026
San Francisco: December 2026
business travel tech talk series
The Business Travel Tech Talk series is designed exclusively for corporate travel managers and procurement professionals who need to evaluate technology with a practical, program-first lens. This one-day event focuses on travel management innovation, how solutions perform in real environments, and what it takes to implement tools without breaking policy, compliance, or traveler satisfaction. Expect actionable conversations about adoption, data, integrations, and the operational realities of managing change. If you’re sorting through platform options—or looking to get more value from what you already have—Tech Talk helps you make smarter decisions faster
New York: April 2026
Boston: May 2026
San Francisco: June 2026
London: September 2026
Chicago: October 2026
Strategic meetings summit SERIES
The Strategic Meetings Summit series unites senior meeting executives and corporate travel managers focused on advancing strategic meetings management. This one-day event explores changing marketplace conditions, sourcing and supplier performance, governance, and the technology shaping meetings programs. Attendees come to compare approaches with peers, pressure-test strategy, and leave with practical steps to improve visibility, control, and value. If you manage a meetings program that needs stronger structure—or you’re expanding travel’s role in meetings governance—this summit is designed to help you operationalize what “strategic” really means
Americas: New York City, December 2026
Europe: London, December 2026
business travel lodging summit
The Business Travel Lodging Summit is designed to give corporate travel buyers the insights needed to strategically source and manage best-in-class lodging programs. This one-day event focuses on what matters most during hotel sourcing and throughout the program year: rate and value strategy, property performance, traveler satisfaction drivers, and the realities of managing compliance and change. Attendees share approaches for improving program outcomes while adapting to market conditions and stakeholder expectations. If lodging is one of your highest-impact categories—and one of your most complex—this summit helps you make decisions with clearer benchmarks and better leverage.
Washington DC: February 9, 2026
government travel summit
Held in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, the Government Travel Summit focuses on the issues most urgent to travel buyers supporting government agencies, government contractors, and nonprofits. This one-day event creates a forum to compare approaches to policy, compliance, duty of care, and program operations—while navigating evolving stakeholder expectations and procurement requirements. Attendees come for candid discussion, practical guidance, and peer learning that reflects the realities of government and public-sector travel. If your role sits at the intersection of traveler needs, accountability, and complex program rules, this summit is built to help you move faster with more confidence.
London: April 13, 2026
New York: June 2026
Los Angeles: September 2026
entertainment sports & media travel summit
The Entertainment, Sports & Media Travel Summit is an exclusive conference series for professionals managing travel and meetings for entertainment, media, and sports organizations. This one-day event focuses on best practices, changing marketplace conditions, and innovation—through the lens of high-touch, high-urgency, and often highly visible travel programs. Attendees share what works for complex traveler profiles, challenging schedules, and fast-moving operational demands. If your program needs supplier strategies and operating models built for speed, flexibility, and control, this summit delivers targeted education and peer insight you won’t get at a general travel event.
New York: December 2026
BUSINESS TRAVEL HALL OF FAME
The BTN Group established the Business Travel Hall of Fame in 2011 to recognize those executives who blazed trails and shaped what has become today’s business travel landscape.
Join hundreds of your travel industry colleagues at the 15th Annual Business Travel Hall of Fame induction ceremony and dinner as the BTN Group recognizes four of the travel industry's most influential executives who helped change the course of business travel landscape and created legacies of achievement. Each Business Travel Hall of Fame inductee will share their views of the industry’s past, present and future.
Chicago: August 5, 2026
TRAVEL MANAGER OF THE YEAR AWARDS & RECEPTION
Business Travel News presents its coveted Travel Manager of the Year award to the North American travel buyer who has exerted the most positive influence on travel management practices. BTN also recognizes best practitioners for elevating individual travel management practices. The two-hour evening reception will be held during the GBTA Convention in Chicago in 2026 and is likely to include more than 250 corporate travel/procurement buyers.
Pebble Beach, CA: June 16-19, 2026
business travel summit
BTN Group’s 15th Annual Business Travel Summit at Pebble Beach brings together 65+ travel industry senior executives (corporate travel and procurement professionals and supplier sponsors) for a dynamic three-day program of education and senior-level networking.
Houston: April 29, 2026
global travel risk summit
Brought to you by The BTN Group and HospitalityLawyer.com, the Global Travel Risk Summit equips corporate travel buyers and cross-functional stakeholders to execute safer travel and meetings programs. Designed for travel, procurement, HR, legal, security, and risk leaders, this one-day event goes beyond presentations—challenging attendees with real-world immersion scenarios that simulate major disruptions and test crisis decision-making. You’ll also get intensive education on strengthening policies, procedures, and contracts; evaluating venue readiness; and addressing emerging threats, including cybersecurity risks. If duty of care is a priority—and it is—this summit delivers a practical, pressure-tested approach to travel risk management.
New York City: December 2026
the beat live
The Beat Live is where 100+ senior level travel executives come together for a day to discuss and debate key issues in travel distribution and business travel technology. This must-attend event delivers The Beat's trademark provocative style and candid commentary from key business leaders together with the industry's best networking.
New York City: October 2026
corporate travel 100 summit
Hosted by Business Travel News in New York City, the 5th annual Corporate Travel 100 Summit is designed to address the evolving landscape of corporate travel. This in-person half-day event offers a platform for senior travel managers and procurement professionals to engage in candid discussions and collaborative problem-solving.
This invite-only summit is an opportunity to connect the biggest buyers of US airline tickets to share insights and advance corporate travel management efforts.