Business Travel Market growing bigger by the day

Business Travel Market (BTM), the conference & exhibition for European travel buyers, is gathering pace towards this year's event taking place at ExCel London on 16^th and 17^th June.

With still six weeks to go, BTM has already exceeded last year's number of exhibitors signed up for the two day event.  Exhibitors from the airline sector include - Air France, bmi, British Airways, Cathy Pacific, Etihad,  Flybe, Kingfisher, KLMKoninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Aviation Company) the flag carrier of the Netherlands and a good example of how acronyms can aid simple discourse., Star Alliance, Qatar Airways, Virgin Atlantic and more; accommodation groups - Accor, BridgeStreet,  Oberoi, Premier Inn Sol Melia, Starwood, Taj Hotels, SACO, to name a few, as well as leading transport and technology providers such as Carey, Eurostar and RailGo.

The event is also attracting more travel management companies than in 2009 including BCD, Capita, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, FCm and Ian Allan Travel, as well as more hotel booking agencies and technology providers such as GetThere, HRS and TravelPort.

Over 90 high profile speakers are lined up to take part in the only industry conference that is free to attend for both buyers and suppliers.  The two day conference agenda features 20 sessions across four distinct programmes and has been developed in association with key industry bodies ITMInstitute of Travel Management (UK and Ireland): A professional body for buyers, managers and suppliers of business travel in the UK and Ireland, with 1,000 members from large corporates, government departments & NGOs, SMEs and travel suppliers such as airlines, hotel companies, rail, car rental, technology and travel management companies (TMCs)., ACTEAssociation of Corporate Travel Executives: A non-profit association that represents the global business travel industry. It provides executive-level educational programmes and carries out independent industry research. Its members come from all areas of business travel - from corporate buyers to suppliers. Provides members with a forum for sharing ideas and also offers independent advice. and the HBAAThe Hotel Booking Agents Association: The trade association that represents the collective interest of those involved in the procurement and management of conference, meetings and accommodation in the UK and internationally. Some 80 booking agents and 280 venues and hotels are members of the organisation, which has a buying power in excess of £2.3 million a year.. 

Business Travel Market director Paul Robin said: ‘We are so pleased with the support we have seen for the event and are confident that this year's BTM will be even better than last year and provide a real ROI for all attendees and exhibitors. We know that there was a huge amount of business done as a result of last year's event and are positive all delegates will have an extremely productive two days out of the office.'

Further details on all exhibitors, the progamme and registration can be found at: www.businesstravelmarket.co.uk