The GBTA Media Day 2025 took place on Monday, July 21. Media Day is a long-standing part of Convention where sponsor and exhibitor partners have the opportunity to share their breaking news, announcements and innovations with an audience of media representatives who recognize the event as a sought-out source of industry insights.
Current line-up of presenting companies for Media Day 2025:
BizTrip.AI
BizTrip.AI announces its launch and introduces an AI-powered virtual assistant to revolutionize corporate travel planning and management. Co-founded by travel industry entrepreneur, Tom Romary, AI luminary, Andrew Ng, and agentic AI innovator, Scott Persinger, and backed by AI Fund, BizTrip.AI is reinventing corporate travel management by using agentic AI to modernize processes and address the innovative voids around airfare and hotel booking, price tracking and re-shopping.
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Conferma
Conferma announces Connect Direct globally — a seamless, secure way to deliver virtual cards straight into hotel systems.
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Emburse
Emburse expands receipt integration ecosystem with American Airlines and DoorDash, bringing together travel itinerary and expense in a single mobile experience for business travelers and organizations.
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Festive Road
Festive Road releases a new Buyer Insights report, based on feedback from over 50 T&E leaders, highlighting how buyer priorities are evolving. These findings deliver six critical insights — highlighting where programmes are under pressure, and where forward-thinking teams are focusing their efforts.
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FCM Travel
FCM Travel provides a ‘year-in-review’ for the business and highlight some of the positive changes and exciting progress the company has made in some areas recently, as well as touch on future plans.
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Fox World Travel
Fox World Travel launches two key upgrades in Fox Connect to close critical gaps in managed travel.
These updates will give travel managers more power, simplify processes, improve oversight, and drive savings, all within Fox Connect.
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National Limousine Association
The National Limousine Association (NLA) unveils NLA Ride, an innovative platform designed to effortlessly connect users with vetted chauffeured transportation operators across the globe.
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Preferred Hotels & Resorts
Preferred Hotels & Resorts unveils a first look at newly signed member hotels from Q2. These additions reflect the brand’s strategic growth in high-priority business travel markets around the world. In tandem, Preferred presents insights from its newly launched Luxury Travel Report, expanded specifically for GBTA audiences.
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Sabre
Sabre presents highlights from its latest whitepaper, “What a TikTok trend about photography can teach us about content fragmentation and complexity in a multi-source world.”
Additionally, Sabre formally introduces SabreMosaic Travel Marketplace, its elevated approach to multi-source content.
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SAP Concur
SAP Concur announces new innovations in its travel and expense management solutions, as well as new survey data.
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Serko
Serko announces the beta launch of its latest innovation, Intelligent Itinerary, a mobile-first solution designed to transform the way business travelers access and manage their travel plans.
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World Travel, Inc.
World Travel, Inc. makes a technology announcement.
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Areka
Areka announces news related to a sustainability study on CO2 reporting.
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Amex GBT
Amex GBT unveils new sustainability enhancements in their platforms.
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GBTA Communications & PR Contacts:
- General team mailbox: press@gbta.org
- Debbie Iannaci (Global), diannaci@gbta.org
- Tara Erwin (NORAM), terwin@gbta.org