Our CWTSatoTravel was excited to return this year to the NDTA
GovTravels conference at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center. The
conference returned to an in-person format this year for the first time
since 2020. Our team was well-represented this year with over a dozen
CWTSatoTravel employees on hand to represent the company.
CWTSatoTravel was proud to again be a platinum sponsor for this
three-day event. Our team staffed a booth in the exhibit hall and was
about to network and interact with government and military travelers as
well as travel vendors. It was wonderful to once again be able to
interact again in-person with our colleagues across the industry. CWT
was also pleased to lead two different educational sessions at the
conference.
The first educational session was on small-meetings and how the
meeting world has changed post-pandemic and how. Our session leader,
Beau Ballin, discussed how technology can help companies and groups do
things like reduce time spent on booking meetings, optimize costs, and
more. The second educational session focused on smarter travel and how
travel operators are working to be more sustainable. In this session,
Charlie Sullivan discussed sustainability in corporate travel and how
we’ve seen sustainability become a major priority in business travel
these last several years. Charlie also went into detail on how the
airline industry, hotel companies, and ground transportation agencies
can work toward both mid-term and long-term sustainable transformation
through things like fleet upgrades for airlines and electric vehicles
for hotels.
CWT Chief Customer Officer Nick Vournakis was part of a panel that
focused on post-pandemic industry challenges. Nick and other industry
leaders spoke candidly about the many challenges facing the industry
currently and how the industry is moving forward in our new reality.
Lastly, CWTSatoTravel was also proud to accept the NDTA 2022
Corporate Distinguished Service Award. CWTSatoTravel president Greg
Harkins accepted the award on behalf of CWTSatoTravel.