UATP and NBTA Enhance Relationship; UATP Now Accepted by NBTA
05 Agosto 2009 - 2:11PM
PR Newswire (US)
All UATP Cards Now Accepted for NBTA Event Registration Fees
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Air Travel Plan, Inc.
(UATP) announced today that it is now accepted by the National
Business Travel Association (NBTA) as form of payment for all NBTA
registration fees. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081118/NETU022LOGO ) "By
adding UATP to our payment options we are giving our members and
attendees greater flexibility to choose their preferred form of
payment," said Kevin Maguire, CCTE, GLP, NBTA president & CEO.
"UATP is a longstanding member and supporter of NBTA, and we are
pleased to strengthen that relationship to make UATP part of NBTA's
business processes." NBTA is the authoritative voice of the
business travel community, representing over 4,000 corporate travel
managers and travel service providers who collectively manage and
direct more than $200 billion of expenditures within the business
travel industry, primarily for Fortune 1000 companies. "With this
new development in the relationship with NBTA, UATP is enabling
maximum use for our customers," Ralph Kaiser, president and CEO,
UATP stated. "We want to be able to meet the demands of our
corporate clients; adding UATP as a form of payment for NBTA events
will help our clients centralize one of the most important
investments for corporations, meeting expenses." UATP is an active
NBTA member and a sponsor at many of NBTA's events globally. Visit
UATP at the NBTA International Convention, 23-26 August, San Diego,
Booth #837. For more information, visit http://uatp.com/ or
http://www.nbta.org/ About UATP UATP accounts are accepted as a
form of payment for corporate business travel by Amtrak , airlines
and travel agencies worldwide. UATP accounts are issued by: Air New
Zealand (ANZFF.PK), American Airlines (NYSE:AMR), Austrian Airlines
(AUALF.PK), Continental Airlines (NYSE:CAL), Delta Air Lines (NYSE:
DAL), Japan Airlines (JALSY.PK), Northwest Airlines, Qantas
Airways, Ltd. (QUBSF.PK), United Airlines (NASDAQ:UAUA), and US
Airways (NYSE:LCC). AirPlus International issues the UATP-based
Company Account for: British Airways (LSE:BAY.L), Continental
Airlines (NYSE:CAL), and Lufthansa German Airlines. About NBTA The
National Business Travel Association (NBTA) is the world's premier
business travel and corporate meetings organization. NBTA and its
regional affiliates - NBTA Asia Pacific, the Brazilian Business
Travel Association (ABGEV), NBTA Canada, NBTA Mexico, and NBTA USA
- serve a network of more than 15,000 business travel professionals
around the globe with industry-leading events, networking,
education & professional development, research, news &
information, and advocacy. NBTA members, numbering more than 4,000
in 30 nations, are corporate and government travel and meetings
managers, as well as travel service providers. They collectively
manage and direct more than US$200 billion of global business
travel and meetings expenditures annually on behalf of more than 10
million business travelers within their organizations. For more
information, visit http://www.nbta.org/ Contact: UATP Corporate
Communications Wendy Ward, +1 202 626 4077 NBTA Corporate
Communications Caleb Tiller +1 703 236 1138
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081118/NETU022LOGO
http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Universal Air Travel Plan,
Inc. CONTACT: Wendy Ward, Corporate Communications of UATP,
+1-202-626-4077, ; or Caleb Tiller, Corporate Communications of
NBTA , +1-703-236-1138 Web Site: http://www.uatp.com/
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