GBTA Chicago Q4: Spin, Serve, Solve

About this event

Description: Game, set, match on corporate travel and partnerships, where innovation meets human interaction and buyers and suppliers rally toward better solutions.

Join GBTA Chicago for our final Education Meeting of the year. This event is dedicated to learning from our partnerships- how suppliers and buyers can work together to build success. Attendees will walk away with actionable takeaways from our keynote interview, and understand more deeply what their supplier partners are thinking about as we move into 2027. Direct/Buyer attendees, make sure your phone is fully charged for this one- we’ll need your active participation!

Opening Serve: a Conversation with Google’s Rob Bray:

How Rob brought all the players to the table, and what he built for his travelers from there.

Matchpoint: Buyer-Supplier Rally:

Powered by Slido, we welcome our four key industries in a back-and-forth Question and Response with the audience. Serving up ideas, Returning better answers.

Speaker Info:

Opening Serve: A Keynote Interview

Rob Bray

Head of Travel & Events

Google

Interviewer:

Jeff Burba

Corporate Travel & Expense Manager

Perficient

President, GBTA Chicago

Matchpoint: Buyer & Supplier Rall – Slido Ping Pong!

Tamar Fuchs

Director, Global Business Travel Sales

Corporate Strategic Accounts

Hilton

Carlo Chirchirillo

Account Director, Global Sales

IHG ® Hotels & Resorts

Amy Leeds

Area Director Transient Sales

Loews Chicago Hotel

Loews Chicago O’Hare

Melissa Rix, GLP, CLSSYB

Manager Field Sales |Heartland

Southwest Airlines

Alexander Frigo

General Manager, Central USA

Lufthansa Group

Mat Macko

Sr. Manager, Mid-Market | Global Sales

American Airlines

Gina Maylath

Global Client Solutions Manager

Fox World Travel

Aaron Miller

Owner/Operator

BASE Transportation Solutions

Allied Council, GBTA Chicago

Halley Shaw

Sales Manager, SMB

Uber for Business

Referee: Frankie Cigler

Global Account Director- Business Transient

Omni Hotels & Resorts

Vice President 1, GBTA Chicago

Sponsor Information:

Meeting Venue Sponsor- Perk Amtrav

Annual Sponsors-

Platinum- United for Business, American Airlines

Gold- Southwest Business

Silver- Fox World Travel, SAP Concur

Credits Requested: 3

RSVP and Costs:

Register Here: https://chicagobta.starchapter.com/meetinginfo.php?id=192&ts=1792599880

Complimentary for Chapter Direct Members

$100 Member Registration

$75 Early Bird Rate until Oct. 30

$150 Guest Registration

$130 Early Bird Rate until Oct. 30