GT in Beantown
Friday, July 27th, 2007Earlier this week, GT invaded Boston to attend the annual NBTA conference. NBTA, the National Business Travel Association, holds its annual conference in a major domestic city every July. This was my first time attending the convention, which was held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, a brand new state-of-the-art facility located on the newly revamped South Side.
Touching down in Boston after a short 45-minute flight from Trenton, N.J., Fran Gallagher and I went into action, buying supplies and moving boxes to help get the Global Traveler booth in order. The rest of the GT family arrived late Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The convention kick-off party was held at the beautiful Boston library, which was overtaken by bands, food and the entire travel industry.
The crowning moment for GT, however, was our annual cocktail reception, held on Tuesday night at our hotel, the glamorous Taj Boston. With fantastic food and music by the band Swing Cafe, we hosted about 150 people from all over the travel spectrum. It was a smashing success and we are all wondering how we can top this event next year when the conference takes over Los Angeles.
It was a great time and it is always fun when we get everyone together. Since we work from various offices around the country, NBTA is one of the few times a year that we all have the chance to work together. In addition to myself and Fran, Dick Evans was in from PA, Alex Young took the train from the Big Apple, Kate Simpson flew in from the West Coast, our distribution specialists, John Wroblewski and Louis Atsaves, joined us from Chicago, our circulation manager, Anna Pudzianowski, was able to attend, and Lisa Matte, our editor-in-chief and a Boston-area native, was able to show us her city. And we all got the chance to hear the infamous Boston accent we never knew Lisa had - All in all, a great trip!
 - Kim Krol, Circulation and Public Relations Executive
