ABTA Holds Business Travel Conference In Lagos And Luanda

The African Business Travel Association (ABTA) -will be hosting two back to back events in Lagos, Nigeria and Luanda, Angola on May 20th and 22nd respectively.

Monique Swart, Founder, ABTA
The events will bring together corporate travel buying clients as well as the leading Travel Agents, Travel Management Companies (TMCs), Airlines, Hotels and Travel Suppliers to discuss business travel trends and challenges in the regions, as well as to share local and global best practice in corporate travel management.

ABTA  Founder, Monique Swart, said: “We are very excited to be visiting Luanda and Lagos again, and to host events that will give travel buyers, TMCs, Travel Agents and Travel Suppliers key insights into how to tackle industry challenges.”

Sessions at the forum will include advice and practical guidance on how companies can better manage and reduce business travel costs, the importance of developing good relationships with preferred TMC’s, Travel Agents and Suppliers, the role of intelligent Travel Data to reduce travel spend, and guidance from a global travel expert on what companies need to do to improve their image and professionalism in order to be more attractive to international clients.

“Luanda and Lagos have a lot of challenges to overcome within the business travel environment, but there are also incredible opportunities for companies willing to better understand what it is that they can be doing to deliver regional and global best practice,” Swart added.

For more information on these upcoming events, please visit www.abta.co.za or contact Monique Swart on +2711 888 8178 or Monique@abta.co.za.

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