Regional GBTA China Board assigned

SHANGHAI - The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) — the voice of the global business travel industry — announced the expansion of their Advisory Board members for its GBTA China Chapter.

The China board is a high level balance of regional travel buyers and suppliers and has been appointed to grow GBTA in the region. In addition to regional growth, their collective expertise is an integral component in designing the agenda for the second China Conference March 31 – April 2.

GBTA is pleased to announce the board for China as:

- Victor Lim, Regional Meeting & Travel Manager at IKEA (Chair)
- Cinn Tan, Senior Vice President of Marketing & Sales at Jin Jiang International Hotel Management Co., Ltd (Supplier Lead)
- Frances Wang, Travel Management Specialist, China at Harman International Industries
- Hamish Wang, Travel Manager, Greater China at Apple Inc.
- LingYun Fan, Regional Travel Manager APAC, Greater China at General Motors
- Michael Yin, Head of Sales, Greater China at IDeaS
- Robin Han Bing, Director, Global Sales, Asia Pacific at Radius

Talking about their appointment, Welf Ebeling, Vice President, Operations for Asia Pacific said: “With the collective appointment of the China Advisory Board, GBTA has firmly established a new Membership Chapter in the most important business travel market in the world. I am proud to have the commitment and support from such a high level group of experts and the local and international companies they are representing”.

The GBTA China Chapter was launched in 2013 at its inauguration event at the historic Jin Jiang Hotel in Shanghai where the second China Conference will again be held this April. This year more than 350 participants are expected and GBTA will be hosting a number of travel managers and corporate travel buyers from the region.

Mr. Ebeling commented further: “We are grateful to have in Jin Jiang Hotels a strong local ally and partner and the historic Jin Jiang Hotel with its long history and tradition is the ideal venue for this important event. The GBTA China board is also putting together an excellent agenda with high level speakers that promise to make this another exciting and unique conference”

Sourced: TravelDailyNews