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The Big Idea: The domino effect of today’s working culture & impacts to business travel

The Business of Travel

Release Date: 02/03/2025

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Moderator & Speakers:

Moderator: Catherine Logan, Regional Senior Vice President - EMEA & APAC – GBTA

Christian Dahl, EVP People & Culture at BCD and

Rosemary Maloney, Senior Director, Corporate Travel Freeman

 

Music track is Space Jazz by Kevin MacLeod  
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License