FRANKFURT, Germany,
Oct. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/
-- Concur® (Nasdaq: CNQR), leading provider of spend
management solutions and services in the world, today announced its
official participation as platinum sponsor at GBTA, the most
influential conference for the business travel market in
Europe.
The Conference hosted by the Global Business Travel Association
(GBTA) will take place from November
12-14 in the Maritim Hotel in Berlin. Concur will have a
comprehensive booth demonstrating how easy travel & expense
management can be and showcasing the latest and upcoming products
such as TripLink and Concur Messaging. There will also be a
dedicated section for TMC Services.
Highlights of this year's GBTA include the speech of
Rajeev Singh, President and Chief
Operating Officer. His keynote is held on Thursday, November 13 at 9am CET opening the Center stage – Industry
Plenary.
"I'm honored to be a part of the discussion around how,
together, our industry can meet the changing needs of our customers
as they seek greater visibility and insights into their corporate
spend while delivering a better travel experience for the business
traveler," says Rajeev Singh,
President and COO of Concur. "GBTA Europe is where the
industry leaders gather to share ideas and drive innovation on
behalf of our customers. I'm delighted to be able to share Concur's
vision on building a global connected platform that captures the
innovation we are seeing in the industry and helps our customers
focus on what matters most."
"We are delighted to welcome the president of this vibrant
organization as Centre Stage speaker at GBTA," says Catherine McGavock, GBTA's Regional Director for
EMEA. "The need to bring more visibility into unmanaged travel
spending is an industry wide problem, and we look forward to
hearing more from one of the people who has been at the forefront
of tackling this issue."
About Concur
Concur is the leading provider of spend management solutions and
services in the world, helping companies of all sizes
transform the way they manage spend so they can focus on what
matters most. Through Concur's open platform, the entire travel and
expense ecosystem of customers, suppliers, and developers can
access and extend Concur's T&E cloud. Concur's systems adapt to
individual employee preferences and scale to meet the needs of
companies from small to large. Learn more at http://www.concur.com
or the Concur blog. The Concur Perfect Trip Fund invests in
leading edge innovative travel technology companies and is awarding
$100,000 in innovation funding at the
awards at The Perfect Trip DevCon 2014, from Concur & TripIt.
Apply here or learn more at http://www.concur.com or the Concur
blog.
About the Global Business Travel Association
The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) is the world's
premier business travel and meetings trade organization
headquartered in the Washington,
D.C. area with operations on six continents. GBTA's
7,000-plus members manage more than $345 billion of
global business travel and meetings expenditures annually. GBTA and
the GBTA Foundation deliver world-class education, events,
research, advocacy and media to a growing global network
of more than 28,000 travel professionals and 125,000
active contacts. To learn how business travel drives business
growth, visit www.gbta.org.
Contact:
Tom Kim
Grayling PR
Tom.kim@grayling.com
206-508-4107
SOURCE Concur
