24 - 25 June 2026 • London ExCeL
24 - 25 June 2026 • London ExCeL
We kicked-off the 30th Business Travel Show Europe at 08:30 on 19 June with two keynote speakers.
First up was veteran BBC broadcast journalist Tanya Beckett who covered the implications of recent geopolitical events on the business world and what the busy global election cycle has in store.
Then we had an interview with Concur Travel President Charlie Sultan. Two heavy hitters in one morning, and that's was only the start of the show.
Tanya Beckett
Tanya Beckett has worked in broadcasting and the media for over 20 years. She started out at the FT, then went to work for CNBC, Sky News, CNN and since 1998, the BBC. She has worked on a variety of programmes on BBWorldNews, the Newschannel, Radio 4 and BBC1 and BBC2 including The Inquiry, Our World, Working Lunch, Today, World Business report, Newsnight and World Business Report. She also spent 3 years living in and reporting from New York for the BBC.
Tanya also works with the World Bank, EBRD, EIB, ADB, Chatham House, the Somali Government and the British Foreign Office in matters relating to trade and communication. She is currently writing and presenting the weekly BBC current affairs radio documentary ‘The Inquiry’ and presenting news programmes for BBC news.
Tanya has a degree from Oxford University in Metallurgy and Materials Science and spent five years as an investment banker in Frankfurt and London. She speaks fluent German, good French and some Spanish.
Charlie Sultan
Charlie Sultan oversees the strengthening of Concur Travel’s market strategy, go-to-market approach, supplier relations and drives the overall product marketing across Concur Travel. Previously, Charlie was the Chief Operating Officer of SAP Concur and, prior to that role, he spent eight years heading up the Supplier and Content strategy for Concur Travel, which includes the industry leading TripLink product.
Charlie brings a deep background in Travel and distribution from his 15 years at American Airlines, where he held leadership roles in Revenue Management, Financial Planning, Corporate Strategy, Sales Planning, Agency & Corporate Sales, Distribution Strategy, Small Business Products and Loyalty Marketing.
Charlie also held a position on the Board of Directors of Nor1 and ClearTrip prior to their recent acquisitions. He holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Science in Economics degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
