BUSINESS TRAVEL SHOW EUROPE FOR PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS

Business Travel Show Europe brings together procurement leaders, category managers and sourcing professionals responsible for delivering greater value from their corporate travel programmes.

Whether you're focused on reducing costs, strengthening supplier relationships, managing risk or improving traveller satisfaction, you'll find the insights, connections and solutions needed to build a more effective travel strategy.

Join thousands of travel and procurement professionals to discover new suppliers, benchmark your programme against industry peers and gain practical strategies to optimise spend and performance.

WHAT YOU'LL DISCOVER

What You'll Discover

  • Strategic sourcing and supplier management best practices
  • Travel programme optimisation strategies
  • Cost control and spend management techniques
  • Contract negotiation insights
  • Data, reporting and travel analytics solutions
  • Sustainable travel and ESG considerations
  • Risk management and duty of care developments
  • New technologies shaping the future of business travel

WHAT YOU'LL GET FROM ATTENDING

Optimise travel spend

Learn how leading organisations are controlling costs, improving policy compliance and maximising the value of every travel pound spent.

   Improve programme performance

Explore the latest tools, technologies and reporting capabilities that help procurement teams measure success and drive continuous improvement.

Strengthen supplier relationships

Meet with airlines, hotels, TMCs, technology providers and travel partners to evaluate suppliers, compare solutions and support future sourcing decisions.

  
Manage risk and compliance

Stay informed on emerging trends, traveller wellbeing, duty of care, sustainability requirements and regulatory considerations affecting travel programmes.

 
Benchmark against peers

Connect with procurement professionals from organisations of all sizes and gain fresh perspectives on common challenges and opportunities.

 

EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS RELEVANT TO YOUR ROLE

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  1. BTN Community: Sustainable business travel
    Insights Igloo
    60 mins
    Join fellow corporate travel buyers in this buyer-only session focused on sustainable business travel. Connect with peers navigating the same pressures whether it's meeting corporate ESG targets, driv …
12:20
  1. Sponsored
    Creating a modern travel programme: Insights from an early adopter
    Learning Lab
    40 mins
    As the travel industry accelerates toward a tech‑first model, legacy platforms and fragmented content strategies can no longer keep pace with the needs of modern travel programmes. This session explor …
    Sponsored by:
    direct travel
13:20
  1. Re-thinking managed travel: Who (or what) will run your company's travel programme?
    Knowledge Arena
    60 mins
    Businesses are constantly expecting their travel teams to achieve more with fewer resources. But what exactly do travel managers need to manage in 2026? Which parts of the job can now be performed by …
  2. BTN Academy: Working with airlines
    Learning Lab
    40 mins
    This session walks you through the fundamentals of building corporate agreements with airline suppliers. Learn how to gather data and make other essential preparations for a successful bid, how to und …
15:40
  1. BTN Academy: Selecting a travel payment provider
    Learning Lab
    40 mins
    This fundamentals session sets out the different payment options you can deploy within your travel programme to make trip management easier for employees, influence compliance levels and deliver quali …
  2. Beyond the RFP: New ways to modernise your travel supplier selection
    Insights Igloo
    60 mins
    Requests for proposal are a slow, painful way to choose TMCs, hotels, airlines and others, but no one has found a better alternative, or have they? Using real case-studies, this session presents diffe …
09:40
  1. Forecasting Forum: What will drive travel costs next and how buyers can control them
    Knowledge Arena
    60 mins
    BTS Europe's ever-popular analysis of air and hotel pricing returns, examining the global and industry-specific trends set to affect your travel budget for the year ahead. Discover where the pricing p …
11:00
  1. Inside the TMC-buyer relationship: Trust, transparency and control
    Knowledge Arena
    60 mins
    Trust between buyers and their TMCs is increasingly being tested by questions of content visibility and commercial incentives. Much of this tension stems from a commercial model in which TMCs are paid …
13:20
  1. Now arriving at platform 3! How you can finally put rail management on track
    Knowledge Arena
    60 mins
    Companies across Europe are desperate to switch from air to rail to meet climate targets. But how do you get your travellers onboard, when barriers to accessing tickets at the best price remain so for …
  2. BTN Academy: Structuring a managed travel programme
    Learning Lab
    40 mins
    This essential session covers the fundamental building blocks for creating a travel programme. Understand how to align travel processes and policies with your organisation's strategic goals and cultur …
15:20
  1. Simply the best: Europe's top travel buyers share their strategies and insights
    Knowledge Arena
    60 mins
    Hear from the finalists of BTN's European Travel Buyer of the Year award as they showcase groundbreaking practices in corporate travel. They'll share actionable strategies for driving efficiencies and …
  2. Get over it! Working with the reality that 'I found it cheaper online' isn't going away
    Insights Igloo
    60 mins
    It's increasingly clear that TMCs and corporate booking tools will never offer identical air fares or hotel rates to those sold through supplier direct websites and online travel agencies. Once we acc …

 

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WHY ATTEND IN PERSON?

Because better travel programmes start with better decisions.

In just one day, you can meet suppliers, compare solutions, benchmark your strategy and discover new ways to optimise travel spend.

Business Travel Show Europe brings the entire business travel ecosystem together under one roof — saving you time, accelerating sourcing decisions and helping you deliver greater value to your organisation.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Business Travel Show Europe is designed for professionals involved in procuring, managing or influencing corporate travel programmes, including:

  • Procurement Directors
  • Category Managers
  • Strategic Sourcing Managers
  • Procurement Business Partners
  • Supplier Relationship Managers
  • Travel Procurement Specialists
  • Indirect Procurement Leaders
  • Commercial and Contract Managers

JOIN US 

📅 Dates: 24-25 June 2026
📍 Location: Excel London
🎟 Registration: FREE to attend for qualifying professionals

Take control of travel costs and performance.

Discover innovative suppliers, gain practical insights and connect with peers who share responsibility for delivering smarter, more effective business travel programmes.

Register today and see how procurement can drive greater value from business travel.

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WHAT VISITORS SAID ABOUT BUSINESS TRAVEL SHOW EUROPE 2025

“It’s my tenth time at the show. It’s ideal for networking."
Samantha Jackson
Senior Category Buyer, Jaguar Land Rover
"It’s an opportunity to learn what's going on in the market and to learn from industry peers."
Laia Martin
Senior Business Support Manager, Ferrer
“The best place for networking"
Ioana Zilisteanu
Europe Travel & Expense Specialist, Michelin
“A perfect mix of suppliers and peer networking"
Claude Leliévre
Global Travel Manager, Technip Energies France
“What an amazing event – I’ve never seen anything like this.”
Zoe Hill
Founder, Premier Admin Services

WANT TO JOIN US IN 2026?

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