GBTA CEU Chart 2014-2025
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| CUE Credits - 2026 | ||||
| Date/Event | Location | Speaker/Title | Presentation | CEU Credits |
| January 22, 2026 | American Airlines HQ | Hank Benedetti - CEO Blockskye Mike Daly - SVP - Serko Ltd matt Beck - VP Customer Solutions - Cerebri AI |
Ai Superstar - Panel Discussion | 1 |
| February 19, 2026 | Omnii Frisco | Dallas Campos - Toyota Ronda Dean - F5 Inc |
Changing the Narrative - Cultivating Supplier Relationships | 1 |
| March 19, 2026 | Hall of Lights | DFW Member Panel - Marilyn Townsend - Buyer John Sell - Air Representative John Hampton - Transportation Representative Stacey Benedetti - TMC Representative Joseph Wheat - Hotel Representative |
Managing Traveler Expectations, Satisfactions, and Budgets | 1 |
| April 2026 | San Antonio Texas | Texas Education Day - San Antonio | various Education Topics | |
| May 21, 2026 | Hilton Southlake | Eric Lipp - | Accessibility for Business Travel | |
| June 18, 2026 | Top Golf Grand Prairie | Golf Tournament reimagined | Golf Tournament reimagined | 0 |
| July 16, 2026 | Adolphus Hotel Dallas | |||
| August 2026 | GBTA - | GBTA Conference | ||
| September 17, 2026 | Billy Bob's Texas | CVB Panel | ||
| October 15, 2026 | Cascades at the Colony | |||
| November | n/a | |||
| December | The Astoria | Holiday Event | Holiday Event | 0 |
| CUE Credits - 2025 | ||||
| Date/Event | Location | Speaker/Title | Presentation | CEU Credits |
| January 16, 2025 | Warwick Hotel |
Moderator: Marilyn Townsend – Sabre, Sr. Director, Global Travel, Real Estate, Facilities, Security & Safety |
The Modern Road Warrior: Navigating Travel, Policies, and Personal Balance | 1 |
| February 20, 2025 | Renaissance Richardson | Kathi Briski | Evolving Travel Trends | 1 |
| March 27, 2025 | Virtual | Shane Downy |
GBTA Legislative Update-Impact on Travel |
1 |
| April 9 &10 | Austin Texas TEXAS ED | Variety |
Texas Education |
12 |
| April 17, 2025 | Embassy Frisco | Hank Benedetti | Business Travel Outlook, AI, Digitization TE | 1 |
| May 15, 2025 | Hilton Anatole | Sgt. Simon and Officer Mascoli | Survive and Defend | 1 |
| June 19, 2025 | Lone Star Grand Prairie | |||
| July 2025 | GBTA Denver | |||
| August 21, 2025 | Hall Park Hotel | Kevin Sullivan and Rosemary Maloney | Fireside Chat | 1 |
| September | Westin DFW | Dean Ahmad | DFW Airport Updates | 1 |
| October 16, 2025 | The Ashton Fort Worth | CVB Panel | Updates for 2026 | 1 |
| November | ||||
| December |
CUE Credits - 2024 |
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| Date/Event | Location | Speaker/Title | Presentation | CEU |
| 1/18/24 | JW Marriott | CVB Panel | what 2024 will bring to the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex | 1 |
| 2/15/24 | AC Dallas Galleria | Suzanne Castle | Resilience Essentials for Travel Experts | 1 |
| 3/21/24 | Double Tree CC | Safety in Today's Travel Climate - Trafficking | 1 | |
| 4/18/2024 | Westin Stonebriar | Texas Education Day | Multi Events | 6 |
| 5/16/2024 | Hyatt Place TCU | Neil Blaauboer | Who's in your Posse | 1 |
| 6/20/2024 | Hilton Richarson | |||
| 8/15/2024 | Hotel Vin/Grapevine | Eric Lipp Executive Director | Accessibility for Business Travelers including the Dollars and Sense | 1 |
| 9/19/2024 | Ritz Las Colinas | Matthew Patterson - ADVITO | Going beyond TMC data | 1 |
| 10/17/2024 | Hyatt Regency Frisco | Katie Virtue – Festive Road | If you could see into the future | 1 |
| July 2024 - GBTA | GBTA ATLANTA | GBTA 2024 CONVENTION | 12 | |
| CUE Credits - 2023 | ||||
| Date/Event | Location | Speaker/Title | Presentation | CEU |
| 1/19/23 | Sheraton DT Dallas | CVB Panel | New Year Oulook | 1 |
| 2/16/23 | Westin Irving | Panel Meeting | The Value of Connection and Networking in your Travel Industry Associations | 1 |
| 3/23/23 | Westin Galleria Dallas | Megan Miller | Hustle culture has us sprinting through life. Leaving us exhausted & on autopilot. | 1 |
| 4/12/23 | Royal Sonesta Houston | Texas Education | Variety | 9 |
| 4/20/23 | Virtual Meeting | Brian Tripplehorn, Senior Consultant, Global Air | What exactly is NDC? | 1 |
| 5/18/23 | Hyatt Regency Frisco | Will Tate, Goldspring onsulting | Does Cultural Alignment Create Value? | 1 |
| 6/22/23 | AA Headquarters | Panel Meeting | Hot Topics & Emerging Technology | 1 |
| 7/1/23 | Dallas, TX | GBTA | Variety | 8 |
| 9/21/23 | Aloft Downtown | Networking in our New Normal/DE&I Engagement Activity and GBTA Highlights | Networking | 1 |
| 10/26/23 | SWA | Dr. Peter J. Stark | Travelers + Artificial Intelligence | 1 |
| 11/1/23 | no meeting | 0 | ||
| 12/7/23 | Holiday Event | 0 | ||
| CUE Credits - 2022 | ||||
| Date/Event | Location | Speaker/Title | Presentation | CEU |
| 2/1/22 | Hyatt Place Ft. Worth/TCU | Scott Santoro | Re: Connect Back to Business Travel Industry | 1 |
| 3/1/22 | Zoom | Suzanne Neufang | State of the Union – GBTA 2022 | .5 |
| 4/1/22 | Virgin Hotel | Justin Morris | The Problems & Solutions to Corporate Travel “Leakage” | 1 |
| 5/1/22 | San Antonio | Texas Education Day | 7 | |
| 6/1/22 | AA Headquarters | Travel Buyers Panel | "Post Pandemic Perspective" | 1 |
| 7/1/22 | Zoom | Scott Gillepsie | Unlocking Travel's Strategic Value | 1 |
| 8/1/22 | San Diego | GBTA Convention | 12 | |
| 9/1/22 | Dallas/Addison Marriott Quorum | J. Grant Caplan & Mary Ellen Hess | Why creating a Corporate Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Program is critical to your success | 1 |
| 10/1/22 | Gaylord Texan | Business Meeting | N/A | |
| 11/1/22 | Zoom | Kathy Morgan | NDC in Action | 1 |
| 12/1/22 | Warwick Melrose - Dallas | N/A | Holiday Fundraiser | N/A |
| CUE Credits - 2021 | ||||
| Date/Event | Location | Speaker/Title | Presentation | CEU |
| 1/1/21 | Zoom | Ester AA, Gus Hyatt, DJ, Enterprise, Jennifer PPD | 2021 The new Norm | 1 |
| 2/16/21 | Zoom | Dave Hilfman | State of Travel 2021 | 1 |
| 3/16/21 | Zoom | Nanyc Tudorache & Sue Spear | Safe Travel & Canada Travel | 1 |
| 4/20/21 | Zoom | Kevin Iwamoto | How to Differentiate yourself | 1 |
| 5/18/21 | Zoom | CVB Panel | Bring Back Travel | 1 |
| 6/15/21 | Zoom | Panel | NON-Profit | 1 |
| 7/20/21 | Zoom | Mix and Mingle | Networking | 0 |
| 8/17/21 | Zoom | Panel Discussion | International Borders | 1 |
| 9/21/21 | No Meeting | 0 | ||
| 10/19/21 | Zoom | Business/Elections | 0 | |
| 11/1/21 | Zoom | No meeting | 0 | |
| 12/1/21 | Zoom | Holiday | 0 | |
| CUE Credits - 2020 | ||||
| Date/Event | Location | Speaker/Title | Presentation | CEU |
| 1/21/20 | Hyatt Regency DFW | DFW Ken Buchanan | State of the Airport | 1 |
| 2/18/20 | Virgin Dallas | Juliann Pless | Virtual Payments | 1 |
| 3/5/20 | TED-Austin | Multiple | Multiple | 7 |
| 4/21/20 | Renaissance Dallas | Cancelled to COVID | 0 | |
| 5/19/20 | Zoom | Debbie Wallace | Support Immune System | 0 |
| 6/1/20 | No meeting | |||
| 7/1/20 | No Meting | |||
| 8/1/20 | Zoom | Sari Koshetz | TSA | 1 |
| 9/1/20 | Zoom | Alison Nunes | ||
| 10/1/20 | Zoom | Michael Dominguez | Disruption and Transformation | 1 |
| 11/1/20 | No meeting | |||
| 12/1/20 | Zoom | United Airlines Panel | UA Updates | 1 |
| CUE Credits - 2019 | ||||
| Date/Event | Location | Speaker/Title | Presentation | CEU’s |
| 1/15/19 | AC Hotel | Jeff Fehlis | Volunteerism | |
| 2/20/19 | Omni Frisco | Multiple | Mulitple Education Topics | 6 |
| 3/19/19 | Cascades/Colony | GBTA-Staff | GBTA - Updates | 1 |
| 4/16/19 | Cambria Downtown Dallas | Hannah Kate McWilliams | Cvent/Integrating transient Travel Mtg Programs | 1 |
| 5/6/19 | LCCC | N/A | N/A | 0 |
| 6/18/19 | Marriott Las Colinas | Erwan Perhirin - American Airlines | Traveller Experience | 1 |
| 7/16/19 | Hyatt Regency Dallas | Yanik Hoyles - Iata | NDC | 1 |
| 8/3/19 | GBTA Chicago | GBTA San Diego | ||
| 9/17/19 | Sandman Signature Hotel | Kathy Briski - The Boeing Co. | Category Management | |
| 10/15/19 | The Statler Hotel | Business Meeting | 0 | |
| 11/1/19 | NO MEETING | NO MEETING | 0 | |
| 12/3/19 | Holiday Luncheon | Holiday Luncheon | 0 | |
| CUE Credits - 2018 | ||||
| Date/Event | Location | Speaker/Title | Presentation | CEU’s |
| Jan. 16, 2018 | Toyota HQ | Panel | EPCAT | 2 |
| Feb. 20, 2018 | DoubleTree Galleria | PAC | PAC | 2 |
| Mar. 20, 2018 | Omni Mandalay | Marcey Rader | Hack the Mobile Lifestayle | 1 |
| Apr. 18, 2017 | Magnolia Hotel/Park Cities | Michael Donnelly | The Value of TSA | 2 |
| 5/7/18 | LCCC | N/A | N/A | 0 |
| Jun. 19, 2018 | Hilton DFW Lakes | Deregulations | Deregulations | 2 |
| Jul. 17, 2018 | Cascades at the Colony | Panelists of travel industry experts discuss business travel trends and topics that affect travel policy | Travel Policy Update and Business Travel Trends | 2 |
| Aug. 12, 2018 | GBTA San Diego | GBTA San Diego | ||
| Sep. 18, 2018 | Marriott DFW South | Kevin Iwamoto | Your personal Brand | 2 |
| Oct. 16, 2018 | Canopy Dallas | Business Meeting | ||
| Nov. 2018 | NO MEETING | NO MEETING | 0 | |
| Dec. 4, 2018 | Holiday Luncheon | Holiday Luncheon | 0 | |
| CUE Credits - 2017 | ||||
| Date/Event | Location | Speaker/Title | Presentation | CEU’s |
| 1/10/2017 | W - Dallas | Colleen Black, Parnter Goldspring | What's Hot for 2017: Capitalizing on Current and Upcoming Travel Trends | 2 |
| 1/19/2017 | San Antonio | Texas Education | 8.5 | |
| 2/21/2017 | Cambria Southlake | Christle Johnson - GBTA President Mike McCormick - Exec. Director - GBTA |
Advocacy is Important | 2 |
| 3/28/2017 | Austin Ranch - Hilton DFW Lakes | Ken Buchanan, DFW Airport | Updates DFW Airport & TSA | 2 |
| 4/18/2017 | Magnolia Hotel Dallas | Lisa Hoehn, VP Sales ALTOUR Rhonda Sloan, Global Travel Communications, AIG |
GBTA Sustainabilty | 2 |
| 8-May-17 | Las Colinas CC | Charity Golf | Tournament | 0 |
| 6/20/2017 | Westin Stonebriar | Krish Dunham | Resolute Resolutions – The distinction between conditions and convictions | 1 |
| 7/15/2017 | Boston, MA | GBTA | GBTA | |
| 8/15/2017 | Omni Frisco | Interactive Panel including representatives from TMC, Hotel, Car Rental, Travel managers and Procurement |
What Travel Managers Expect Through the RFP Process | 1 |
| 9/17/2017 | Courtyard DFW Grapevine | Huw Longmore, International SOS | Crisis Managment for business Travel | 3 |
| 10/17/2017 | Hilton Arlinton | Business luncheon | 0 | |
| 11/1/2017 | ||||
| 12/5/2017 | American Airlines Hangar | Holiday Luncheon | 0 | |
| CEU Credits - 2016 | ||||
| Date | Location | Speaker / Title | Presentation | CEU's |
| 1/19/16 | Westin Galleria Dallas | Will Tate, Partner Goldspring Consulting | Travel Industry Jeopardy - How to Win in 2016 | 1.5 |
| 2/16/16 | Texas Education | 8 | ||
| 3/22/16 | Intercontinental Dallas | Jan Horton Spence, CEO FiltaFry | Goal Setting Doesn't Work! Dare to be different! | 1.5 |
| 4/19/16 | Cascades Events Center at the Colony | CVB Panel | The Growing Metroplex - Dallas, Frisco, Plano and Grapevine CVB's | 2 |
| 5/9/16 | Las Colinas Country Club | Golf Tournament | No CEU Credits | 0 |
| 6/22/16 | Courtyard Dallas DFW Airport North / Grapevine | The Frontier Project. Storytelling to Motivate Change | ||
| 7/1/16 | No Meeting | |||
| 8/16/16 | Westin Dallas Downtown | Krish Dhanam | Loving to learning, Learning to Live and Living to Lead | 2 |
| 9/20/16 | Sheraton Arlington | Bill Hethcock | Game-Changers in North Texas | 2 |
| 10/1/16 | Marriott Las Colinas | Business Meeting/Genral Election | ||
| 11/1/16 | No meeting | No meeting | 0 | |
| 12/6/16 | TBD | Holiday Luncheon | No meeting | 0 |
| CEU Credits - 2015 | ||||
| Date | Location | Speaker / Title | Presentation | CEU's |
| January | American Airlines, C.R. Smith Museum | Sean Donohue, DFW International CEO | Focus On Customer | 1.5 |
| February | Westin Dallas Ft. Worth Airport Hotel | Varied | Varied | 8 |
| March | Dallas Lincoln Centre | Dr. Maas, Sleep Deprivation | 1.5 | |
| April | Sheraton Arlingtn | Tegan Broadwater | Tactical Systems Network | 1.5 |
| May | Golf Tournament | NONE | 0 | |
| June | Courtyard Dallas DFW Airport N. /Grapevine | Elise Eberwein Executtive Vice President American Airlines | Staying Engaged in the ever changing Travel Industry | 1.5 |
| July | No Monthly Meeting | NONE | 0 | |
| August | The Highland Dallas | Krish Dhanam | Change Readiness-Embracing Disruption and Thriving on Transition | 1.5 |
| September | SW Airlines Headquarters | David Harvey, Sr. Director of Network Planning and Performance | State of the Airline Industry and how it effects the Dallas/Ft. Worth Area | 1.5 |
| October | DFW Int'l Airport | Business meeting | Business Meeting | 0 |
| November | 0 | |||
| December | Holiday Event | 0 | ||
| CEU Credits - 2014 | ||||
| Date | Location | Speaker / Title | Presentation | CEU's |
| 1/21/14 | DFW Airport Hyatt | Ken Buchanan, DFW Airport Representative | Power Through DFW and Enjoy Every Minute of It | 1 |
| 2/18/14 | Crowne Plaza Dwtn. | Krish Dhanam Motivational Speaker & Author; from SkyLifeSuccess | The Skypass Group | 1 |
| 3/18/14 | Marriott Airport DWF South | James Filsinger, President and CEO, Yapta, Inc. | Learn A New Tool To Streamline Your Travel Budget | 1.5 |
| 4/7/14 | Houston | Texas Education | Texas Education Day | 6 |
| 4/15/14 | Hilton, Fort Worth | Jonathan Behner, Travel and Transport | Gamification | |
| 5/12/14 | Las Colinas Country Club | Golf Tournament | Golf Tournament | 0 |
| 6/17/14 | Wyndham Dallas Love Field | Bob Montgomery, VP of Airport Affairs, SWA Airlines | Wright Amendment | 1.5 |
| 7/1/14 | Los Angeles | GBTA in Los Angeles | GBTA in Los Angeles | 12 |
| 8/19/14 | Hilton DFW Lakes (Grapevine) | Tim Hines, Founder & President Business Traveler Social | Partnering with Millennials in a Managed Travel Program | 1.5 |
| 9/16/14 | Renaissance | Social Media Panel BOB MCPHERRIN, Hilton Dallas Lincoln Centre STEVE TALBOTT, Enterprise Holdings Inc. LUIS ORTIZ, Ericsson ALICE WILSON, Southwest Airlines |
Social Media ...Part of Our World Today. | 1.5 |
| 10/21/14 | TBD | Business Meeting & Elections | Business Meeting | 0 |
| 11/1/14 | 0 | |||
| 12/2/14 | Gaylord Hotel | Holiday Party | Holiday Party | 0 |
