Strategy Groups
Surface Transportation
• To promote the importance of the
contribution made by GTMC Members to the
marketplace and therefore Industry Partners
• Deliver value to Partners in line with their
commercial objectives
• Achieve a fairer level of remuneration from
ATOC and access to a wider range of products
• Achieve a consistent level of remuneration
across all distribution channels
Industry Affairs-Objectives
• Ensure GTMC is aware of economic, legal and
regulatory matters that affect our community
• Influence the outcome of those issues for the
benefit of our community through lobbying,
briefings and committee work
Industry Affairs- areas of focus
• UK regulatory- VAT TOMS APD MFR
• EU regulatory- VAT TOMS EU Package Directive
• UK Infrastructure- Airport Capacity, Rail
Franchises, HS2
• Linkages- IATA APJC, GEBTA,ECTAA, UK
Runways Board
Industry Affairs- recent activity
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IATA UK financial criteria
IATA MFR
TOMS status quo pending EU review
APD-partial reform with collapse of Bands into
A+B
• Involvement and profile with UK Runways on
airport capacity
20/20 Objective
• To monitor and highlight the potential future
impacts, risks and opportunities to and for the
business travel industry over a 5 year time
frame
• To devise scenarios of “ what might be “ e.g.
what is the next “NDC” issue and what should
our response be
• To stimulate a “ leading change” culture
20/20 Marrakech
• A joint session with Travelport on what the
industry will look like in 2020
• Views from Google
• Interviews with the next generation of
travellers
People-Recruitment
• Supply and Demand
• How do we attract people into the industry
• How do we keep people within our industry
People-Learning and Development
• Apprenticeships v University Degrees
• Investing in our people
• Delivering on our brand values ( develop and
promote from within )
People- Trailblazer Apprenticeship
Programme
• What is a Trailblazer
• Why are the GTMC getting involved
• How you can help
People-Creating a GTMC library of
industry specific reporting
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Demographic reports and trends
Salary surveys by job role and region
Industry benefits package reviews and trends
Industry specific absence reporting
Air
• Challenge easyJet on GDS fee
• Evaluate the Ryanair “entry” into the Business
Travel Market
• Liaise with other Strategy Groups on APD and
NDC
• Emirates and their withdrawal from the GTMC
• Review strategy for the next 12 months