Membership & partnership
Members and partners fund the Forum's mission, shape its research and take their place at the Annual Meeting and in the Global Councils throughout the year.
Ways to engage
Every level includes a place in the Forum's community. Deeper engagement brings a greater role in shaping the agenda. Membership is by application.
Global airlines, hotel groups, travel management companies, payment networks and technology leaders.
Suppliers, distribution, mobility, insurance, security and visa providers, and travel technology companies.
Companies with significant travel, meetings and mobility programmes.
Tourism and trade bodies, aviation authorities, cities and convention bureaus.
Global councils
Buyers hold the purchasing power; the executives they report to hold the strategic mandate. Each council brings both together with senior practitioners to produce the questions behind the monthly white paper, and the guidance and positions the Forum takes to industry, governments and media.
Heads of travel from the world's largest companies, setting the buyer agenda for programmes, suppliers and technology.
Finance leaders defining how organisations measure the return on business travel and meetings.
Practical pathways on aviation emissions, sustainable fuels, rail and low-carbon travel programmes, and the sustainability chapter of every white paper.
Visas, biometrics and cross-border compliance: making it easier for people to travel to do business.
A community of the industry's next generation of leaders, drawn from both buyers and suppliers.
Chief executives, operating and people officers on the strategic role of travel in growth, talent and culture, and the mandate they give their buyers.
Chief procurement officers and category leads on sourcing, supplier performance and the true cost of travel programmes.
Buyers and technologists on responsible AI in booking, payments, servicing and data, from the buyer's side of the table.
Council places are open to senior practitioners from member and partner organisations.
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Our partner community
The Forum's partners and exhibitors come from across the value chain: airlines, hotels, ground transportation, travel management companies, car rental, travel technology, safety and security, and visa management.
Founding partnership places for 2027 are now open.
Become a founding partner