NBTA Government Travel Group Honors Becky Rhodes
First National Travel Forum Icon Award
ATLANTA, GA / ALEXANDRIA, VA, June 11, 2008. The National Business Travel Association (NBTA) Government Travel Group (GTG) presented the first-ever National Travel Forum Icon Award to Becky Rhodes, Deputy Associate Administrator; Office of Travel, Transportation and Asset Management; U.S. General Services Administration. The award was presented at the 2008 National Travel Forum (NTF), the largest industry event for government travel professional, held last week in Atlanta.
The National Travel Forum Icon Award was instituted to recognize outstanding contributions to advancing the professional development of federal employees engaged in government travel management. It was presented to Rhodes by NBTA Executive Director & COO, Bill Connors.
Connors said, "Becky's work has been instrumental in the establishment and growth of the National Travel Forum. Her vision and leadership have helped create an event with top-notch networking and education to empower government travel professionals to strengthen government programs. This National Travel Forum Icon Award honors everything Becky has done for NTF and for the government travel community."
He added, "I am honored to have had the opportunity to work with her, and to present her with this award. NBTA's Government Travel Group is committed to working with travel leaders at the General Services Administration, the Department of Defense, and throughout the federal government to continue the success Becky and others built with NTF. To further recognize her work, I am pleased to say that from now on this award will be called the Becky Rhodes National Travel Forum Icon Award."
About NTF and NBTA GTG
The National Travel Forum (NTF) is the largest and most important event for the federal travel and relocation community. Government travel and relocation are constantly changing to meet the needs of government travelers and their agencies. NTF helps attendees continue to offer worldclass travel management for their agencies by offering dozens of educational sessions on the topics most important to government travel professionals, an exhibition to facilitate networking with key suppliers of travel and related services and multiple opportunities for attendees to interact with government and industry travel and relocation peers. NTF was historically organized by the General Services Administration (GSA), and at the conclusion of NTF 2006, GSA entrusted the management of the event's future to the National Business Travel Association's Government Travel Group (NBTA GTG). For details, visit www.nationaltravelforum.org.
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