Welcome to this week's TravelTalkMEDIA Newsletter.
We are in Los Angeles this week covering the National Business Travel Association International Convention & Exposition. It's as big of an event as its name. Interesting, as I was speaking to our director, John Johnson in NYC and to our PR director from the Bradford Group, Karen Hoffman, and they tell me both the same story this week. It's all the buzz around NYC, "everyone is coming" and we should expect record numbers in attendance. It doesn't surprise me, the NBTA has been one of the best run associations with forward thinking executives who are in the front lines before the legislators as well as the suppliers of products and services for the corporate travel buyer. This is a huge market with estimates that 60% of all passengers are on a  business mission.

I have often thought of my visit to Angola a few years ago. As a part of the Africa Travel Association delegation, we were totally immerged into the country for 10 days thanks to our hosts, the government of Angola. Our hotel overlooked one the most awesome beaches, with incredible potential for tourism development.

Sandy  will be staying at the luxurious boutique hotel, The Belamar, in Manhattan Beach. You can expect to hear more about this west coast experience in next week's newsletter.

You see, we were visiting only 3 short years after a very intense 30 year war that enveloped the entire country. Tourism was still a glimmer in the newly stable government's eyes as they hoped our delegation would recognize the opportunity and potential of this emerging country. It was obviously a bit early to bring anyone other than the adventure traveler to Angola, however, my question was, what kept the hotels full? I soon learned that, as in every developing country, the business traveler is the pioneer laying down the tracks that includes the creation and support of a destination that will fully support the leisure traveler one day. The business traveler is truly the road warrior and we can all learn from this dedicated and tenacious group.

I am especially excited to see the technology offered to the travel buyer in the thousands of businesses that will be attending the NBTA convention this week in LA. These buyers are coming to learn more about every aspect of buying travel including new ways to communicate with and track employees on the road, and new portals being offered that are specifically designed to manage travel purchases. And what we get to do as media is share with our audiences these new pieces innovations in hardware and software that will soon trickle down to the leisure traveler to be used in the home and family environment. Thank you to all the road warriors out there. You are paving the way for leisure travelers of the world to enter new regions with confidence knowing safety and comfort are well in place.

Safe travels and hope to see you in LA! Catch our show this week and next as we bring you two weeks of NBTA Radio.

Sandy Dhuyvetter 
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The Business Travel Event of the Year



Join Sandy Dhuyvetter and TravelTalkMEDIA at the
NBTA conference in Los Angeles July 27 - 30 2008

The Airline Industry Panel, Tuesday, July 29, 2008 9:30 a.m. - 10:45 p.m.
Montie Brewer, President & CEO of Air Canada; Richard H. Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, Delta Air Lines; and Willie Walsh, Chief Executive Officer, British Airways.
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DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA
with host Sandy Dhuyvetter

OUR AUGUST PROGRAM WELCOMES UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR, VINCENT YIP,
who offers a class at Stanford Continuing Studies called DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA.

Directory of Tanzanian programming and guests.

Last Week's Program July 20, 2008
Join Sandy Dhuyvetter, Executive Producer and Host of TravelTalkRADIO, as she broadcasts from the TravelTalkMEDIA studios in Southern California. Her guests this week include Brigette Browning, President of the UNITE HERE Local 30 hospitality workers union, Peter de Jong, President and CEO of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), Vincent Yip, Stanford University lecturer and China expert and Lelei Lelaulu, President and CEO of Counterpart. From SuperClubs, Sandy will be joined by Anthony Miller, Executive Chef at the Grand Lido Braco Resort and Spa in Jamaica, and Greg Baxter, SuperClubs District Sales Manager. Eric Casey returns to the program to talk about the upcoming National Business Travel Association's International Convention and Exposition and TravelTalkRADIO's production of National Business Travel Association Radio. Also joining Sandy in the studio, Patrick Peartree, TravelTalkMEDIA's Vice President of Operations, and Travel Writer Nick Gosling. Join us for a great show!! CLICK HERE