Welcome to the Northern Plains Business Travel Association

Dear Travel Industry Professional

Hello Travel Industry Professionals and Welcome to the Northern Plains BTA website. NP-BTA is the local chapter for the National Business Travel Association and our membership serves Iowa and Nebraska.

Here you will find a listing of news and events along with recaps of our previous meetings. You will also find a listing of all our Board members and how to contact them. Please feel free to reach out to any of us if you should have questions or comments on our chapter.

The current board and committee chairs are committed to making the 2008 NP-BTA year one of value to you. We'll be focusing our educational and program events on the issues affecting the business travel industry.

I want to thank the following individuals who have spent their personal time in developing our chapter. These talented and dedicated individuals keep our chapter moving forward and I sincerely appreciate all of their efforts!

> Joni Doiron, Executive Travel NP-BTA Chapter Vice President and Membership Chair
> Rita McClain, AIB College of Business, NP-BTA Treasurer
> Kim Staley, Oriental Trading, NP-BTA Secretary
> Shannon Bogolin, Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites, Des Moines Northwest, NP-BTA Marketing Chair
> Roy Burton, Enterprise Car Rental, NP-BTA Scholarship and Charity Chair
> Theresa Contreaz, Hampton Inn & Suites Omaha Downtown, NP-BTA Hospitality Chair

We depend on new talent and new ideas for progressive movement. If you are not now part of a committee, please reach out and lend us a hand. We currently have openings on our program, communications and webmaster committees. If you have a particular interest or talent to share in one of these areas please let me know. Member participation and contribution is necessary to keep our organization strong.

Again, welcome to Northern Plains BTA. We look forward to seeing you at our next meeting, I hope you'll join us!

Cindy Novak, CTC; Travel And Transport
NP-BTA President