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Founded in 1984, the Finnish Business Travel Association is an organization for business travel buyers and suppliers, with the mission to enhance the understanding, knowledge and skills required in corporate travel and meetings management as well as procurement.

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Travel Management degree: 2nd year course starts!

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The FBTA and Chamber of Commerce's joint Travel Management degree will continue when the second year course starts in November.

The training is aimed at anyone whose job involves tasks related to travel management and business travel. The qualification is suitable for people working in both companies and public sector organisations. The training will look at travel management tasks from a variety of perspectives and provide tips on how to improve these different areas in your own organisation.

The qualification consists of a total of five one-day modules. In addition, each module includes an additional assignment to be completed on the Moodle platform. The purpose of the assignment is to reflect on the contribution of the training day from the perspective of your organisation.

FBTA member companies receive a substantial discount on the course fee. Find out more about the content of the training and sign up here!

Matkatili: valoa tunnelin päässä?

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EU-komissio ei hyväksynyt 23.5. pidetyssä kokouksessaan European Banking Authorityn (EBA) ehdotusta uuden maksupalveludirektiivin (PSD2) tekniseksi standardiksi sellaisenaan, vaan on halukas ottamaan huomioon myös FBTA:n ja GBTA:n voimakkaasti ajaman kannan, että yritysten välisiin etämaksuihin ei tulisi soveltaa asiakkaan vahvan tunnistamisen (SCA) vaatimusta.

Business Travel Newsin 7.6. julkaistu uutinen aiheesta löytyy here.

Will 2018 bring a change to business travel accounts?

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The Payment Services Directive (PSD2), which is currently being drafted in the EU, is expected to enter into force in January 2018. Strong Customer Authentication, developed to secure remote payments for consumers, threatens to scrap the travel account as a payment solution for businesses if it is extended to B2B transactions.

Amon Cohen writes on the subject Business Travel News.

The GBTA statement to the EU Commission, Parliament and Council, contributed by the FBTA, is available at. here.

GBTA Europe -kongressin rekisteröityminen alkanut

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GBTA Europe -kongressi järjestetään Frankfurtissa 28. – 30.11.2017. Tapahtumasivut rekisteröitymisohjeineen ja -hintoineen on avattu, ja early bird -hinnat voimassa ennen 20.6. ilmoittautuville. Hintaetu on huomattava, ja se kannattaa ehdottomasti käyttää hyväksi!

Pääset tapahtumasivulle here.