FBTA

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.

Nordic Travel Manager Award

Nordic Travel Manager Award 2023 to Mirja Kivimaa

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Global Travel Manager at Outokumpu Oyj, Chair of FBTA Mirja Kivimaa will receive the Nordic Travel Manager award at the Nordic Business Travel Summit held in Stockholm from 21-22 March.

The award category was Achievement in Travel Management: Industry Influencer and the reasoning follows:

“Mirja is a proactive influencer and an innovator with a keen interest in making improvements in business travel. By sharing her knowledge, participating in industry discussions, and understanding the importance of co-operation, she never says no to a brainstorming session.

Mirja has extensive experience working as a Global Travel Manager and recognises the value in employees” travel experience, compliance, partners and vendors, and the travel buyer network. She has been an active member of the Finnish Business Travel Association (FBTA) for many years, contributing to both committee work and the board. Recently, Mirja took on the responsibilities of chairman duties in Finland.”

Warmest congratulations, Mirja!

Tuija Hyvärinen Nordic Travel Manager 2020

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The Nordic business travel associations DBTA, FBTA, NBTA and SBTA annually award an accomplished Travel Manager. This year, recognition was to be given to an individual who has promoted sustainable development in travel and meeting management. All members of the four associations were able to submit nominations for the award recipient with their justifications. The winner was chosen by a jury, which included representatives from the buyer membership of each association. To FBTA's great delight, the Nordic Travel Manager 2020 award went to Tuija Hyvärinen, TietoEVRY Corporation.

The grounds for the award included, among others,.

  • Very concrete actions to drive sustainability in travel
  • Tangible, measurable results, such as a significant reduction in the use of private cars and driven kilometres among employees.
  • Sustainability initiatives at Tieto were started a long time ago and have been expanding over many years.
  • Many different initiatives, which target different aspects of travelling more eco-friendly
  • Tuija is a forerunner who sets a good example for other Buyer members.

FBTA's warm congratulations to Tuija!

Nordic Travel Manager Award 2019

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The Nordic Business Travel Awards were first presented in Helsinki in conjunction with NBTS 2018. At NBTS 2019 in Copenhagen, in addition to the existing categories, there will be one new award category: Nordic Travel Manager.

We invite all members of Nordic business travel associations to nominate a buyer who has improved passenger well-being or travel experience through their initiatives or actions. The nominee must work in the Nordic region and can be responsible for a national, regional, or global travel program.

The winner will be chosen by a jury consisting of the heads of the Nordic associations, plus one buyer member from each association's board. The prize includes free registration for the NBTS 2019 event on 21-22 March.

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