NBTA to Host Basic of Business Travel Management Course at Sea

The National Business Travel Association (NBTA) announced it will host its Fundamentals of Business Travel Management course onboard the latest addition to Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines´ fleet, Freedom of the Seas, from May 19 to 21.

The Fundamentals of Business Travel Management is specifically designed for professionals new to the discipline or those interested in learning more about corporate travel management.

The May offering of the course will be on board one of the inaugural sailings of Freedom of the Seas, which the largest cruise ship in the world.

Material covered in the Fundamentals of Business Travel Management focuses on maximizing cost containment strategies, improving productivity, creating a managed travel culture within a company, ensuring traveler safety and security, developing travel policies and calculating the return on investment for a managed travel program.

Freedom of the Seas holds up to 3,634 people and features ample meeting and conference space, themed restaurants, casino and spa facilities. The cruise for Fundamentals of Business Travel Management, part of a series of inaugural voyages for the ship, will sail from Boston.

Participants will take one module of the required Fundamentals coursework while aboard the ship. Class work will be held the afternoon of May 19 and the morning of May 20.

The rest of the time will be available to explore the many exciting features of Freedom of the Seas. CTE on the Freedom of the Seas participants will automatically be enrolled in the online course to complete the additional two modules.