Oregon Business Travel Assoc.

Welcome to OBTA
OBTA is the premiere trade organization that sets industry standards. We bring travel industry suppliers and buyers together for professional development and successful networking opportunities that produce results.

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CHECK OUT OUR GRADUATING CLASS OF THE MAY 14-15 EDUCATION DAY HERE. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Our website is undergoing changes. For instance, this week we added a tab for Sustainability, something we are very proud of. Did you know that OBTA is the only Business Travel Association with a Sustainabilty Director?

In addition we have Sustainability as a topic in our Forums section. You can find it by clicking on the Members Only tab and then clicking on Forums.

We WANT and NEED your input. Use the Forums section to voice your concerns or thoughts on any travel related subject.

Meetings Mean Business is a campaign working to protect the millions of American jobs that depend on business travel and events. Meetings Mean Business supports a robust travel industry that employs millions of hardworking Americans in hotels, restaurants and conference centers across the country. Get more info at their website: http://www.meetingsmeanbusiness.org/

ACTION ALERT!

Support for proposal to provide $550 million for the acceleration of the FAA's Next Generation Air Transportation System. Click here for the letter.

The Media keeps driving stories on companies that received money from the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP). This is causing Members of Congress and others to react and introduce or propose bad legislation. This is hurting the entire business travel community. Click here for more information.

Opposition of the proposed rental car tax increases throughout the state. Click here for the letters.

At the interest of NBTA members and the corporate travel community, NBTA last year began collecting data on unused, non-refundable ticket taxes. To determine how much money is lost in non-refunded taxes and what becomes of that money, NBTA worked closely with Senator Gordon Smith (R-OR) to request an official study.
Senator Smith has requested via letter that the United States Government Accounting Office (GAO) review and report on the auditing and oversight mechanisms related to federal taxes and fees paid as part of the purchase of commercial airline tickets that are not utilized by the purchaser. GAO is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress. Often called the "congressional watchdog," GAO investigates how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars.
The fees and taxes currently levied on commercial passenger tickets include:
1. Domestic Passenger Ticket Tax
2. Domestic Flight Segment Tax
3. Passenger Ticket Tax for Rural Airports
4. International Arrival and Departure Tax
5. Flights between U.S. and Alaska and Hawaii
6. Passenger Civil Aviation Security Fee or “September 11 Security Fee”
7. APHIS Passenger Fee
8. Customs Air Passenger Inspection Fee or “CBP User Fee”
9. Immigration User Fee
10. Frequent Flyer Tax