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Paragon Partnership Welcomes AFCV, the French Business Travel Association
Alexandria, VA (February 3, 2005) -- The Paragon Partnership, the global alliance of business travel associations, recently welcomed a new member -- the French Business Travel Association, or l’Association Française des Chargés de Voyages (AFCV). The total membership of the Paragon Partnership is now eleven national corporate travel buyer-led associations dedicated to the support of the travel management profession and the business travel industry.
“The French Business Travel Association is pleased to join this international network of professional travel manager organizations,” said AFCV President, Nicole Lecomte. “Membership in the Paragon Partnership gives AFCV the ability to better represent its members on international issues and to provide members with global networking opportunities.”
The current members of the Paragon Partnership are as follows:
Brazilian Business Travel Association (ABGEV)
Australasian Business Travel Association (ABTA)
Austrian Business Travel Association (ABTA-Austria)
The French Business Travel Association (AFCV)
Canadian Business Travel Association (CBTA)
Danish Business Travel Association (DBTA)
Finnish Business Travel Association (FBTA)
Iberian Business Travel Association (IBTA)
National Business Travel Association (NBTA) USA
Swedish Business Travel Association (SBTA)
The Business Travel Association of Germany (VDR)
“Through the Paragon Partnership, member associations are better equipped to support travel management and the business travel industry internationally,” said President and CEO of NBTA, Carol A. Devine, CCTE. NBTA currently serves as the Secretariat of the Paragon Partnership. “The partner organizations are all pleased to welcome the French Business Travel Association to our alliance to strengthen our goals.”
The Paragon Partnership is the global alliance of business travel associations including buyer-led business travel industry organizations worldwide. Together, the Paragon Partners represent about 4,000 business travel buyers and suppliers. Members of the Paragon Partner associations manage and direct more than $187 billion USD, which translates to more than €143 billion. For more information, see www.paragon-partnership.org.