Meeting/Event Information

The GBTA San Diego Chapter is thrilled to announce a collaborative event with the GBTA Los Angeles Chapter!
All Travel Buyers are invited to the Travel Manager Education Forum, led by Will Tate from GoldSpring Consulting, for morning and afternoon sessions.
The lunch session is open to all (see separate registration link).

The morning and afternoon sessions are educational, open forums for all buyers. Bring your questions! Need help with selecting a new TMC? Are you thinking about re-negotiating hotel rates for the second half of 2025? What is the best audit tool for expenses? Have you started using AI technology in your program? This is a fantastic opportunity to network and converse with your peers. This will be a great follow-up to the Buyer Braindate sessions held at GBTA Denver last month! Connect, collaborate and converse! You set the topics!

Agenda:
10a-Noon-Travel Manager Education Session
Noon-1230p-Networking for all
1230p-2p-Lunch Program for all
2p-4p: Travel Manager Education Session

Location: Hotel Zessa, a Doubletree by Hilton
                  201 E. MacArthur Blvd
                  Santa Ana, CA 92707

***Self Parking is complimentary***            

A special THANK YOU to our Ground Transportation provider for our Board and Buyers!

Moderator: Will Tate - GoldSpring Consulting - Partner

 Will Tate, partner at GoldSpring Consulting, an independent travel management consultancy company, brings three decades of financial accounting and travel management experience to a wide range of organizations.
Beginning his career at Dresser Industries as an internal auditor, he led global operational and financial audits across 30 countries, and later served as its global travel manager, consolidating a global travel spend of $100+million. In 2000, Will joined Management Alternatives, Inc., and served as senior vice president while he simultaneously founded 3d Travel Metrics. He developed a software solution to quantify the effectiveness of travel management programs in a multi-dimensional format.
Will joined the team at GoldSpring Consulting because their goals aligned with his passion for providing exceptional travel management advice, focusing on the traveler service experience with procurement driven programs. Will’s turnkey, proprietary survey tool has created innovation in travel management by connecting these two critical travel components. This relationship creates tangible value, in spite of rising prices and ever- increasing traveler demands.
Further, GoldSpring’s suite of strategic analytic tools allows him to aggregate superior travel spend analyses for an in-depth look at the performance of current travel programs. The result is an independent set of recommendations for client air, hotel and TMC sourcing projects with a focus on the traveler experience. By maximizing travel spend and streamlining corporate travel management processes, Will highlights unrivaled savings and improved service levels for his clients.
Will has taught many industry courses and co-authored the GBTA course “Fundamentals of Business Travel Management.” Will is a Certified Public Accountant and received his Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting from Texas Tech University.