GBTA Berlin: Concur to Enable Next Generation of Business Travel

FRANKFURT, Germany, Oct. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Concur® (Nasdaq: CNQR), leading provider of spend management solutions and services in the world, today announced its official participation as platinum sponsor at GBTA, the most influential conference for the business travel market in Europe.

The Conference hosted by the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) will take place from November 12-14 in the Maritim Hotel in Berlin. Concur will have a comprehensive booth demonstrating how easy travel & expense management can be and showcasing the latest and upcoming products such as TripLink and Concur Messaging. There will also be a dedicated section for TMC Services.

Highlights of this year's GBTA include the speech of Rajeev Singh, President and Chief Operating Officer. His keynote is held on Thursday, November 13 at 9am CET opening the Center stage – Industry Plenary.

"I'm honored to be a part of the discussion around how, together, our industry can meet the changing needs of our customers as they seek greater visibility and insights into their corporate spend while delivering a better travel experience for the business traveler," says Rajeev Singh, President and COO of Concur. "GBTA Europe is where the industry leaders gather to share ideas and drive innovation on behalf of our customers. I'm delighted to be able to share Concur's vision on building a global connected platform that captures the innovation we are seeing in the industry and helps our customers focus on what matters most."

"We are delighted to welcome the president of this vibrant organization as Centre Stage speaker at GBTA," says Catherine McGavock, GBTA's Regional Director for EMEA. "The need to bring more visibility into unmanaged travel spending is an industry wide problem, and we look forward to hearing more from one of the people who has been at the forefront of tackling this issue."

About Concur

Concur is the leading provider of spend management solutions and services  in the world, helping companies of all sizes transform the way they manage spend so they can focus on what matters most. Through Concur's open platform, the entire travel and expense ecosystem of customers, suppliers, and developers can access and extend Concur's T&E cloud. Concur's systems adapt to individual employee preferences and scale to meet the needs of companies from small to large. Learn more at http://www.concur.com or the Concur blog. The Concur Perfect Trip Fund invests in leading edge innovative travel technology companies and is awarding $100,000 in innovation funding at the awards at The Perfect Trip DevCon 2014, from Concur & TripIt. Apply here or learn more at http://www.concur.com or the Concur blog.

About the Global Business Travel Association

The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) is the world's premier business travel and meetings trade organization headquartered in the Washington, D.C. area with operations on six continents. GBTA's 7,000-plus members manage more than $345 billion of global business travel and meetings expenditures annually. GBTA and the GBTA Foundation deliver world-class education, events, research, advocacy and media to a growing global network of more than 28,000 travel professionals and 125,000 active contacts. To learn how business travel drives business growth, visit www.gbta.org.

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