Wisconsin Business Travel Association Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

The global business travel association, Wisconsin chapter (gbta-wi), hosted numerous educational programs throughout 2025. In january 2025, gbta-wi held its annual travel conference for a day and a half at the osthoff in elkhart lake, wi. The event began with a session on "burn bright, not out: unveiling the secrets to sustained success" presented by emily wright, organizational coach. The first day of the conference concluded with a networking session and silent auction at the osthoff. The evening raised funds for scholarships and other charitable programs throughout the year. Day 2 of the travel conference was an all-day event featuring five sessions. The topics included 1) gbta updates, current travel trends and forecast, volunteer opportunities by rosemary maloney, 2) winning in business by laura smith of hertz, and 3) buyer and supplier roundtable 4) mice (meeting, incentives, conferences & exhibitions) and busisness travel together develop your strategic sourcing skills by grant caplan 5) megan miller tedx & global spekaer the intentionial living method. The event was attended by 43 members and 43 guests from the business travel industry, representing Wisconsin, the chicago area, and the minneapolis area. In march 2025, the chapter meeting was held at the hyatt regency in milwaukee, wi. The event began with allied and direct sessions, followed by networking, lunch, and travel industry discussion luggage, layovers, and llms. A total of 31 members and 8 guests registered for the event. The may 2025 meeting took place at promega corporation in madison, wi. The event started with direct and allied sessions. The meeting had a travel buyer panel that discussed high-level concerns global travel policy factors ndc progress, duty of care and emerging technologies. A total of 43 members and 20 guests attended the event. The summer 2025 event has changed to summer week of service june 22nd-28th. This became a volunteer opportunity for all memebrs to do so in their local area. In september 2025, the chapter meeting was held at the hilton milwaukee, wi. The event started with direct and allied sessions. It was innovation day - the next decade of business travel. The meeting had 4 areas of discussion - traveler-centric travel policy, the booking tug of war, ai vs human touch: whats the balance, and travel roi makeover. The meeting had 30 members and 15 guests in attendance. In november 2025, the chapter meeting was held at hilton appleton paper valley in appleton, wi. The main topic was "the cfo-centric breakthrough for optimizing travel spend" the meeting had 37 members and 6 guests in attendance.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 6.3%; rating input score 6
• Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -33.1%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.25; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: Limited
• Revenue growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings