Travel Impact 2025 – A GBTA Legislative Update
Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025  
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT  
Featuring:  Shane Downey, VP Government Relations, GBTA  
Included:   All GBTA Texas Chapters

Please join us for an insightful virtual event with Shane Downey, VP of Government Relations at GBTA, as he explores the political landscape and its implications for the business travel community in 2025.

Discover the key trends, challenges, and opportunities that lie ahead. 

Register now and secure your spot!  
PLEASE NOTE: The call-in link will be sent prior to the event.  

Shane Downey, VP of Government Relations GBTA 
 
Shane Downey is Vice President of Government and Community Relations at The Global
Business Travel Association, the voice of the $1.357 trillion business travel industry. 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 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. 
In addition to serving as the association’s lead lobbyist in Europe, Canada and the U.S. Shane
oversees GBTA’s volunteer engagement on grassroots political activity. Shane has worked at
GBTA since 2006, achieving many legislative successes and expanded the profile of GBTA in
governments across the globe. 
 
Prior to joining GBTA, Shane was a Senior Associate at a lobbying firm in Washington, D.C.,
and before that Shane worked on Capitol Hill and several Congressional Campaigns.  
  
Shane received his B.A in History from The Ohio State University. Shane also served in the
United States Marine Corp and is a Desert Storm veteran.