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Alexandria, VA (July 20, 2009) – The National Business Travel Association (NBTA) today announced that it will present Donna Kelliher, GLP, CTC, with the 2009 President’s Award at the International NBTA Convention & Exposition on Aug 24 in San Diego. The President’s Award is presented each year by the NBTA President to recognize the outstanding contributions of an NBTA Direct Member who provides leadership and vision within NBTA and helps to advance the travel management industry.

Kelliher, Director of Travel & Corporate Services at Dominion, a leading U.S. provider of commodity energy and energy services, has been a dedicated member of NBTA for nearly 10 years. She is currently a member of the NBTA Technology Committee, after having chaired the committee from 2006 to 2008. Actively involved in career enhancement efforts, Kelliher also serves as an expert speaker and presenter for several NBTA programs and has attended multiple international NBTA events, including the past five annual Conventions.

NBTA President & CEO, Kevin Maguire, GLP, CCTE, commented, “Donna Kelliher has been a dedicated friend to NBTA and its members for nearly 10 years, striving constantly to advance the corporate travel industry and serve as a leader within her professional and personal community. Her expertise and enthusiasm has helped NBTA to maintain its position as the world’s leading association for business travel professionals.”

Kelliher has been in the business travel industry for more than 30 years, 22 of which have been spent at Dominion in Richmond, Virginia, where she is responsible for corporate travel management, including aviation and logistics for emergency response programs. She also sits on the Advisory Board for Virginian’s for High-Speed Rail and is the Chair of Richmond’s Air Service Task Force. Kelliher was the recipient of the Business Travel News Travel Manager of the Year in 2007, was honored with one of the first Richmond International Airport Navigator Awards, has been named one of the Top 25 Most Influential Executives of the Business Travel Industry by Business Travel News.

Maguire continued, “Donna’s unwavering commitment to the industry has contributed to the success of programs and initiatives that have crossed international borders. I am proud to present the 2009 NBTA President’s Award to Donna Kelliher – my colleague and friend.”

About the 2009 NBTA International Convention & Exposition
Widely recognized as the must-attend event for business travel buyers, suppliers, industry leaders and business travel journalists, the 2009 NBTA International Convention & Exposition will be held in San Diego August 23-26, 2009.  More than 5,000 travel professionals are expected to take advantage of the Convention’s programming, designed to empower attendees to maximize value for their companies, including more than 65 seminars on the most important topics in business travel, more than 400 companies exhibiting in the Expo and countless opportunities for networking with peers. For details, visit www.nbtaconvention.org.   

The National Business Travel Association (NBTA) is the world’s premier business travel and corporate meetings organization. NBTA and its regional affiliates – NBTA Asia Pacific, the Brazilian Business Travel Association (ABGEV), NBTA Canada, NBTA Mexico, and NBTA USA – serve a network of more than 15,000 business travel professionals around the globe with industry-leading events, networking, education & professional development, research, news & information, and advocacy. NBTA members, numbering more than 4,000 in 30 nations, are corporate and government travel and meetings managers, as well as travel service providers. They collectively manage and direct more than US$200 billion of global business travel and meetings expenditures annually on behalf of more than 10 million business travelers within their organizations. For more information, visit www.nbta.org