GBTA | Texas September 2025 Monthly Meeting

please join us on

Thursday, September 11th, 2025
3:30pm - 6:00pm

Registration & Networking from 3:30pm to 4:30pm

Chapter Business & Education Session from 4:30pm-6:00pm

Topic:

Innovation Takes Center Stage!
Don’t miss GBTA Texas’s Innovation Shark Tank — a fast-paced, interactive showcase where travel tech supplier pitches cutting-edge solutions to enhance the corporate travel experience. 

Travel Supplier

Greg Wilczek, CEO of emPath Travel & Expense

emPath is a travel and expense platform built for the unique needs of guest
travelers—individuals who travel on a company’s behalf but are not employees, like job
candidates, contractors, event speakers, field workers, prehires, HCPs, crew, teams, and
consultants. The platform provides a "non-profiled" travel solution that allows companies to
manage the entire journey for these travelers, from booking flights and hotels to collecting
receipts and processing reimbursements. By centralizing all travel, payment, and expense data
in one hub, emPath simplifies manual processes, cuts costs, improves data security, and
ensures all trips remain compliant with corporate policy.

Buyer Panel

Kathryn Craven, Global Travel Manager

Claire Cockerell, Senior Supply Chain Analyst

Facilitator

John Vawter, Senior Vice President- ERM, BCD Travel

sponsored by

The Laura Hotel, Houston Downtown

1070 Dallas Street Houston, TX 77002

Click here to learn more about The Laura Hotel Houston Downtown!

Parking: $12.00 Parking. The Laura Hotel’s valet system allows guests to pay and request their vehicle via text.
To get the discounted parking rate, please have attendees use the code GBTA. Valet is located right in front of the hotel, next to the entrance.

 *Please be advised that photographs and video will be taken during the above event which may be posted on our website, social media or news outlets.