GLOBAL BUSINESS TRAVEL GROUP, INC.
666 3rd Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10017
(212) 679-1600
August 4, 2022
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Energy & Transportation
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-3561
| Attn: | Loan Lauren Nguyen |
| Irene Barberena-Meissner |
| RE: | Global Business Travel Group, Inc. (the “Company”) |
| Registration Statement on Form S-1 | |
| File No. 333-265748 |
Dear Ms. Nguyen and Ms. Barberena-Meissner:
Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company hereby respectfully requests that the effective date of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-265748) be accelerated by the Securities and Exchange Commission to 4:30 p.m. New York time on August 5, 2022, or as soon as practicable thereafter.
We request that we be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to P. Michelle Gasaway of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP at (213) 687-5122 and that such effectiveness also be confirmed in writing.
| Very truly yours, | ||
| Global Business Travel Group, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Eric J. Bock | |
| Eric J. Bock | ||
| Chief Legal Officer, Global Head of M&A and Compliance and Corporate Secretary | ||
cc: P. Michelle Gasaway
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
cc: Gregory A. Fernicola
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
