Despite security and safety concerns, a record-breaking number of tourists visited Europe in 2016. Similarly, corporate travel spend is ramping up; the Global Business Travel Association predicts global business travel spend to advance 5.8 percent on average over the next five years reaching $1.6 trillion in 2020. The increasing demand, along with limited supply growth, … Continue reading 2018 hotel forecasts: increasing demand, limited supply growth
How do you know you’re driving maximum savings with your travel program? Are your negotiated rates above industry trends? Accurate and comprehensive travel data is the answer to these questions and the best way of measuring the efficiency of your travel investment. However, correct data and systematic travel management reporting are more than a bunch … Continue reading Maximize your travel management reporting, maximize your savings
A hilarious passage in David Foster Wallace’s popular and lengthy novel Infinite Jest recounts the rise and fall of the video calls. In the novel’s dystopia, after an interval of huge popularity, consumers abandon “videophony” and return to good-old voice-only telephoning for their ‘virtual meetings’ due to the emotional-stress provoked by video calls. In the … Continue reading Virtual meetings are not an alternative to corporate travel
Despite security and safety concerns, a record-breaking number of tourists visited Europe in 2016. Similarly, corporate travel spend is ramping up; the Global Business Travel Association predicts global business travel spend to advance 5.8 percent on average over the next five years reaching $1.6 trillion in 2020. The increasing demand, along with limited supply growth, … Continue reading 2018 hotel forecasts: increasing demand, limited supply growth
How do you know you’re driving maximum savings with your travel program? Are your negotiated rates above industry trends? Accurate and comprehensive travel data is the answer to these questions and the best way of measuring the efficiency of your travel investment. However, correct data and systematic travel management reporting are more than a bunch … Continue reading Maximize your travel management reporting, maximize your savings
A hilarious passage in David Foster Wallace’s popular and lengthy novel Infinite Jest recounts the rise and fall of the video calls. In the novel’s dystopia, after an interval of huge popularity, consumers abandon “videophony” and return to good-old voice-only telephoning for their ‘virtual meetings’ due to the emotional-stress provoked by video calls. In the … Continue reading Virtual meetings are not an alternative to corporate travel
After the financial crisis and the few recession years that followed, Madrid is now making a comeback as an energetic business hub. Inexpensive, welcoming and with plenty of sunny days, taking a business trip to Madrid is becoming ever more popular, and often becomes a favorite destination. Major companies are headquartered in the Spanish capital … Continue reading Business trip to Madrid: What you need to know
Good luck and safe travels! This is a how we bid farewell when someone takes a trip. It’s just an expression but the truth is travel inherently comes along with certain risks. Therefore, corporate travel risk management remains one of the core priorities in the business world today for both business owners and travelers. It … Continue reading Deliver the travel risk management support your employees need
Any company, big or small, will benefit from a clear, well-thought-out corporate travel policy. Defining rules as to how the company travels saves employees time, and stress, but also helps reduce and control costs. Just like any other company policy, a corporate travel policy creates the framework to ensure managers keep their travel spend within … Continue reading Free Guide to Defining a Corporate Travel policy
How many times have you traveled thousands of kilometers and spent the night in a strange city, simply to attend a two-hour meeting the following morning? That’s a long trip for a short meeting and such a waste of time and energy – surely there must a more effective way to travel for work? Business … Continue reading Why one-day business trips might not be a good idea
Langley, UK. 15 February 2017: Travelport Hotelzon, a leading hotel distribution technology provider for the B2B travel industry, has upgraded its hotel booking app with the addition of numerous new features and additional content. Designed to meet the increasing consumer-driven demands of the ever-connected corporate traveler, the updated mobile app version of the popular Hotelzon … Continue reading Travelport Hotelzon releases newly designed hotel booking app for consumer-driven business travelers
The way we travel for business has dramatically changed in the last decade. From the way we book and plan our trips, to our expectations of a personalized travel experience, our travel habits are much different than just a few years ago. While the modern traveler does not belong to one particular age group, a … Continue reading Millennials are redefining business travel: a shift of priorities
