Category: Negotiating
Op Ed: Derek Sharp On The Annual Hotel RFP’s Diminished Role
Complicated in the best of times, hotel sourcing is particularly tricky right now. Derek Sharp, SVP and COO for CWT’s RoomIt, makes the case for…
Rising Diversity And Inclusion Awareness Highlights How Much More There Is To Do
With growing awareness this year about the work needed for greater diversity and inclusion, and the benefits of taking it on, the travel community has…
Walmart Seeks Patent On Corporate Travel Contract Optimization
When you’re a big corporation, you can get nice volume discounts. When you’re the biggest, you get to reinvent how they’re used. Walmart seems to…
Corporate Travel Buyers On What They Need From TMCs, How They’re Working With Suppliers And Why Policies Changed (Video)
According to a pair of travel managers who recently completed RFPs for travel management company services, the traveler experience was a bigger priority than ever…
Op Ed: Krissy Herman On 2021 Corporate Hotel Programs
KesselRun Corporate Travel Solutions vice president of client services Krissy Herman shares observations from the current sourcing season and what corporate hotel program managers should…
Why More Clients Than Usual Are Reconsidering Their Travel Management Company Relationships
It’s normal in any year for a handful or two of enormous accounts to reach the expiration of their travel management company contracts and conduct…
Reporter’s Notebook: Reviewing Job Performance During Covid, Coordinating Travel Mgmt. And Security, Reconsidering Corp. Airline Deals, Pursuing Testing Standards
This autumn isn’t panning out the way many of us expected. Business travel hasn’t bounced back, and in-person industry education is non-existent. Fortunately, virtual forums…
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