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As More Companies Require Vaccines Internally, Corporate Travel Pros Support Government Mandates For Travel And Dining

ByJay Campbell

About three in four corporate travel suppliers, intermediaries and buyers believe that for international flying, governments should require passengers to prove they have been fully vaccinated against the virus that causes Covid-19.  In the Global Business Travel Association’s October survey of 503 business travel professionals around the world, 69 percent said they supported vaccine mandates…

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Op Ed: Dr. Robert Quigley On Prioritizing Emotional Health In The Workplace

ByRobert Quigley

Last week was Mental Illness Awareness Week, followed on October 10 by World Mental Health Day. To help mark the occasion, International SOS SVP Dr. Robert Quigley weighed in on why and how organizations should recognize and support employees’ emotional health. The Covid-19 crisis has put employee health, particularly emotional health, at the forefront of…

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Pundits Assess Greater Reliance On Travel Management Companies, And Its Challenges

ByJay Campbell

The pandemic made more companies question the value of business travel, but at the same time, reliance on the partners that help manage it grew. According to a Global Business Travel Association survey last month, 52 percent of more than 300 travel buyers said their organizations’ reliance on travel management companies for service and support…

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Should Passengers Be Vaccinated Or Tested To Fly Within The U.S.?

ByThe New York Times

By travel writer Heather Murphy. By the holiday season, flying will have changed dramatically for Americans returning to the United States from abroad. They will be asked to show proof that they are vaccinated, to commit to two coronavirus tests if they are not and to participate in a new contact-tracing system. For Americans traveling…

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Entrepreneurs And The Truth

ByHarvard Business Review

By Kyle Jensen, a senior lecturer and associate dean at the Yale School of Management, Tom Byers, a professor and chair in entrepreneurship at Stanford University’s School of Engineering, Laura Dunham, an associate dean of the Schulze School of Entrepreneurship and chair of the entrepreneurship department at the University of St. Thomas Opus College of…

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Travel Manager Leads Cross-Department Project To Look After Remote Workers

ByDavid Jonas

If you asked EPAM Systems director of global travel, expense and credit card Donna Rufo last November what kept her up at night, she would have said employees working outside their home countries without the company’s knowledge. These scenarios raise insurance, tax and immigration concerns, potentially leaving workers unsupported and employers exposed to financial and…

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Will Required Hotel Guest Vaccinations Hit Corporate Travel?

ByDavid Jonas

While there are plenty of Covid vaccine mandates for indoor places around the country and the world, there are few for hotels. In the United States, they’re limited to a handful of smaller boutique hotels and leisure/resort properties — for now. A few other countries already enacted rules requiring proof of vaccination for lodging guests,…