Much of the rationale for a managed travel program is providing appropriate and satisfactory service to corporate travelers. That means working with airlines, hotels, ground transport firms, travel management companies, tech providers and others to optimize each step of a trip, from booking and planning through to post-trip reports and surveys.
American Express Global Business Travel last month started offering a bundled platform for new U.S. clients spending less than $20 million annually on air travel. In partnership with Jigsaw Research and design consultancy Livework Studio, GBT crafted the program based on several guiding principles for the client experience: personalization, proactive servicing, consistency, value, local expertise and ease…
Amadeus expects this year to reach a major milestone, decommissioning the last of its mainframes. This is the culmination of a multi-year process to achieve “more flexibility and resiliency.” Sabre isn’t there yet. Under new CEO Sean Menke, the company has embarked on a general tech upgrade program. “We will make investments in our IT…
Did today’s blizzard in the Northeast wreck your travel plans? There are a number of developing services that can help corporate travelers avoid such problems. A first step may be knowing the likelihood that a flight could be disrupted before booking it. Flightsayer, a service from Resilient Ops, presents a score for each flight where 1…
[UPDATE, March 7, 2018: We published new information about this topic here.] Two-thirds of Travel and Transport’s client bookings go through self-booking tools. Why, then, did the travel management company spend time and money building out technology at the travel agent point of sale? It’s because the rest often are the most important or tricky…
Mobile Technology March 9, 2017 It’s everywhere, so what’s next for mobile technology in corporate travel? Our expert panel discussed the status quo, keys to creating a mobile strategy, the possible impact of mobile self-service on jobs and operations, and emerging functions like chatbots. Listen to a recording of the live teleconference. This episode featured American Express Global…
New York — It’s easy to make fun of the traditional “green” screens that travel agents use, but it’s really hard to replace them. Executives with large travel management companies deposed for the US Airways v. Sabre lawsuit, now in trial here, pointed to tens of millions of reasons. “It was a money pit,” said…
[UPDATE, Feb 3, 2017: We published new information related to this article here.] [UPDATE, Jan. 19, 2017: American Airlines’ version of Basic Economy goes on sale Feb. 21 for travel starting March 1, first in 10 select markets. Like Delta’s and United’s, AA’s new bottom-level product is meant to provide more choices for customers and…
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