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Op Ed: Clayton Nelson On A New President, New Rules And A Fresh Mandate For Sustainable Travel
The U.S. government’s reorientation to more sustainable thinking is a signal to businesses, according to Egencia head of strategy and business development Clayton Nelson. He…
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…
Op Ed: Brandon Strauss On A Really Perfect Storm For 2021, In A Good Way
Considering pent-up demand, the effects of evolving traveler demographics and newfound wiggle room in corporate budgets, Brandon Strauss of KesselRun Corporate Travel Solutions is bullish…
Op Ed: Anna Price On Hotel Dayrooms
Hotel dayrooms can stand in for office space in certain scenarios. Anna Price, a consultant with Procurigence, explores how organizations can find, manage and pay…
Op Ed: Tony O’Connor On Why Humanity May Need Travel To Survive
Consultant Tony O’Connor looks back 10,000 years and then to the heavens as he contemplates travel’s role in human civilization. Humanity may need travel to…
Op Ed: Tony D’Astolfo On Why It Should Be Us Leading The Return To Business Travel
In his own way, Serko’s Tony D’Astolfo issues a call to action to get the industry out of the gutter. The last time I stepped…
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…
Op Ed: Drew Crawley On Keeping ‘Aviation For All’ A Reality
American Express Global Business Travel has been among the more vocal advocates for a thoughtful restart of business travel. Chief commercial officer Drew Crawley lays…
Op Ed: Alan Tyson And Marcel Syriani On A C (Level) Change For Employee Expense Management
Databasics CEO Alan Tyson and CTO Marcel Syriani examine what clients’ employees have been expensing during the pandemic and recommend a new focus on managing…
Op Ed: Jean-Christophe Lacour On The Potential Impact Of Strong Customer Authentication For Payment
Amadeus recently conducted research to assess the travel industry’s readiness for new payment security rules in Europe. Jean-Christophe Lacour, the company’s head of merchant services…
Op Ed: John Harvey On The Future Of Business Travel Demand
Using an everyday observation, industry veteran John Harvey, managing partner at the Globalyse and Harvey & Heywood marketing and communications firms, finds that people were traveling for…
Op Ed: Scott Gillespie On The Surprisingly Strong Case For Meeting In Person
Industry provocateur Scott Gillespie of tClara poses the question, “Why travel for business?” To help answer that, tClara between Aug. 17 and Oct. 12 surveyed…
Op Ed: Jason King On What’s Really Happening With Employment In The Travel Industry
P. Jason King is founder, president and CEO of P. Jason King Associates, an executive search and career development firm focused on various elements of…
Op Ed: Tom Kallas On TMC Pricing Transparency
During his 41-year career in travel, Partnership Travel Consulting’s Tom Kallas held senior roles at corporate travel agencies including BCD Travel, IVI, Travelocity Business and…
Op Ed: Danny Eldridge On Travel Management Companies’ Time
Danny Eldridge is CEO of ServeVita, a software integration firm that works closely with the likes of Unit4 and Sabre. In this guest post, he…
Op Ed: Jeff Klee On Whether The Industry Is Wasting This Crisis
AmTrav CEO Jeff Klee is concerned that the industry isn’t doing enough to not only survive Covid-19 but emerge from the crisis stronger than before….
Op Ed: Tony O’Connor On The Likelihood Of Higher Travel Costs
In a battered travel industry, which way will prices go? There are strong arguments for both up and down. Tony O’Connor, managing director of the…
Op Ed: Gaurav Sundaram On Reinventing The Global Business Travel Association With A Truly Global Focus
ProKonsul Consulting’s Gaurav Sundaram has some experience with the Global Business Travel Association. He served on the group’s India advisory board between 2012 and 2015,…
Op Ed: Ron DiLeo On The Demise Of ACTE And What’s Next For Business Travel Industry Associations
Ron DiLeo was the executive director and COO of the Association of Corporate Travel Executives from 2010 to 2012. Based on that experience and his…
Op Ed: Mark McSpadden On Creating Confidence Amid An Uncertain Future
Mark McSpadden is vice president of global product strategy and digital experience for American Express Global Business Travel. He’s also a road warrior ruminating on…
Op Ed: Tony O’Connor On The Window Of Opportunity To Reset Industry Associations
Most in-person events organized by industry membership associations are on hold. Even if conditions improve to allow them to resume, consultant Tony O’Connor doesn’t think…
Op Ed: Caroline Strachan And Paul Tilstone On What Went Wrong With GBTA And How To Fix It
Caroline Strachan and Paul Tilstone have been as active as anyone in building and supporting professional travel management associations. This guest contribution from the two…
Op Ed: Sam Hilgendorf On Travel Management Company Business Model Resiliency
Among the effects of the Covid-19 crisis is more dialogue about the efficacy of the prevailing transaction fee pricing structure used by travel management companies….
Op Ed: Liam Moroney On Analyzing Airline Traffic Recovery Trends
Rocketrip has been crunching TSA data to create projections on the pace of the rebound in air traffic. As vice president of marketing Liam Moroney…
Op Ed: Craig Fichtelberg On A Better Stimulus, A Cohesive Plan And A Little Luck
Covid-19 came out of nowhere and the economic rebound is going to take much longer than previously anticipated. AmTrav president and co-founder Craig Fichtelberg is…
Op Ed: Mat Orrego On Approaching And Solving Problems In The Travel Industry, Part 2
A few years ago, Cornerstone Information Systems CEO Mat Orrego wrote the first installment of this editorial. From his perspective, recent events have illustrated some…
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