You're making a pitch in an unfamiliar city. The flight home is in a couple of hours, but you're making headway with the client. Your phone dings: "If you don't leave in the next 30 minutes, you'll miss the flight. Would you like to rebook?" Tap yes and get back to the meeting.
Too good to be true? Yes, but it may not be for long. Proactive rebooking is in the cards for FCM's Sam app, which already sends the alerts. For now, travelers still need to text with or call an . . .
Before starting The Company Dime with David Jonas in 2014, journalist Jay Campbell a decade earlier created travel business newsletter The Beat. In 2006, Jay co-founded Travel Procurement magazine and in 2010 helped integrate them with Business Travel News. He served as BTN's editorial director until 2013. Jay made his travel industry media debut in 1993 at the Air Travel Journal of Boston while earning his undergraduate degree in journalism at Boston University. He would be happy to connect on LinkedIn. He's here at CorporateTravel.social on Mastodon.
