Tag: Festive Road
Op Ed: Paul Tilstone On New TMC Needs In A New Era
Festive Road’s Paul Tilstone interprets recent survey results about corporate clients’ relationships with travel management companies suggesting that even in the face of current market…
Scott Gillespie Creates Patent-Pending Trip Justification Tool For New Era Of Business Travel Demand Management
Should you Zoom or should you go? Veteran travel industry advisor Scott Gillespie developed a simple tool to help decide. There are others, and he…
McKinsey Highlights Travel As Poster Child For Outsourcing
In a November paper that otherwise favored optimizing indirect procurement over outsourcing it, McKinsey & Co. suggested companies consider outsourcing travel procurement. It’s debatable whether…
The Future Of Travel Management Companies: Part Four, Pricing Comes To Jesus
People called for a restructuring of travel management company pricing for years before the pandemic; now, some call it urgent. Stopgaps are in place in…
Travel Snafus Are Piling Up, As Are Resources To Help Avoid Them
Job No. 1 for today’s managed travel program is understanding fluid government and supplier policies, and preparing travelers for what they’ll face on the road….
Hotel Cleanliness: Know Before You Book, And Maybe While You’re There
Hotels are taking hygiene very seriously. Instilling confidence is the top strategic challenge, but the practicalities are difficult. One is getting the specifics of new…
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…
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