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Still Seeing Runway In Guest Travel, Pana Gets $3.6M For Something New (Audio)

Jay Campbell February 1, 2021 Leave a comment

[UPDATE, Mar. 29, 2021: Pana was acquired by Coupa.] At a time when corporate employees, much less non-employees, are not really traveling, guest travel specialist…

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A Few Minutes With GE Strategic Sourcing Leader Betty Sweetman

The Company Dime September 17, 2018 Leave a comment

Ever wonder where a career in travel management could take you? Jay Campbell last week spoke for about nine minutes with a former head of…

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Rising Diversity And Inclusion Awareness Highlights How Much More There Is To Do

2020-11-24 • 0 Comments

With growing awareness this year about the work needed for greater diversity and inclusion, and the benefits of taking it...

Corporate Travel Buyers On What They Need From TMCs, How They’re Working With Suppliers And Why Policies Changed (Video)

2020-11-17 • 1 Comment

According to a pair of travel managers who recently completed RFPs for travel management company services, the traveler experience was...

More Travel Management Company Consolidation Is Coming And If Past Is Precedent, Most Clients Will Be Fine (Audio)

2020-10-27 • 0 Comments

Travel management company owners who sell their companies in the near future will be fortunate to get half of what...

Explainer: The ARC Corporate Travel Department

2020-08-13 • 4 Comments

Is ARC's Corporate Travel Department designation more or less valuable than before the pandemic? The question is rumbling around among...

Corporates Care About Managing Environmental Impact And There’s No Time Like The Present

2020-06-10 • 0 Comments

Three in four European corporate travel decision makers polled early this year agreed that changes were needed to address sustainability...

Ties With Human Resources Tighten As Corporate Travel Management Gains Executive Visibility

2020-04-24 • 4 Comments

In the early days of the crisis, travel departments worked closely with risk and security. They still do, but in...

Coronavirus Exposes Weaknesses In Business Traveler Tracking

2020-03-27 • 7 Comments

It's unfortunate when an event requires an emergency review of tracking systems so employers can help business travelers out of...

Economist: Slow Pace Of NDC Through GDSs Isn’t Surprising, GDSs Dominate Because TMCs Need Them

2020-02-18 • 1 Comment

Wilmington, Del. — Global distribution systems dominate indirect air travel distribution because travel agencies don't want it another way. So...

CWT CEO Backs GDSs, Schools Court On Costs Of Corporate Travel Distribution

2020-02-10 • 1 Comment

Trial testimony by CWT president and CEO Kurt Ekert proved instructive for anyone looking to understand travel management company dependence...

Explainer: TMC Profit Margins

2020-01-29 • 3 Comments

It’s not unusual to hear travel management company executives talk about their small profit margins, but their margins are average...

How To Break The Bond Between Corporate Travel Management And International Criminal Activity

2019-12-18 • 0 Comments

It was a record year for U.S. federal prosecution of corruption and fraud. The Justice Department Criminal Division in 2019...

Big Companies Turn To Biofuel To Help Cut Business Travel Air Emissions

2019-12-13 • 0 Comments

It seems each new week brings another announcement about plans for sustainable aviation fuel. Several European airlines recently gave customers...

Complexity In Ground Transport Gives Rise To Outsourced Management

2019-12-05 • 1 Comment

Longtime ground transportation tech integrator Groundspan recently created a side business out of helping clients source suppliers and keep them...

To Make A Virtual Agent, IBM Says, Put The Conversation Before The Device

2019-12-03 • 0 Comments

IBM isn't interested in building a booking engine, but its researchers are working to help business travelers with the post-booking...

As Finance Leaders Discuss Digital Transformation, Scholar Advises Companies To Shrink Administrative Departments And Pool Their Resources

2019-11-19 • 0 Comments

New York — You hear it all the time: Business travel is an investment. Do corporations really believe that? Are...

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Op Ed: Scott Gillespie On The Folly Of Blanket Bans On Internal Corporate Travel

2021-05-04 • 1 Comment

Industry thinker Scott Gillespie of tClara is focused on determining which trips are and aren't worthwhile. He advocates using a...

Op Ed: AmTrav CEO Jeff Klee On The (Possible) End Of Airline Distribution As We Know It

2021-05-03 • 4 Comments

Airline distribution has been evolving, at times quickly or slowly, for decades. The potential for change has always been great....

Op Ed: Clayton Nelson On A New President, New Rules And A Fresh Mandate For Sustainable Travel

2021-03-11 • 1 Comment

The U.S. government's reorientation to more sustainable thinking is a signal to businesses, according to Egencia head of strategy and...

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GBTA Throws Its Lot In With ASTA, Ground Transport Groups To Seek Relief

2020-03-20 • 0 Comments

The Global Business Travel Association lent its support to the American Society of Travel Advisors as industry groups press Washington...

SAP Concur Reworks Travel Management Company Partner Program, Shuts Down TMC Risk Messaging Service

2019-10-03 • 0 Comments

In a move that opens up opportunities for risk management and communications firms, SAP Concur is sunsetting its TMC Messaging...

Automation Breathes New Life Into Traveler Incentive Programs

2014-12-09 • Comments Off on Automation Breathes New Life Into Traveler Incentive Programs

Well before gamification became a corporate travel buzzword, companies had straightforward ways to reward travelers for booking cheaper flights. Traveler...