AmTrav CEO Jeff Klee is getting frustrated by tokenism and perfunctory action when it comes to sustainability and corporate travel. On the 2022 business travel conference circuit, sustainability and purposeful travel were all the rage. Panelists at events large and small touted the urgency to reduce travel and, with it, carbon emissions. Given the chorus…
Corporate travel buyers and travelers have lost some confidence in the services and quality to expect at hotels, but Marriott International doesn’t see that making its way into contractual relationships with corporate accounts. “It’s only come up a couple times, and we have actually tried our best not to engage in those conversations,” said Julius…
One Covid silver lining is the chance for travel management pros to rethink strategies, improve cross-department collaboration and focus on bigger-picture topics like sustainability and duty of care. Combining transient travel and meetings can help with all that. More companies are moving in this direction, according to sources. They cited as motivations financial and people…
As remote-work models become increasingly popular, fewer of employees’ sustainability effects, including impacts from travel, are likely to take place under employers’ physical roofs. But they will still occur on their watch. Making work from home sustainable requires doing more than calculating a simple commute trade-off, according to Ganga Shreedharis, Kate Laffan and Laura M….
The return to business travel is seen as a function of the return to the office, but not everyone will come back. What does that mean for collaboration, training, productivity, stress and quality of work? Steve Glaveski, CEO of Collective Campus and author of “Time Rich: Do Your Best Work, Live Your Best Life,” argues…
Delta is always first among publicly traded airlines to report quarterly earnings. Its boss, Ed Bastian, typically talks more about the corporate travel market than peers at other airlines. Thursday offered no exception, as he told Wall Street analysts to expect a strong spring and summer. “While the new variant is not done, it appears…
To stay or go? To meet and how? What’s it worth? Risk calculators from academics and others are helping members of the general population make up their minds about going out and doing things. Decision fatigue applies to business development, networking and training as much as it does holiday family gatherings. If you have had…
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