Research shows companies increasingly are establishing enterprise-wide risk management programs to offer a bird’s-eye view of all types of risk. So far, though, travel risk doesn’t seem to be part of the conversation. North Carolina State University’s Poole College of Management has an enterprise risk management practice sponsored by Deloitte. Its reports divide risks into three buckets: macroeconomic… Read More »
Most organizations don’t inspect every hotel property they tell travelers to use. They can do some of that with the help of travel management companies and risk specialists, but covering the globe is a tall order. So how do travel management pros really know if properties in their programs are safe? Mostly they’re taking the hotels’ word for… Read More »
Mobile Technology March 9, 2017 Download the recording here. Gift the recording here. Grab the slides here. It’s everywhere, so what’s next for mobile technology in corporate travel? Our expert panel discussed the status quo, keys to creating a mobile strategy, the possible impact of mobile self-service on jobs and operations, and emerging functions like chatbots. This episode featured American Express… Read More »
[UPDATE, Oct. 13, 2016: According to Business Travel News, Concur in early 2017 will include expense receipts and credit card transactions to augment traveler tracking within the Concur Messaging system.] During a crisis, business travelers don’t always check in with their companies when requested to do so. That may result from complacency or ignorance to corporate policies. Perhaps… Read More »
Passwords are annoying. Resetting one in the midst of a crisis is particularly frustrating. But that’s exactly what many corporate managers need to do before finding out if any of their employees are impacted. IJet International on Jan. 1 will offer single sign-on to its systems using credentials that clients store themselves. Part of the travel risk management provider’s technology overhaul,… Read More »
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Houston – You’ve got employees at an overseas location during an outbreak of a nasty disease. Local authorities start clamping down. Quarantines set up by U.S. health officials mean some of your workers can’t re-enter the country, if they can even leave the scene of the outbreak. Maybe some of your employees contracted the disease. Maybe they’ve been… Read More »
As some Concur clients test the new version of its Messenger iOS app, released last month, Concur’s self-described “open” approach to integrating with travel risk management firms already includes five providers, but not some of the bigger names. In the making since Concur two years ago acquired messaging firm conTgo, the app is the mobile companion to Concur’s Messaging service. It’s not meant… Read More »
When moral or legal obligations aren’t enough, proving the ROI of risk management isn’t easy. A new study offers travel pros some data to make the case for a “return on prevention.” The research finds that measures like pre-travel medical checks and malaria prevention pay back. Belgium-based research and consulting firm Prevent in January released the study, sponsored by the International SOS . . .… Read More »
Pre-trip approval for many organizations is a necessary evil. It’s bureaucratic by nature. It may be the antithesis of the traveler-centric approach that’s all the rage on the conference circuit. But the practice is effective for travel pros and senior managers looking to put the kibosh on journeys deemed too expensive, unworthy or unsafe. The ultimate demand-management control, pre-trip approval appears to be… Read More »