The picture may be getting clearer, but the pandemic temporarily made it impossible for corporate travel buyers to predict where and when company employees would be traveling — much less staying, eating or meeting. Shedding light on this is becoming one of the more appreciated benefits of a U.K.-based tech firm that set out in…
Nothing is more important in corporate travel nowadays than keeping travelers in the know. Travelers themselves often are the eyes and ears, gathering intel on the ground and in the air. To help share tips, reviews and health and safety protocols, and to solicit traveler feedback, BCD Travel has enlisted engagement platform provider Tripism. Now…
Montréal-based travel management company Encore Travel last year created a spinoff tech firm to take on the many challenges of internal travel program communications. With millions of dollars invested, its new portal and related services have three customers as part of a soft launch. Seven more lined up to begin implementation by year-end. The TMC…
TravelBank during the past few months added what sources said was a relatively small amount of new funding and GrubHub as a relatively big client. It also announced a rather large number of new and planned features. So what’s next? Will the startup go the way of Lola and Upside and seek the stability of…
Health insurance giant Anthem got its travel management company, BCD Travel, to play nice as it brings the Roadmap mobile app to employees. That others face resistance when they want to do the same highlights a broader conflict over the corporate traveler’s mobile loyalty. The friction between Roadmap, its clients and its prospects on one…
Thanks for your interest in our new audio series in which we interview the industry veterans at GoldSpring Consulting about developments in travel management. In this second installment, recorded March 18, 2019, GoldSpring partner Will Tate talks to The Company Dime’s Jay Campbell about Southwest Airlines’ upcoming requirements for using credit cards online, supplier promotions…
Building on work with launch client Microsoft, Tripism’s employee feedback-based, intranet-enhancing engagement platform now features dynamic offers from preferred suppliers. The functionality comes at no cost to the client’s favored airlines, hotels and car rental companies. They can “escape the confines” of the global distribution systems to showcase content, benefits and promotions — and get data…
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