Without a treasure map it can be hard to find chests of gold coins just buried in the ground. But they’re there. Every travel program has a secret cache of undiscovered value. You just need to know where to look. Making it harder? Every corporate island has a different treasure map that must be deciphered…
Even the most experienced road warrior could use a few extra ideas to improve the quality of their business trips. Solving problems before they happen is the essence of being the prepared traveler, and these ten ingenious “fixes” will literally be “trip savers” on those occasions when you really need them. Pack your clothing…then put…
It’s understandable if a first time travel manager (or another employee tasked with the responsibility) was a bit daunted by the challenges of their job. Coming from a diverse range of backgrounds (onsite agent, online booking administrator, payroll, financial analyst) employees who take on this function may have some areas where additional research will be…
Last week, the Department of Transportation announced it had established an online guide to the specific remedies offered by airlines to passengers who had experienced a cancellation or delay that was due to circumstances within the airline’s control. (To view the dashboard, click here.) Very soon after publishing the dashboard, which we think is a…
A cursory examination of the Hotel and Airline industries reveals a huge disparity between how the two sectors have fared after a return to travel. Both experienced a crippling lockdown, a sharp reduction in staff and costly requirements for increased sanitation protocols. They both also experienced the same vigorous resurgence of business as pent-up demand…
We work with a lot of travel managers. And the funny thing we’ve noticed is that while they are all different, we often see many traits and tendencies which are alike. Attention to detail is one…all travel managers have good attention to detail, it’s in the blood. Beyond that, many travel managers have other similarities…
Just two months after adding the U.S. to its Safe Travel List, the European Union did an about face and recommended to its 27 member states that they ban nonessential travel from the United States. To be clear, the recommendation was not a ruling; each EU country would still be responsible for setting its own…
Is this the tropical vacation you’ve been dreaming about? Just 30 miles down the coast from Cancun, the Hotel RIU Dunamar offers all-inclusive luxury on the Riviera Maya without all the crowds. This five star resort sits on the ocean near local sites like Tulum, with the only Mayan pyramid along the coast, or Xcaret…
One of the challenges facing corporate travel managers today is keeping up with changing demographics among your firm’s employees. As more millennials take over positions of power within corporations the end result can be a wave of out-of-date assumptions about what’s important to your travelers. But the disconnect between a travel program and the corporate…
Last week Hilton announced it was unveiling it’s 18th brand. This makes for the sixth new brand announced by Hilton in the last three years. Dubbed Tempo by Hilton, the “approachable lifestyle brand” is targeted at the “modern achiever.” Heavy-duty marketing lingo to be sure, but in an interview with Skift, the chain’s Senior Vice…