Category: Business Travel

With record-low unemployment levels in the U.S., many companies are facing challenges around retaining and attracting top talent – the pendulum has swung in favor of employees. What can you do to make your company more attractive to potential and current employees? Massage chairs and nap rooms are nice, but something more meaningful is a…

Recently, the media reported that beginning in 2021, United States citizens would be required to obtain a Visa to travel to the Schengen area of Europe. Some of the confusion stemmed from a website that popped up: etiasvisa.com. Firstly, U.S. travelers will not need to apply for a Visa to travel to the area starting January 1,…

A corporate travel manager is a niche job role. It exists in most companies in one form or another and those tasked with the job of managing their company’s travel program often were not formally trained to have success in the role, especially in small and medium sized businesses. You don’t go to school for…

The seemingly increasing number of incidents (weather, terrorism, political) happening all over the world have brought corporate travel duty of care into the spotlight in the last several years. Companies are now asking themselves if they have a legal and/or moral obligation to their employees traveling on behalf of the business, and if so, where…

We are about 18 months away from the anticipated enforcement of the Real ID Act. In 2005 Congress opted to implement recommendations made by the 9/11 Commission. Real ID refers to the application of a set of standards for the issuance of various sources of identification, drivers licenses being one form of identification. Different identification purposes…

Does your travel policy address non-refundable hotel rooms? It should because your stance on whether or not your employees can book non-refundable hotel rooms could be costing your company significant sums of money. What appears to be an opportunity to save on hotel costs doesn’t always have the intended effect.   As part of their…

The complexity of your travel program necessitates the type of service model and staffing that your travel management company (TMC) applies to your travel program. Some travel programs are simple while others require a bit more expertise on the part of the TMC. For example, if you’re a heavy Concur Travel and Expense user you…

In the realm of higher education travel, athletics is unique and can be quite demanding. Scheduling travel for an entire season, moving teams and equipment from point A to point B, dealing with flight changes, inclement weather, chartering aircraft and understanding athletic association rules are just a few of the challenges higher education athletics departments…

The hot topics in corporate travel management these days seem to revolve around things like content distribution, meetings management, duty of care, flight disruption insurance and much more, but for some reason, there’s a major component in every travel program that is never mentioned. It’s the component that’s most near and dear to your travelers:…

It’s that time of year when you want to think about upcoming changes in the travel industry and the effect they could have on your travel program in 2019. Supplier policy changes, capacity/demand issues, and fare/rate fluctuations are just a few of the topics to consider. Successful navigation of these changes will ensure you’re able…

When you consider everything a corporate travel manager is responsible for, it’s quite an impressive list: travel policy, traveler support, travel spend reporting, supplier negotiations, travel booking, duty of care policy and much more. Since many travel managers are often “islands” at their companies without internal resources to support them, they often partner with a…

Duty of care has evolved quite a bit over the last several years: companies now have a better understanding of what is expected of them, travelers want their companies to provide some sort of duty of care solution and the technology supporting duty of care programs has evolved tremendously.   Just a few years ago…