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Companies Increasingly Urge Employees To Stay in Green Hotels
According to a survey conducted by the National Business Travel Association in August, 21% of corporate travel managers said environmental practices are important in choosing a travel company — up from 16% a year earlier — USA Today repor...
Average Ticket Prices for Business Travelers Expected to Increase in 2010 - Study Reveals
According to a study released by Egencia — the Egencia’s 2010 Corporate Travel Forecast — average ticket prices (ATPs) for corporate travelers are expected to increase globally as average daily rates (ADRs) for business travelers are ex...
Car Rental Taxes Proliferating in the U.S.
As states and municipalities in the U.S. look for revenue to balance their budgets in recessionary times, taxes imposed on renting a car are becoming a way to close budget gaps. Some figures There were 114 separate state and local excise taxes for ...
Online Travel Agencies Outperforming Other Business Travel Distribution Channels
According to the report produced by PhoCusWright, Inc — “PhoCusWright’s U.S. Online Travel Overview” — the online leisure/unmanaged business travel market is significantly outperforming every other distribution channel i...
Where Business Travel is Going: More Productivity and In-flight WiFi
The recession has fundamentally changed the traditional business travel model. Even though industry experts suggest business travel is slowly coming back, companies are more firmly in charge of enforcing travel policy than ever. Charles Petruccelli,...
Telepresence: American Express Business Travel Unveils Innovative Solution
American Express Business Travel yesterday unveiled virtual meetings eXpert, an innovative solution in the field of telepresence. eXpert will act as a central hub and aggregator of both public telepresence facilities and the private network a compan...
Companies Establishing In-House Travel Agencies
In the effort to lower business travel costs, many companies are establishing in-house travel agencies, USA TODAY reports. The newspaper says 129 companies — Wal-Mart Stores is one of them — and organizations such as universities have est...
Insurance Advice for Employees Traveling Overseas
Companies with employees who travel overseas need to have robust travel policies and emergency procedures in place to protect their staff if an emergency situation occurs. Below is a list of things companies can do to help their staff stay safe ...
Hotel Fees Slashed and Incentives To Increase Business Travel in North Texas
Many organizations involved in the travel industry are collaborating to boost business travel in North Texas. Hoteliers, area convention bureaus, ground transportation providers and American Airlines have created a co-op called the DFW MeetNowPromis...
Business Travel Trends in Recession Times
European travel and expense management company KDS has recently surveyed 435 business travelers around the world to see how their travel behaviour had changed as a result of the recession. The KDS study highlights 4 main business travel trends. - ...
Virgin Blue Launches Corporate Travel Program for Small Medium Businesses
Virgin Blue has launched a program which has been developed specifically for small to medium businesses. Virgin Blue’s Accelerate Program rewards small businesses for travelling with Virgin Blue when they spend over $20,000 per annum on eligible d...
Insurance for Business Travel: “Travelers” Launches International Coverage Extensions
Leading property casualty insurer Travelers announced the launch of its International Coverage Extensions for Commercial Accounts, Travelers mid-sized business customers. The new coverage extensions provide liability protection for worldwide situatio...
Online Travel Agencies To Waive Booking Fees
Major online travel agencies are eliminating fees — $7 to $12 — they charge to book an airline ticket. USA TODAY writes: “Orbitz, CheapTickets and Travelocity said this week that they have extended spring-time promotions that let ...
Online Booking Sites Launch No-fee Promotion
Travelocity.com eliminated booking fees on all airline tickets booked from now through May 31. The last week Travelocity.com’s competitor Expedia.com had launched a similar free-booking promotion....
Qantas Launches Business Travel Management System for SME
Qantas has launched a new online business travel management system. The airline says the new system, called Qantas Business Essentials, is a customized booking tool specifically designed to help small to medium-sized enterprises (SME) manage their t...
Business Travel Trends and Tips in Recession Times
The recession’s impact on business travel was the main theme at a Business Travel Summit held in New York by travel industry executives representing Best Western International, Southwest Airlines and MasterCard Worldwide. The roundtable also pr...
