Tag: corporate travel
Brazil Corporate Travel and Cruise Specialist AZ Travel joins UNIGLOBE
UNIGLOBE Travel has expanded its network in South America with the addition of UNIGLOBE AZ Travel in Curitiba. Owned by Alessandro Azevedo, UNIGLOBE AZ Travel has been in business since ... Read More
From 2020 Lufthansa corporate customers will fly CO2 neutral
In January 2020, the Lufthansa Group is launching an attractive range of climate-friendly business travel products: With the Lufthansa Group Corporate Value Fares, corporate customers can fly CO2-neutral on Lufthansa, ... Read More
Choice Hotels corporate travel focus
Choice Hotels International, Inc. will launch a new nationwide advertising campaign June 17 that reinforces its commitment to welcoming both business and leisure travelers. "We're proud of our history as ... Read More
EscapeMaker to host all women-led first-ever Virtual Agritourism Conference
Fourteen women industry experts join forces to create an evergreen educational resource for innkeepers, farmers, winemakers, craft beverage producers and ag-related destinations to grow their businesses. EscapeMaker.com, a guide to ... Read More
Centara Grand & Convention Centre at CentralWorld Bangkok to reaffirm status as Thailand’s leading MICE venue
Centara Hotels & Resorts, Thailand’s leading hotel operator, is anticipating one of the strongest years to date for Centara Grand & Convention Centre at CentralWorld Bangkok, its flagship hotel and ... Read More
dnata wins four accolades at World Travel Awards Middle East
dnata has won four accolades at the 2019 World Travel Awards earning the titles of Middle East's Leading Corporate Travel Company; Middle East's Leading Airline GSA (general sales agent); United ... Read More
Travel Leaders Network embarks upon major international expansion
Travel Leaders Network, North America's largest travel agency organization, in partnership with sister company Travel Leaders Corporate, has embarked upon a large-scale international expansion program to expand opportunities and provide ... Read More
Strongest year-by-year growth in a decade expected
The number of business trips and the cost of those trips is set to rise in 2019, according to the 14th annual International Travel Management Study (22 October 2018). Almost ... Read More
Club Travel Corp. welcomes former Travelex head honcho
Kananelo Makhetha will assume the role of Club Travel Corporate Chief Executive on April 1, 2019 based at Club Travel Corporate's Johannesburg office. Makhetha is a seasoned travel and tourism ... Read More
Global average airline ticket price expected to drop by April
CWT Solutions Group forecasts global average ticket prices (ATP) for air bookings will drop to around US$673 by April, down just over 4% from February levels, as published fares correct ... Read More
Ebix offers to buy India’s largest corporate travel exchange
Ebix, Inc. today announced that it has sent a letter to the Board of Yatra Online, Inc., outlining its offer to acquire 100% of the outstanding stock of Yatra Online ... Read More
Tokyo named Asia’s Best “Bleisure” City
As corporate travel booms across Asia-Pacific, the concept of bleisure is gaining traction, spurring the region's cities to better integrate opportunities for leisure amid busy business trips. The 2019 bleisure ... Read More
Travelport Digital and BCD Travel extend long-standing partnership
Travelport announced today that it has renewed its long-standing partnership with BCD Travel. With this new agreement, Travelport Digital will continue to collaborate on BCD Travel’s digital traveler engagement solution, ... Read More
Dusit boosts global sales team
Dusit International, a Thailand hotel and property development company, has announced the appointment of new sales directors to head its Global Sales Offices in India and Europe, including a new ... Read More
FCM announces Global NDC Team to drive industry collaboration
FCM Travel Solutions and parent company Flight Centre Travel Group have established a Global Airline Distribution Team to spearhead industry collaboration between technology and GDS providers, TMCs and airlines in developing ... Read More
Enterprise car rental to take over Deem
Enterprise Holdings will acquire travel technology company Deem. Read More
ECPAT-USA expanding anti-human trafficking training to new areas of travel industry
New anti-human trafficking training is designed for travel management professionals, corporate travel managers, and those in the meeting and events industry. Read More
FCM Ends 2018 on a High After Winning World’s Leading Travel Management Company Trophy for 8th Year Running
FCM Travel Solutions, which has a presence in over 95 countries globally, is ending 2018 on a high after being named the World’s Leading Travel Management Company at the World ... Read More
Delta Air Lines carried 15.5 million passengers in ‘record’ November 2018
Delta Air Lines today reported operating performance for November 2018. The company carried 15.5 million customers across its broad global network, a record for the month of November. For the ... Read More
H.I.S. reports full year results
H.I.S. Co., Ltd., a leading travel and airline ticket agency, has announced results for the full year ended October 31, 2016. Read More
Why cash isn’t king – IT&CM China Day 2 topic
SHANGHAI, China –Day two of IT&CM China opened with the Corporate Travel Forum. Delivering the address on performance improvement was Mr. Read More
Global hotel rates for business travel come within 1 percent of 2008 and 2007 levels
DALLAS, Texas – Average hotel daily rates paid for corporate travel in August were within 1% of those paid pre-recession in August 2007 and 2008 globally, according to data released ... Read More
Top ten 2012 US meeting trends
The list of "Top Ten Meeting Trends for 2012" has been revealed by US-based hospitality management industry. Read More
Global hotel rates outperform year-to-date pace in November
DALLAS, Texas – The leisure and corporate hotel markets returned solid results globally for bookings and rate growth in November, according to data released today. Read More
Corporate travel credit card benefits – let me count the ways
Most every agency engages in the practice of allowing more than an average of 13.5 days for a corporate travel customer to pay for tickets issued. Read More
IT&CMA and CTW 2010 opens today in Bangkok
BANGKOK, Thailand - In keeping with this year's theme, the organizers of IT&CMA and CTW 2010 are "redefining" delegates’ experience while contributing to corporate social responsibility by rolling o Read More
Study shows potential savings of $30B through stricter air travel policies
ALEXANDRIA, Va. and BELLEVUE, Wash. Read More
Corporate travel executive admits $35M bogus trips fraud
NEW YORK — The head of a Nevada company that manages business travel for major corporations admitted Wednesday she booked bogus trips to net herself $17 million — money prosecutors ... Read More
Corporate travel buyers divided over new United
Corporate travel buyers are divided as to how the planned merger between United Airlines and Continental Airlines will affect their travel programs, though a clear majority said U.S. Read More
Loews CEO Tisch: US did a “good job of killing” hotel business
Jim Tisch, the leader of Loews Corp., said the U.S. Read More
National Business Travel Association: Government gets C+ on corporate travel
When it comes to dealing with issues and policies affecting the corporate travel industry, the National Business Travel Association (NBTA) has given the U.S. government a C+, it announced last ... Read More
Corporate travel: Slow but steady rise in business demand
Clear evidence of both resurgent transaction volumes and, at least in the airline sector, improving revenue trends, has meant that corporate travel demand, after finally turning positive in late 2009, Read More
Resort ‘discrimination’ addressed by Congress
When it comes to luring convention- and conference-goers this winter, sun-drenched resort towns may be too much fun for their own good. Read More
Corporate travel is in retreat, thanks to AIG
The bailed-out AIG's lavish junket has led U.S. companies to cancel $1 billion in conferences so far this year. Read More
Governor asks Obama to back corporate travel to Hawaii
HONOLULU, HI - More than 130 businesses and other groups that had planned to travel to Hawaii for conventions and meetings have canceled their trips so far this year because ... Read More
Travel industry says bailout rhetoric goes too far
Hotel and tourism industy officials are warning about a damaging “AIG effect” on their local businesses. Read More