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Business Travel and Your Bottom Line: 4 Strategies for Maximizing Return on Investment for Corporate Travel
Despite the fact that Return On Investment (ROI) is a financial term, in corporate travel management, the concept is not only about numbers in expense reports but also about opportunities to build relationships with various groups relating to Profit & Loss for the company. We live in a world of technology innovations turning every facet […]
The Best Business Travel Tips to Upgrade Every Step of your Journey
Many people view business travel as one of the worst parts of their job. The stress of policy-compliant booking, tight packing, busy airports, and trying to squeeze a Macbook Pro between yourself and the reclined seat ahead of you without spilling a complimentary ginger ale on the snoring man in 16B can surely be overwhelming. […]
Corporate Travel Management Solutions
Despite the snooze-worthy technical jargon associated with corporate travel management, it is an essential part of any business that involves travel. Investing in management solutions that efficiently organize and manage your employees’ travel saves your company time, money, and contributes significantly to both client and employee satisfaction. With constant new advances in corporate travel management, […]
Tips for Travel Managers to Rock Negotiations with Airlines
Negotiating airfare rates is getting harder every day. Factors like rising taxes and oil prices, increasing unification of airlines, and the strengthening of the online customer make the travel industry a constantly changing environment. Helping businesses through privileged access to travel suppliers and established partnerships, Travel Management Companies (TMCs) offer comprehensive assistance measuring data, interpreting […]
Incorporating “Bleisure” into Your Corporate Travel Policy: How to Keep Your Millennial Employees, Business, and TMC Happy
“Bleisure,” or adding a leisure portion to a business trip, is a hot trend for many millennials. “If I’m already going to London for a meeting with X, Inc. on Thursday,” the thought process goes, “why not stay through the weekend to see Big Ben and chase some fish and chips down with a brew […]
Is Open Booking the Right Fit for Your Company?
Planning business travel can be overwhelming. A lot of energy and time is demanded from companies to cement solid travel programs. It is necessary to select the right dates, book hotels and lodging, arrange local transportation, as well as delegate booking methods, negotiate discounts with suppliers, establish travel policies and handle problems that always pop […]
Aviation and Climate Change: Issues Both Environmentalists and Business Travelers Must Face
It is hard to imagine the business world without aviation. Every day, salesmen and CEOs alike use planes in order to explore international corporate opportunities. Aviation provides companies with greater mobility, accelerated transactions, as well as increases in competitiveness and productivity. We have become so accustomed to flying that we often forget to think about […]
How to Write an Effective Company Travel Policy
Writing an effective company travel policy, which is designed to help a company’s business travelers follow its travel booking and reimbursement procedures, is a tricky task. As Suzanne Wolko, a Luxury Travel Advisor and Consultant for Arden Road Travel who has over 20 years of experience in travel management and finance, tells us: “Writing […]
Bina48: The Robot That Will Immortalize Your Personality
We are all subject to the human condition; we are vulnerable, emotional, and mortal. There is no escaping–at least not yet. Even so, technology is making great strides towards improving the way we live. The transhumanist movement aims to improve the human condition through developing technological immortality. The biotechnologist and entrepreneur Dr. Martine Rothblatt is […]
Computational Creativity: The Potential of Narrative Intelligence
In the first segment of this two-part series on computational creativity, we described computational creativity as a multidisciplinary endeavor. Without the influence of fields such as psychology, cultural studies, and art, it is likely that creative artificial intelligence would not be possible. One of the most essential aspects that all of these fields share is […]