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Posted Mar 8, 2010
Posted Mar 4, 2010
A great piece in The Beat this week on BA's new compensation program in the USA indicates a different tack by BA in its way to try and reform its business.
Posted Mar 4, 2010
When I asked TripIt execs last summer what kind of volume discounts their travel management company partners can offer clients on the Pro version of the company's itinerary solution, they didn't say. But according to Salt Lake City-based TMC Christopherson Andavo's blog: "We can get you a huge discount on your TripIt Pro annual rate (huge = almost half off)." The hottest tech story in corporate travel right now is the race to one-up traditional emailed itineraries with robust, interactive applications, and investors have taken notice with a fresh $7 million of investment in TripIt, announced Thursday.
Posted Feb 20, 2010
Recently ARC (the old Airlines Reporting Corporation) has begin to make some of its vast data more readily available for the marketplace.
Posted Feb 10, 2010
“All the things you probably hate about traveling--the recycled air, the artificial lighting, the digital juice dispensers, the cheap sushi--are warm reminders that I'm home.” In the critically acclaimed film "Up in the Air" George Clooney's character gladly describes life on the road as a traveling termination expert. Whether you and your employees embrace these warm reminders that you’re living out of a suitcase or not, the road warriors embarking on those business trips are the ones watering the seeds to your company’s growth strategy.
Posted Oct 8, 2009
This chatter around outsourcing the travel manager job to the travel management company is annoying, but I also accept that many travel managers are bogged down with too many administrative tasks and the management may perceive that the position can be eliminated. After all, if a T&E budget is drastically slashed, you don’t need great discounts with suppliers, right?
This is simply wrong.
Posted Oct 7, 2009
Posted Sept 25, 2009
Regarding the discussion about travel management companies inside The Beat community during the past few weeks, it seems that there is an elephant in the room that no one is willing to speak of or tackle. That is the relationship between the global distribution systems and the kickback segment fees. This is disrupting the natural flow of the way that corporations normally handle their suppliers. Perhaps we are focusing too much on the trees and not enough on the forest? What really does make travel so special? Is it really that different from any other good or service a corporation acquires?
Posted Sept 25, 2009
Two readers responded to last week's GUEST column by Doug Weeks regarding travel management company globalization, which itself was in response to feature in The Beat on the role of TMCs ...
Posted Sept 15, 2009
I’ve consulted for few clients on travel agency selection process, and I must tell you …There are many agencies out there who would inflate their claims of how wonderful their agency is. It is really difficult to differentiate true claims to false ones.
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