TMC-Corporate Ties Need Service + Technology
Is value-added service or technological enhancement the key to strengthening the professional relationship between travel management companies (TMCs) and their corporate clients?
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Survey Sees Need to Better Manage Risk of Global Biz Travelers
“Business travelers do not get enough travel health and security training, especially those venturing into high-risk areas,” was the key message of a report delivered to delegates at the annual Asia-Pacific Education Conference of the Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) this week in Singapore.
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What Corporations Need from TMCs
What’s the greatest challenge facing travel-management companies (TMCs) today in their quest to establish and strengthen working relationships with corporations and their travelers? To a number of agency executives fresh off four days of high-profile networking with their corporate counterparts at the 2010 National Business Travel Association (NBTA) Convention & Exposition in Houston, it’s the need to prove their value to their customers… every day.
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Airline Execs See Return to Premium Fares in the Wings
How do new entrants to the global aviation marketplace measure up against the world’s legacy carriers? According to Etihad Airways CEO James Hogan, the answer is surprisingly well.
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Grand Forks To Add In-Line Baggage Handling
Grand Forks International Airport is the latest to add an in-line baggage-handling system.
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CEOs See Opportunity in Consolidation, Technology
A quartet of CEOs at the recent National Business Travel Association (NBTA) Convention & Exposition in Houston speak about how consolidation and improved technologies are changing the face of the travel industry.
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Corporate Cost Cutting Threatens Biz Travel Rebound, Execs Say
Corporate travel has been rebounding, but it could be challenged by rising oil prices and austerity measures, according to members of “Travel’s Value Chain CEO Panel” at the recent National Business Travel Association (NBTA) convention.
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Dallas Love Field Airport To Receive Upgraded Baggage Handling
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) reported it plans to award approximately $19.5 million to Dallas Love Field Airport for construction related to the installation of a new in-line baggage handling system.
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NBTA: Biz Travel Increase Signals Economic Rebound
For the nearly 6,000 industry professionals from 40 countries in Houston for the 2010 National Business Travel Association (NBTA) International Convention & Exposition, the message delivered came across loud, clear and roundly appreciated: “Business travel is coming back!”
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Corporate Travel Agents Skeptical on Tarmac Rule's Impact
Three months after the implementation of legislation barring U.S. airlines from keeping passenger-laden planes delayed on the tarmac for three or more hours or risk facing hefty fines, it seems aviation-industry concerns don’t square up with statistical evidence on the rule’s impact on air travel convenience or flight cancellations.
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NBTA and Amadeus Team Up On Improved Masters Program
The National Business Travel Association (NBTA), together with Amadeus, announced a partnership to transform the Masters Program into a global thought-leadership forum for C-level and senior executives as well as a think tank for the travel industry.
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Globalization of Travel Management Highlights NBTA Conference
Amid cautious optimism on the recovery of both business travel and the global economy, the growing globalization of business travel management was a major theme at the National Business Travel Association convention in Houston. NBTA becomes the Global Business Travel Association next year.
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Study Says Excessive Taxes on Travel Can Deter Visitors, Meetings
Excessive local travel-related taxes can be a deterrent to meetings and travelers and damage local economies, according to an annual study of car-rental, hotel and meal taxes in the top 50 U.S. travel destination cities, sponsored by the education and research foundation of the National Business Travel Association in tandem with Concur, an on-demand Employee Spend Management service.
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