Crossing Borders: BTN Research Explores Nuances In European Travel Management Practices
05/16/2012
Business travel management practices in Europe are more similar to one another than ever, but cultural and regulatory differences continue to present challenges. A recent Business Travel News examination shed light on how travel management is practiced in eight key markets in a region that shows ...
Hotel Booking Tools, Risks Have Buyers Eyeing Science Of Compliance
05/10/2012
It's fashionable to say business travelers increasingly are going rogue, but that's neither new nor true in absolute. While some commentary and certain data of late have supported the going-rogue theme, others have not. Dozens of recent interviews with corporate travel buyers, travel management ...
Hitachi Data Systems Progressing On Travel Security 'Learning Curve'
06/09/2011
Hitachi Data Systems is one of more than 900 subsidiaries that comprise the Hitachi Limited conglomerate, but the only one with a security director. That's HDS director of global protective services Michael Clements, who explained to Business Travel News how world events "make believers" out of ...
French Workers Shut Down Air, Rail, Road Travel As Austerity Protests Spread In Europe
10/19/2010
Business travelers were hit by strike chaos in France on Tuesday, regardless of whether they journeyed by air, train or car. Both airlines and the high-speed rail system suffered from significant cancellations, while road-users were hit by a severe blockade-induced fuel shortage and lorry drivers ...
5Q With Alex Puig Of Travel Security Services
03/02/2011
International SOS in January polled more than 570 U.S.-based corporate security professionals, travel managers, human resources executives and medical professionals, and found that the opportunity to better understand risk levels in specific regions (cited by 44 percent of respondents) is the...