February 21, 2012 - 03:45 PM ET
Rockwell Automation last year negotiated new
supplier contracts and reviewed travel policy before devising a demand
management strategy on track to deliver savings this year of more than $1
million. Key to the success was management support—from the...
February 15, 2012 - 09:55 AM ET
Tristar Worldwide Chauffeur Services last
week acquired Massachusetts-based M7 Worldwide Transportation for an
undisclosed price. Tristar, which has a fleet of 500 vehicles worldwide and corporate
offices in London, Manchester, Boston, New York and...
February 13, 2012 - 03:15 PM ET
Among the benefits of globalizing his firm's travel program, Deloitte senior manager of travel procurement and operations Brian Nichols found a perk: added negotiating leverage in an increasingly challenging hotel market.
February 09, 2012 - 11:10 AM ET
United Kingdom-based rail booking tool Evolvi launched
a mobile application that allows travelers to book within corporate policy and collect
their tickets at a railway station. Travel charges can be attributed through
the app to the appropriate cost...
February 07, 2012 - 04:45 PM ET
To hear some travel managers and industry consultants tell
it, corporate travel data isn't merely insufficient. It's flat-out useless.
Perhaps there is too much data. It might be trite or wrong. Basically, it doesn't
help solve problems. Yet, Business...
February 06, 2012 - 10:10 AM ET
The U.S. General Services Administration on Feb. 2 posted
a notice to the Federal Register
confirming it would award in April contracts for the second-generation e-Gov
Travel Service. GSA laid out the timeline for the transition to ETS2 from the
first...
February 01, 2012 - 07:30 PM ET
American Airlines parent AMR on Wednesday
outlined key objectives for its Chapter 11 reorganization, including plans to
cut employment by 13,000, increase departures in key markets, "modernize"
its brand and continue the fleet-renewal efforts it announced...
February 01, 2012 - 10:15 AM ET
Travel data management and reporting providers are moving to the iPad as
Grasp Technologies this week launches HTML5-based sites for "iPad, tablet,
Android, iPhone and smartphone" compatibility, TRX develops both apps and
mobile sites and Prime Numbers...
January 31, 2012 - 05:05 PM ET
The Active Network's $57.7
million purchase of meetings technology firm StarCite offers the event
marketing company, founded in 1998 as an attendee registration firm focusing on
endurance sports and other outdoor events, a foothold in a different aspect...
January 30, 2012 - 04:35 PM ET
A few months after its launch, the U.S.
Transportation Security Administration's PreCheck pilot program appears close
to attaining permanent status. PreCheck provides pre-screened frequent
travelers access to a dedicated airport security lane where...
January 30, 2012 - 03:40 PM ET
Business travel managers and procurement
professionals are under increased pressure to control costs, manage total spend
and deliver detailed data that serve as the basis for informed buying
decisions. Corporate travel and purchasing cards provide...
January 26, 2012 - 10:10 AM ET
The Global Business Travel Association announced plans
to launch GBTA France, a "French-speaking, not-for-profit association in
France."
January 25, 2012 - 11:10 AM ET
Travel
managers again this year will focus most on cost controls, according to a
Carlson Wagonlit Travel survey.
January 24, 2012 - 03:30 PM ET
Any effort to identify a given year's most influential
business travel executives always will contain an element of futility. True
influence, after all, may not reveal itself immediately or in particularly
dazzling fashion. Still, in a dynamic 2011,...
January 19, 2012 - 09:35 AM ET
Atlanta - Travelport's Agility program was changed in the
Americas, but not as much as many travel agencies and travel agency groups
initially believed, a company executive said here.