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Travel Management Company Challengers Will Drive Traveler CentricityBy Adam Perrotta

When corporate travel booking and management provider TripActions earned "unicorn" status by reaching an investor valuation of $1 billion in November,... KEEP READING

Travel Risk Will Increase as Workforce Demographics DiversifyBy International SOS & MedAire SVP & regional medical director Dr. Robert Quigley

Companies send employees abroad now more than ever, but the evolving demographics of the average business traveler bring with them new health and... KEEP READING

Will Marriott's Online Travel Agency Commission Negotiations Affect Corporate Programs?By Elizabeth West

This time last year, Marriott International hit the corporate market with some big news: It would slash meetings commissions from the conventional 10... KEEP READING

GDSs' Action on NDC Has Lulled TMCs to SleepBy TravelCast Consulting managing partner Pedro Ceron

Earlier this year, talk of the International Air Transport Association's New Distribution Capability standard and its deployment in the U.S. was getting... KEEP READING

The Benefits of Integrating Travel & Meetings ManagementBy Acquis Consulting principal & strategic meetings management group head Shimon Avish

Many travel managers now find themselves tasked with managing meetings. On its face, this makes complete sense. After all, they are both travel related,... KEEP READING

You Just Found Out One of Your Suppliers' Data Was Breached. Now What?By Samantha Simms, The Information Collective senior principal & founder

After the recent British Airways data breach, travel managers received a flurry of enquiries from anxious travelers wanting to know how their company... KEEP READING

$New Math for Hotel Spend Management$

New Math for Hotel Spend ManagementBy Advito senior director & global hotel practice leader Laura Kusto

For many years, travel program success has been measured in savings. In an effort to simplify hotel program management, companies define success by the... KEEP READING

Should Flight Disruption Compensation from Airlines Go to Travelers or Their Employers?By Paxfour CEO Johan Fugmann & AirHelp CEO Henrik Zillmer

The CEOs of flight disruption compensation reclamation firms AirHelp and Paxfour offer their views as to whether flight disruption compensation from an... KEEP READING

Managing Disabled Business TravelersBy Drum Cussac global managing director Brandon Thompson

Too often, organizations are happy to tick the necessary boxes to cover themselves if something should go wrong for their travelers and overlook the... KEEP READING

Bigger Savings in Compliance Than in NegotiationsBy Travel Leaders Corporate president Gabe Rizzi

Today's travel marketplace offers an array of choices. Airports are upgrading their facilities, access to lounges is expanding, ease of check-in is... KEEP READING

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