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Data Management Service Level Agreements Should Become UbiquitousBy Mezi VP of travel strategy & partnerships for American Express Johnny Thorsen

If you are a corporate travel manager, then you probably start each day with a scan of the latest news on data privacy, or rather the lack of data... KEEP READING

New Traveler Identification Will Pave the Way for Personalized ChoicesBy BCD Travel senior director of research & corporate innovation Miriam Moscovici

Greater deployment of emerging technologies in 2019 will make the business trip cycle easier to navigate—and increasingly populated with personalized... KEEP READING

Not What to Watch but Where: APACBy American Express Global Business Travel regional director of EMEA & Asia/Pacific for the Global Business Consulting group Philip Haxne

The scale and dynamism of Asia/Pacific economies make the region a vital component of many corporate travel programs. As China opens more connections... KEEP READING

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

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