CEO of Travel Leaders Group On Emerging Worlds of Corporate and Leisure Travel at Skift Forum
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For corporate travelers, there needs to be more transparency and better established roles of responsibility for open bookings. On the leisure side, travel agencies need to be easier to find based on their areas of expertise.
Ninan Chacko, CEO of Travel Leaders Group, spoke yesterday at the Skift Global Forum.
Travel Leaders Group is a collection of more than 6,500 company-owned, franchised and affiliated travel agencies worldwide, catering to both leisure and corporate clients. Members of Travel Leaders Group comprise over 30% of all agencies in North America.
Chacko's talk on "Emerging Worlds of Corporate and Leisure Travel" focused on the evolution of open booking models for corporate travelers, and the need for better sourcing technology for leisure agents.
Here are the 11 things we learned:
The biggest trend in travel distribution is a "much wider
