Skift Take
New tools streamlining booking and expenses are here from big travel management companies, but they still lag behind consumer products in many ways. Regardless, enhanced connectivity and responsiveness are positive steps forward.
The Skift Corporate Travel Innovation Report is our weekly newsletter focused on the future of corporate travel, the big fault lines of disruption for travel managers and buyers, the innovations emerging from the sector, and the changing business traveler habits that are upending how corporate travel is packaged, bought, and sold.
The 2017 Global Business Travel Association Convention is now in the books, and the big travel management companies were on site in Boston touting new programs and technologies easing pain points of travelers and travel managers alike.
The revolution in how business travelers plan trips and manage them on the road, however, has yet to occur.
You can check out my GBTA notebook here, reflecting on the trends and news that really matter.
This week we also have important articles on the shifting behavior of travelers related to how they travel for business and how travelers view airline loyalty progr