Articles tagged “bcd travel”

Even big travel management companies, which usually resist change, are planning ahead to better anticipate traveler and travel manager needs. No one's quite sure when this more connected and insightful future will arrive, though.

Big travel management companies usually operate with strict controls on how third-party companies can interact with their systems. This new platform from BCD Travel is a step in the right direction toward allowing travel managers to use more innovative solutions.

When travelers book hotels outside of their corporate travel program, companies lose out on savings opportunities and must overcome added challenges to keep their employees safe on the road. Luckily, there are steps travel managers can take to help lessen the problem.

Companies put a lot of time and effort into creating a successful hotel program–– but without regular rate auditing, they may be leaving money on the table.

It’s time for travel buyers to abandon the traditional hotel buying process. Instead, they should review their program on an ongoing basis as new developments in data and technology, the influence of leisure travel, fluctuating rates, new supplier pricing strategies and game-changing mergers overhaul the market.

What happens when your social media operations have to transcend the traditional silos of B2B and B2C? Travel management companies are figuring it out in a very public forum.

Better technology tools from travel management companies can help put female travelers into safer situations on the road.

The way that hotel stays are booked, especially in Europe, could make it hard for digital innovations like virtual cards and mobile payments to ever really catch on in corporate travel.

Risk-taking innovation in the corporate travel space is hard to find. Sharing economy services with robust reporting and safety tools, however, will make change inevitable.

When a company such as BCD Travel talks about an "asset purchase agreement" with a startup, you can be sure that the startup's investors aren't popping champagne. Like many recent travel startups, GetGoing pivoted from a consumer to a business focus. At least GetGoing's assets have found a new home.