Articles tagged “business travel”

The 2016 State of Travel deck draws from our daily coverage of the global travel industry, from our ongoing series of Skift Trends Reports, and also incorporates expert research from…

Global security concerns have been a reality for travelers for years, so it's alarming to see 20 percent of respondents say that their company does not have a policy to deal with such risks.

The amount of data available to travel managers is growing. They just need to know how best to use those numbers to help them make the best choices for their travelers and companies.

In a fast-paced and often tumultuous world, companies are placing a greater value on having information about travelers available in real time.

The big question for business travelers is whether companies will continue to focus on driving down costs, or begin to focus on improving the traveler experience once again.

The challenge and opportunity for travel managers isn’t that the world is changing; the world already has already changed, and corporate travel needs to catch up.

Using incentives to better control spending on meals is a smart move for companies and travel managers.

Change is coming to corporate travel; how quickly, and how widely accepted it will be, is still to be determined.

In the second issue of our Corporate Travel Innovation Report, we look at how business-focused companies are learning from leisure.

As long as leisure and business demand for hotels keeps increasing, those who buy travel for corporations will face tough negotiations for special rates.