Articles tagged “business travel”

Sheraton is trying to accomplish a lot: Win "hearts and minds" of business travelers, revitalize a brand, and grow beyond 450 properties — all while its parent company is preparing to merge with another hotel giant.

According to new data, travel buyers need to do a much better job both serving the needs of their clients' travelers and finding opportunities for savings on value-adds like free Wi-Fi and waived bag fees.

If companies want their employees to comply with travel policies, they should make it as easy as possible to do so.

Expedia checked off several items atop its acquisition shopping list in 2015 but it isn't done yet. As its CEO says, "We will continue to shoot bullets and see what's out there in the world."

The Spirit CEO's vision is for low fares on cramped planes that are clean and run on time. These sort of changes are heavy-lifting for a growing airline and would muffle some complaints but might not be enough to really change the airline's reputation.

The polls show that business travel buyers reacted sensibly after the attacks in Paris by communicating with travelers and bulking up their security plans rather than calling off trips altogether.

Now that TSA PreCheck is mostly being used by people who know how it works, everyone who has paid to use the program is probably happier.

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.

Business travelers in the U.S. are now taking more rides in Ubers than rental cars. This is huge progress for Uber and represents a major problem for traditional car rental companies.