Articles tagged “business travel”

Concur officials are saying all the right things about the future of the company under SAP ownership. Sometimes acquisitions don't turn out exactly as one or both of the parties intended, so we'll just have to wait and see how it all turns out.

As digital devices augment all levels of the trip for travelers, the business traveler is navigating a landscape both fueled and complicated by the increasing autonomy that mobile technology provides to the individual. Here's how to understand it a little better.

It's understandable that companies want employees to keep business as the focus of a business trip, but if these trips make employees more worldly, help them relax and incorporate family time, employees will likely be more productive in the office and companies can't keep ignoring discussing their policies.

Make the savings personal and then business travelers are willing to find ways to save their companies money -- even if it means an added layover or a smaller hotel room.

What does it mean that there was only one bidder, SAP, for Concur? There are only a handful of companies -- perhaps Oracle, IBM, the Priceline Group, and American Express -- that have both the resources to pay more than $8 billion for an acquisition and have an interest in making a business out of travel technology for corporations. In addition, Concur still has plenty of skeptics.

To switch to revenue-based loyalty programs or not to switch? Many airlines are just doing the math, and anticipating the outcry.

Skift examines how the leading extended-stay brands and operators are responding to consumer trends and market demands to drive profitability and guest satisfaction, with an emphasis on increasing awareness of…

In a very mature business travel market like the United States, there is still a lot of growth left -- especially at the younger end of the market.

The SAP-ization of Concur won't begin in earnest until after the acquisition closes toward the end of this year or early in 2015. Decisions haven't been made yet as to how their overlapping products will blend together.