Articles tagged “ctir”

Business Travel

Travel Managers Aren't Buying Basic Economy Fares: Here's Why

Travel managers are avoiding basic economy fares, and rightfully so. The consensus is that travelers end up paying more over the course of a trip if they go basic economy and have a worse flight experience to boot.
Business Travel

BridgeStreet Adds Hostels and Vacation Rentals to Biz Travel Platform

BridgeStreet is bringing homeshares and hostels to its platform in order to offer more variety to business travelers. The key will be finding success among travel managers by making it easier for them to book stays outside traditional extended stay hotels.
Business Travel

Treating Business Travelers Like Real People

As homesharing becomes more deeply ingrained into the corporate travel ecosystem, exciting new opportunities for improving the business travel experience will emerge.
Business Travel

How Homesharing Hit the Corporate Travel Mainstream

Now that Airbnb has integrated its own Experiences product into its business travel platform, it seems like only a matter of time until more options and add-ons are added to the stable.
Business Travel

Australia's Influence Grows in Business Travel

Corporate travel companies with global experience have made the strongest gains as business travel expands worldwide. The success of Corporate Travel Management over the last five years proves that you don't need to be an industry giant to service customers effectively.
Business Travel

Refining the Hotel Experience With Technology

Sometimes I have a vision of a cohesive mobile experience for hotels, where everything from booking to room entry and billing can be accomplished through one app. We're not anywhere close to that at scale, but steps are being taken to fix what's broken.
Business Travel

How Streamlining Hotel Technology Will Help Business Travelers

Instead of selling their platform to hotels, Conichi is now relying on corporate partners to help push through their technology from the other end. This can only be good news for business travelers as more efficient check-in processes and simpler expensing move into the mainstream.