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Articles tagged “flight centre”

Business Travel

Marketing Overseas Business Trips Is Proving to Be an Interminably Hard Sell

You can't fault FCM Travel for testing the waters with a promotion at this point in the pandemic, but this attempt doesn't look like it will take off.

Matthew Parsons, Skift | 3 years ago

Marketing Overseas Business Trips Is Proving to Be an Interminably Hard Sell

Business Travel

Amex GBT Pushes Ahead Into Automated Bookings With a Chatbot Acquisition

This deal makes sense. With fewer consultants on the horizon, use some tried-and-tested artificial intelligence to take the strain and help employees book their own tickets.

Matthew Parsons, Skift | 4 years ago

Amex GBT Pushes Ahead Into Automated Bookings With a Chatbot Acquisition

Business Travel

Are Amex GBT’s UK Layoffs the Start of Much Larger Cuts Across Corp Travel Agencies?

These eventual cuts will be as good an indicator as any of the pandemic's impact on corporate travel volumes for 2021. Other agencies, in other regions with less strict employment legislation, may not be that far behind.

Matthew Parsons, Skift | 4 years ago

Are Amex GBT’s UK Layoffs the Start of Much Larger Cuts Across Corp Travel Agencies?

Business Travel

Travel Agencies Scoop Up Laid-Off Agents With New Consulting Divisions

Corporate travel agencies spot a potentially lucrative side hustle by utilizing displaced agents. And why not?

Matthew Parsons, Skift | 4 years ago

Travel Agencies Scoop Up Laid-Off Agents With New Consulting Divisions

Business Travel

Flight Centre Takes Aim at Essential Services Travel for the Road to Recovery

With a narrowing pool of viable customers, in the form of governments and other essential service providers, the competition's going to be tough out there.

Matthew Parsons, Skift | 4 years ago

Flight Centre Takes Aim at Essential Services Travel for the Road to Recovery

Business Travel

How This Australian Corporate Travel Agency Managed to Escape With Just a $6 Million Yearly Loss

There have been layoffs, but the slimmed-down CTM is upbeat with its suitable mix of corporate customers and domestic business model. Will the optimism last?

Matthew Parsons, Skift | 4 years ago

How This Australian Corporate Travel Agency Managed to Escape With Just a $6 Million Yearly Loss

Online Travel

Travel Companies Are Hiring Despite Epic Job Losses

Amidst the carnage, there are job openings in the travel industry. However, many of the opportunities won't get rank-and-file restaurant or hospitality workers back collecting paychecks and benefits anytime soon.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

Travel Companies Are Hiring Despite Epic Job Losses

Business Travel

What South Africa’s Virus Protocols Tell Us About Balancing a Travel Economy With a Nation’s Health

South Africa is understandably cautious as it approaches winter, and doing all it can to stave off a health crisis. But its strict and prolonged protocols might end up doing more harm than good.

Matthew Parsons, Skift | 4 years ago

What South Africa’s Virus Protocols Tell Us About Balancing a Travel Economy With a Nation’s Health

Business Travel

Overcoming Fears and Trepidation: Helping the Corporate Traveler Get Back On Board

It's becoming increasingly clear there’s no one-size-fits-all method to restart corporate travel, as companies will need the right combination of internal processes, government approvals, and traveler sentiment. It could be a long wait.

Matthew Parsons, Skift | 4 years ago

Overcoming Fears and Trepidation: Helping the Corporate Traveler Get Back On Board

Business Travel

Travel Agency Flight Centre to Shutter 800 Storefronts as Part of $1.2 Billion Savings Effort

This cost-cutting package could be one of the largest we'll see in this crisis. On paper, the cuts look like they'll be enough, but there will be collateral damage to its brand with so many shop closures.

Matthew Parsons, Skift | 4 years ago

Travel Agency Flight Centre to Shutter 800 Storefronts as Part of $1.2 Billion Savings Effort