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Airlines
Travel managers will have a lot to worry about going into next year; at least significantly higher prices likely won't be one of them.
Hannah Sampson, Skift | 8 years ago
Business Travel
Uncertainty remains the key word when it comes to business travel, but a year of record spending followed by "moderate" growth is still good news for the industry.
The holy grail for a travel manager would be an all-in-one app that travelers would actually want to use while staying within company policy — and on the radar in case of emergency. Goals are good.
Hannah Sampson , Skift | 8 years ago
Many companies are realizing that they cannot ignore the habits of their business travelers, but approval of the sharing economy is far from universal.
Tourism
The latest projections reinforce what has become a regular talking point of the Global Business Travel Association: Business travel is resilient.
Legacy carriers are up against rising competition from low-cost carriers. At the same time, American, Delta and United talk about making the travel journey more connected but they're forcing budget sensitive travelers in the opposite direction of that with new pricing structures.
Dan Peltier, Skift | 8 years ago
Forecasts are calling for business travel growth to rebound in 2017; we are eager to see if companies agree.
Business travel is evolving — slowly — to become more like consumer travel as companies start to take employee satisfaction more seriously.
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.
If companies want their employees to comply with travel policies, they should make it as easy as possible to do so.
