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Articles tagged “gbta”

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Business Travel Poses Biggest Challenge Globally for Hoteliers — Survey

Hotels have mixed feelings about business travel in 2023. On one hand the corporate travel and groups segment is the main area of focus for hotel revenue teams this year. But rather than staffing issues, business travel also represents their biggest challenge, according to a new Outlook & Trends 2023 Survey from revenue management software…

Matthew Parsons | 1 year ago

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U.S. Companies Trailing Rest of World in International Corporate Travel Recovery

Just half of companies located in North America are seeing international bookings recover to their pre-pandemic levels, according to a new poll. This latest data from the Global Business Travel Association delivers a dose of reality for the travel industry. Most travel agencies are predicting an eventual 70 percent recovery. The picture is a little…

Matthew Parsons | 1 year ago

Airlines

Airlines Forced to Wait Before Making the Most of China Reopening

Travel is returning to China, but don't expect the floodgates to open just yet as airlines and governments opt to tread cautiously.

Jamie Freed, Allison Lampert and Doyinsola Oladipo, Reuters | 1 year ago

Airlines Forced to Wait Before Making the Most of China Reopening

Business Travel

India’s Tata Is Bucking Trends for Consulting Firms on Travel Spending

Consulting firms were supposed to be the ones cutting back on travel, mostly to reduce carbon emissions. But not if that gets in the way of doing business it seems.

Matthew Parsons | 1 year ago

India’s Tata Is Bucking Trends for Consulting Firms on Travel Spending

Business Travel

New Covid Restrictions on Chinese Travelers Will Hurt Corporate Travel Recovery

An ever-growing roster of countries placing new testing requirements on Chinese travelers is sparking an outcry, particularly across Europe, but any calls to scale back pre-departure requirements will likely fall on deaf ears.

Matthew Parsons | 1 year ago

New Covid Restrictions on Chinese Travelers Will Hurt Corporate Travel Recovery

Business Travel

Remote Work Trends Are Rapidly Infiltrating Airport Spaces

With the return of business travelers to the skies, more flexible office providers are honing in on airports as havens for remote workers.

Matthew Parsons | 1 year ago

Remote Work Trends Are Rapidly Infiltrating Airport Spaces

Business Travel

Corp Travel Agencies Need to Start Unbundling Services

If more companies plan on building travel programs using tech from a mix of agencies "like a Lego house," the larger agencies need to start accommodating that, delegates at the Global Business Travel Association's European conference heard.

Matthew Parsons | 1 year ago

Corp Travel Agencies Need to Start Unbundling Services

Business Travel

Amex GBT CEO Says Greener Air Travel Starts With Building More Sustainable Fuel Plants — Now

European politicians are planning legislation that requires airlines to use more sustainable fuel by 2030, but there's very little going around. One solution is to start building more production plants now, to create enough in time. But what Amex GBT's chief Paul Abbott wants to know is who's paying to build them?

Matthew Parsons | 1 year ago

Amex GBT CEO Says Greener Air Travel Starts With Building More Sustainable Fuel Plants — Now

Business Travel

TUI Takes Its Own Remote Working Further With Free Hotel Stays

Being a mega-tour operator must play some part in the success of its Workwide program, where employees have surpassed 10,000 days working abroad. But plenty of other non-tourism companies can learn from TUI when it comes to offering blended travel as a perk. It's not rocket science.

Matthew Parsons | 1 year ago

TUI Takes Its Own Remote Working Further With Free Hotel Stays

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United Airlines Sees Post-Labor Day Corporate Travel Bump

United Airlines saw an increase in corporate travel bookings after Labor Day, the unofficial end of summer in the U.S. "We did see in September another several points tick up in corporate travel buying," United Vice President of Sales Strategy & Effectiveness Glenn Hollister said at the ATPCO Elevate conference in Arlington, Va., Tuesday. Those…

Edward Russell | 2 years ago