Articles tagged “tripactions”

Airlines

Transatlantic Travel Rebound Faces an Unwelcome Slowdown

It's the world's most lucrative travel market, but airlines won't maximize their profits unless they divert more planes and resources to the various routes between the U.S. and Europe.

Allison Lampert and Rajesh Kumar Singh, Reuters | 1 week ago
Transatlantic Travel Rebound Faces an Unwelcome Slowdown

Business Travel

When Travel Agencies Fail on the Leisure Part of ‘Bleisure’ Trips

With so-called workcations on the rise, Amadeus is ready to support travel management platforms that reflect the way employees are blending their professional and personal lives, something agencies just aren't grasping.

Matthew Parsons | 2 weeks ago
When Travel Agencies Fail on the Leisure Part of ‘Bleisure’ Trips

Business Travel

Planning a Corporate Retreat Takes on New Complexity in a Remote Working World

Travel agencies and specialist platforms share the logistical and psychological challenges when planning these in-demand events for today's dispersed workforces.

Matthew Parsons and Rashaad Jorden, Skift | 3 weeks ago
Planning a Corporate Retreat Takes on New Complexity in a Remote Working World

Airlines

Lufthansa Adds Workspace Bookings to Flights in Renewed Biz Travel Push

For an airline that not so long ago eased away from business travel, two new partnerships suggest it's thinking twice about that decision.

Matthew Parsons | 2 months ago
Lufthansa Adds Workspace Bookings to Flights in Renewed Biz Travel Push

Business Travel

Business and Group Travel Make a Stellar First Quarter Comeback

Encouraging signs from a host of companies releasing first quarter statistics, but a recurring theme is: Can it last?

Matthew Parsons | 3 months ago
Business and Group Travel Make a Stellar First Quarter Comeback

Business Travel

Corporate Card Startup Ramp Turning Travel Manager After $750 Million Funding

New York-based Ramp has signed a string of agency, co-working space and ridesharing partnerships, but it looks like venture capital firm General Catalyst may be pulling the strings and driving its debut into travel management.

Matthew Parsons | 3 months ago
Corporate Card Startup Ramp Turning Travel Manager After $750 Million Funding

Business Travel

TripActions Inherits Swedish Travel Agency to Strengthen Europe Footprint

Buying Germany's Comtravo last month also meant taking on that agency's own ongoing acquisitions, including plans to buy Sweden's Resia. That deal's now gone through, and TripActions gains a shortcut to Scandinavia.

Matthew Parsons | 4 months ago
TripActions Inherits Swedish Travel Agency to Strengthen Europe Footprint

Business Travel

Team Travel Strategies Evolve as Offices Remain Closed

Travel firms are gearing up for a busy year booking company retreats and off-sites, because team meetings are moving on from U-shaped tables and an overhead projector to ranches, sites in the woods and beyond.

Matthew Parsons | 4 months ago
Team Travel Strategies Evolve as Offices Remain Closed

Business Travel

TripActions Rolls Up Another European Travel Agency With German Acquisition

Mergers and acquisitions in the corporate travel space look set to continue, even after the roller-coaster year that was 2021. Now Berlin's Comtravo, a Microsoft-backed travel agency, is selling up.

Matthew Parsons | 5 months ago
TripActions Rolls Up Another European Travel Agency With German Acquisition

Business Travel

European Cities Target Digital Nomads With These New Pitches

Funnelling budget to target these more affluent, longer-stay visitors makes sense. It might even address the labor crunch. But cities probably shouldn't take their eyes off traditional tourists at this delicate time.

Matthew Parsons | 5 months ago
European Cities Target Digital Nomads With These New Pitches