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WEBBusiness Travel News is the leading source of information serving the managed business travel and meetings market. BTN provides business travel management professionals in multinational, large, midsize and small corporations with news, analysis, and research to help them better evaluate, select and purchase business travel and meetings for their companies.  www.businesstravelnews.com  
Australians to be Eligible for U.S. Global Entry Next Year
WEBAug 7, 2024 · The program initially will open in January to a select group of Australians who "travel most frequently to the U.S." according to an announcement by Australia Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong. The countries are working to expand eligibility to all Australians who want to apply later in 2025. When accepted into …
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WEBFlight Centre: Positive Business Travel Snapshot for Fiscal 2025. Among 562 clients in major global markets, 40 percent said they plan to increase their travel volume... KEEP READING.
Siemens - Business Travel News
WEBSiemens' business travel in its 2017 fiscal year generated about 411,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions, compared with about 380,000 metric tons in fiscal 2016. Revenue increased about 4 percent in fiscal year 2017 to about $83 billion. On Sept. 30, 2017, Siemens employed about 377,000 people worldwide, up from about 351,000 ...
It’s Personal This Time: AI & Managed Travel Booking
WEBApr 30, 2018 · Chat-based mobile travel assistant technology has been a hotspot for managed and unmanaged business travel innovation. TripActions, 30SecondsToFly, HelloGbye, Hello Hipmunk and others are working on their algorithms. Even startups that have launched in the consumer travel space like Paul English’s Lola have pivoted to business travel.
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WEBSurvey: Policies Limit Some Ground Transport, Buyers Prioritize Safety. The managed ground transportation segment of corporate travel spend is relatively small, averaging about 11.5 percent on... Keep Reading.
Corporate Travel 100 - Business Travel News
WEBBTN's 2021 Corporate Travel 100 Ranked: Total business travel spend for the largest 100 corporate travel programs measured by U.S.-booked travel volume rose again in 2019. U.S.-originating travel as estimated by BTN for these programs hit $11.8 billion, its highest point ever. Yet, the spend spread widened between the …
Five Ways to Make Business Travel More Productive
WEBSep 4, 2020 · The pause in business travel is a great time to create a productivity-focused travel program that addresses both sides of the productivity equation. Here are five tips that can help you maximize the productivity of your travel program. 1. Track the success of each trip and convert certain trips to video calls.
BTN's 2022 Corporate Travel Index | Business Travel News
WEBBut there's more to the cost picture in 2022. Travel costs largely are projected to rise throughout the year, thanks to environmental, economic, social and geopolitical drivers that are outside corporate travel's more typical buyer-supplier dynamics. BTN's Corporate Travel Index tracks cost changes quarterly via our free online Corporate Travel ...
Why So Many New Hotel Brands? - Business Travel News
WEBMar 19, 2019 · Alongside hotel companies' reporting on fourth-quarter and full-year 2018 performances came a wave of announcements about new brands, expanded footprints and new markets. Hotel companies are using new brands to fill their portfolios' gaps between pricing and service levels, said Bjorn Hanson, industry consultant and adjunct professor at the New York University School of Professional Studies ...