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In conjunction with the GBTA Europe conference in Brussels and the first Sustainability Summit, GBTA and HRS unveiled the results of a study carried out last summer in three markets: Europe, the United States and Canada. The aim of the study was to identify the importance attached to sustainable development in travel programmes, and in particular in the...

In mid-spring, CDS Groupe announced the acquisition of Rydoo's travel business. What were the reasons for this takeover? Ziad Minkara - When Rydoo Travel & Expense decided to separate itself from its travel business in order to remain focused on expense, we entered into discussions, convinced as we were that...

Hcorpo launches a new tool in the business travel ecosystem. On 20 July, the business hotel specialist announced the launch of H-Board, defined as "a business analysis tool enabling companies to take control of their hotel expenditure". Designed for travel managers and travel buyers, H-Board is intended to...

If there is one area of travel that has regained strength and vigour recently, it is undoubtedly meetings and events. The professionals are unanimous on this point, with volumes well above those of 2019, and some at historic levels. Among them, Bird Office noted that, in the month of...

Notilus, a provider of travel and expense management solutions, will soon be in the hands of Cegid. The group founded in 1983 by Jean-Michel Aulas has announced the forthcoming acquisition of the DIMO Software group subsidiary, which offers three main products to businesses: Notilus T&E and Notilus InOne, solutions dedicated...

A few days after announcing the acquisition of Rydoo's Travel business, CDS Group is strengthening its core corporate hotel booking business by opening up to Amadeus Value Hotels content. The aggregator developed by Amadeus represents a range of more than 500,000 establishments around the world, which travel agencies will now be able to...

A sign of the sector's "rapid recovery": that's how the management of CDS interprets the major manoeuvres underway in the business travel sector in recent weeks. The French business hotel marketplace has now acquired Rydoo's travel business. The former...

In view of the results recently announced by your Group, do you feel that the worst of the crisis is now behind you? Markus Keller - We are confident that the recovery is here. We're still anticipating a tighter monitoring of our business over the next six or twelve months, so we're keeping a close eye on things...

Hoteliers have seen it for themselves in recent months: as soon as confinements and other restrictive measures were relaxed, small and medium-sized businesses were the first to return to business travel. This is no doubt why Accor has launched a booking solution specially designed for small and medium-sized businesses.

Initially dedicated to navigation, Here WeGo is extending its range of possibilities. On 5 January, at the CES 2022 event, the mobile application announced the addition of new travel-related functions. From the first quarter of 2022, Here WeGo will be adding new building blocks to its range of services...

Environmental issues are now on everyone's minds, in companies and among their employees. However, to move from words to deeds, you sometimes need a carrot, a stimulus. With this in mind, HCorpo's parent company, the Gekko Group, has launched the Miles & Act programme, presented as the first of its kind in...

Through your booking channels, are you seeing an upturn in business travel? Ziad Minkara - Yes, absolutely, at least at national level. This upturn was already noticeable from June onwards, and has become real and tangible since September, with people travelling by train to destinations where the round trip in the...

Less frequent but longer stays: this is one of the expected developments in post-Covid business travel. What many observers predicted is actually happening. Hotel reservation specialist HRS, among others, has noted this, with long stays of 8 to 13 nights accounting for 39.2 % of bookings for...

Reserving meeting rooms and bedrooms online in real time will soon be possible on the meetings.accor.com website. Over the next few months, the French group will be rolling out the GroupSync cloud solution developed by Groups360 for group bookings. By the end of...

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is undoubtedly one of the major issues for the future of business travel. And if it is to be properly managed, it requires accurate information to help managers steer their travel policies accordingly. As far as hotel reservations are concerned, one of the main players, HRS, presented its...

Trains, hotels and hire cars: these three key components of domestic business travel have been brought together in the new Travel offering launched by Notilus. "This is part of our drive to simplify business travel for our users, from preparing their trip to processing their expense claim", said Notilus CEO, Philippe...

After a year-long break, the grey cells of the business travel industry are invited to get back to work. On 5 and 6 October, fifteen teams will be meeting at IFTM Top Resa 2021. Their mission: "To reinvent the French market place for business hotels". A huge subject - and a crucial one...

As business travel prepares to return to a more normal routine, NH Hotels is offering new benefits and discounts to companies. The Spanish group has just unveiled its NH+ Business programme, which includes discounts on accommodation and other privileges. The discounts are based on the number of nights spent in the group's hotels....

You're never better served than by yourself. Used to managing holidays on behalf of the millions of users of its application, the Kayak website is now entering the hotel business. The world's leading travel search engine, which is part of the Booking Holdings galaxy, has announced that it will be opening a hotel in April...

HRS recently announced the launch of a sustainable hotel booking initiative. Does the subject of CSR seem more topical than ever within companies? Emmanuel Ebray - Indeed. Whether it's with a customer or a prospect, with a company or an institution, I never have a single exchange...