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Launched last April by SNCF Connect & Tech, Tesmo, the brand dedicated to digital mobility solutions, has now taken its first concrete steps with the creation of Tesmo Business Mobility, a platform designed for companies to manage all their employees' travel-related expenses, from the daily commute to work, and from...

The new TAP FORBIZ corporate offer provides tailor-made travel solutions to meet the specific needs of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), large companies, event organisers and business travellers. Thanks to this new TAP FORBIZ offer, companies benefit from:- guaranteed savings and exclusive discounts;-...

Helping small and medium-sized companies to streamline their business travel by turning to the right specialists: this is a growth potential that TMCs have long been seeking to exploit. With this in mind, Amex GBT is launching a new solution called Travel Toolbox, a self-service consultancy platform dedicated to helping small and medium-sized companies...

How would you sum up the first half of the year? Zahir Abdelouhab - The overall trend is clearly towards an increase in business travel expenditure. There is also confirmation of older trends, with more and more bleisure, and we expect this activity to double by 2029. In this...

Why did Hilton see the importance of launching an offer tailored to the needs of SMEs? What do they represent for your group's business? Marcus Jansa - Small and medium-sized businesses represent a total of 85 % of our visiting business travellers. So this is a segment of travellers in its own right. All the more so because...

Attracting SMEs. In view of the business that these medium-sized companies were able to bring to hoteliers during the pandemic, more than one group has (re)discovered the benefits of supporting this clientele through offers calibrated to meet their expectations, such as Marriott Bonvoy Business Ready or Accor Business Offer Auto-Enrol. For its part,...

It's the business travel news of the end of 2023, and perhaps the start of a new era for French SMEs on the eve of 2024: the launch of BusinessToGo in France and the UK was made official at the end of November. It extends the range of possibilities for booking and managing business travel,...

Ponte Aérea, the air shuttle linking Paris Orly to Lisbon, offers business travellers a choice of 16 daily flights operated by TAP Air Portugal between the two capitals - 8 from Lisbon and 8 from Paris. Spread throughout the day, these flights offer a wide choice of...

In the spring of 2022, the Lufthansa group ventured outside its core aviation target by attacking meetings & events and business travel reservations. For the first foray, Lufthansa Global Spaces relied on a Hubli partnership. The second was based on Navan, with the launch of BusinessToGo. This platform, which could look...

From your position as an observer, what trends are driving business travel management today? Julie Troussicot - First of all, I can see a significant impact of inflation on travel budgets. As a result, even companies that were not very mature when it came to managing their business travel, such as SMEs and...

TAP Corporate, TAP Air Portugal's frequent flyer programme, is specially designed for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It rewards them for every trip made by their employees to one of the more than 80 destinations served by the airline worldwide. It also gives access to a range of discounts and...

For thirty years now, PLUS VOYAGES has been supporting, advising and offering innovative, tailor-made solutions to companies for managing their business travel and to leisure travellers for their holiday plans. Full of ambition to support its customers, the Premium agency is taking part this year in the IFTM TOP RESA trade show, the must-attend event for professionals in the tourism industry,...

"In May, do as you please", they say... And Lufthansa clearly likes to do more than just air transport. Over the last few days, the German group has been diversifying its activities, announcing two new platforms in quick succession that open up new horizons. Starting with the official launch of...

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.

Marriott International is supporting business travel for companies with fewer than 250 employees with the development of the Marriott Bonvoy Business Ready programme, based on a platform specifically designed for SMEs in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). This programme enables them to book their travel easily while benefiting from discounts of up to 8...

So where are British SMEs heading? That was the question on British Airways' mind at the start of the year. So the airline turned to data from "On Business", its frequent flyer programme dedicated to small businesses. The aim was to draw up a list of the Top 25 routes with the strongest growth over the year.

In the shadow of large accounts, which generate the highest transaction volumes, the pool of SMEs is attracting a growing number of travel agencies, aware of the growth potential of this segment. American Express GBT is therefore going on the offensive: the TMC has just unveiled a new offer designed specifically for small businesses, even if they are...

Is optimising business travel expenditure the preserve of the big Cac 40 groups? Egencia is determined to prove otherwise. The business travel agency has published a study focusing on small and medium-sized companies. Unsurprisingly, saving money is the number 1 priority for SMEs. According to Egencia, 85% of SMEs...

There are the big companies, their validation circuits, their management tools... And then there are the others, the plethora of small structures, the forest of VSEs and SMEs hidden behind the CAC 40 tree. There are more than three million of them in France, with an annual turnover of around...

What are the main expectations of SMEs when it comes to travel? Pascal Jungfer - It's not because they're small that these companies are less demanding when it comes to service. Their managers want a booking portal linked to local travel agents in case of problems. In reality, there are...