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What have you learned from the latest EVP barometer published by American Express GBT? Adrien Cannes - Business travel is a way of doing things in person. So we tried to take a step back and look at the value of a meeting compared with a videoconference, a phone call, a chat... We were able to conclude that the value...

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...

Just a few days after the publication of its report on the environment, social and governance (ESG), American Express GBT clearly intends to take up the challenge of eco-responsibility. Now it's the turn of TMC's Meetings & Events division to step up to the plate with a new announcement: the launch of a "range...

On the occasion of the publication of its 2021 Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) report, American Express Global Business Travel highlighted all the achievements and commitments made by the travel agency to ensure "a responsible, sustainable and secure future for the travel industry". [link-block prefix="Also worth reading:" post="123777"]...

Chief Journey Officer, Mobility Management Company, Télétravel: for its 31st edition and its return to face-to-face meetings, the EVP 2022 was not short of imaginative new concepts to try and define what tomorrow's business travel will be. Ultimately, the lesson to be learned from this major business travel event organised on Wednesday by American Express...

To support its growth in the European business travel market, TripActions has clearly chosen to base its strategy on external growth. After acquiring the services of Reed & Mackay last May, and more recently Comtravo in Germany, TMC is now tackling the northern part of the continent. Destination Sweden and more...

How is the start of 2022 going for TripActions in France? Zahir Abdelouhab - We're just getting started, we're beginning to have interesting initial discussions with customers, the team is in place, we officially opened the offices in January: we're in the thick of things. The official launch was due to take place...

Is it still necessary to take a business trip to a faraway destination, given the uncertainties surrounding the pandemic rules? Antoine Delesalle - The pandemic has had a profound effect on the way companies approach business travel. In most cases, we see that business travel is only undertaken...

BCD Travel is preparing for the arrival of the BCD Pay solution in the business travel sector, expected by 2022 in certain markets. TMC surveyed around a hundred international travel buyers last October. The aim was to identify their travel & expense practices, issues and expectations. According to the survey...

"Global security doesn't stop at 5 o'clock in the afternoon": this is the relentless premise behind the launch of BCD Alert on 17 November by the business travel agency. A new mobile application targeting duty of care, offering an additional solution for travel managers and security officers....

Things have come full circle: no less than five years after announcing its acquisition of KDS, American Express GBT can now boast that it is "the only TMC to offer a proprietary mobile solution that brings together all [its] functionalities in a single application", as announced on 16 November. Not only does this mean...

The IFTM Top Resa event provided an opportunity to take the temperature of the business travel market: how do you feel about it? Yorick Charveriat - As far as TMCs are concerned, we're all in the same boat: there's some kind of recovery, and that's good. We were expecting to see 20% of business in the...

What changes in the market should the partnership announced on 5 October between SAP Concur and VoyagExpert address? Sébastien Delannoy - A few years ago, two distinct models coexisted within organisations: on the one hand, there was travel, with travel agencies and purchasing departments managing this activity internally, and on the other hand, there was...

CWT has announced that it has completed its recapitalisation with its main financial partners, in particular Barings LCC. These partners will become "the new majority owners of CWT", said Michelle McKinney Frymire, CEO of the business travel agency. This operation should result in the addition of 350 million dollars of equity capital in CWT.

It was to be expected that the acquisition of Reed & Mackay in May 2021 would push TripActions into the high-end segment. But for the business travel start-up to announce the launch of a new VIP department just four months later is clearly a rush... " TripActions and the team at Reed &...

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...

American Express GBT's objective is to provide information to reassure business travellers and get their travel plans moving again, with the integration of new functionalities unveiled on 29 June. The TMC has enhanced its booking and reporting tools by integrating more information to provide business travellers with a better roadmap. Business travellers will be able to contribute...

With some two billion users every month, and global coverage in 180 countries, WhatsApp has long been the go-to communications tool for the general public and many professionals alike. So it's no surprise that American Express GBT has given in to the temptations of the mobile application, integrating it into its chat functions....

Bringing together a large proportion of the world's rail services in a single technological solution was already one of Trainline's strong points. Via its website and mobile app, this independent platform brings together the offerings of 270 rail and bus operators in 45 countries. That's millions of routes, fares and times...

Could this be the start of a vast domino effect in the business travel sector, and in particular the TMC sector? A few hours after the announcement of the takeover of Egencia by American Express GBT, another deal was unveiled by TripActions. The start-up specialising in business travel management is acquiring the services of Reed & Mackay, a prestigious...