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Since the pandemic, the Accor group's Northern Europe division has made a habit of bringing together its key account clients at the Masters of Travel event. This was a way of taking the pulse of developments in the still faltering business travel sector, with participants from a wide range of sectors, including Germany, the UK, Sweden and Poland....

Air France-KLM is enhancing its relations with companies by adding Amadeus' Cytric suite to the list of partners for its BlueConnect online booking tool, dedicated to the airline group's corporate customers. As one of the world's leading providers of travel-related technologies, Amadeus will be integrating its various solutions into the BlueConnect booking tool...

What did you learn from the GBTA Europe conference in Brussels, and in particular from the first Sustainability Summit? Stéphane Vallageas - Sustainability is a crucial objective for most companies in 2023. So GBTA Europe absolutely had to position itself in this trend. The event went very well, with some top-quality speakers...

The 2022 edition of the GBTA Europe conference was unique in more ways than one. For the first time, the international business travel association devoted an entire day to a new Sustainability Summit, prior to its 'classic' event. It was also the first time that GBTA Europe had gone beyond the German market, the preserve of its...

The presentation conference for IFTM Top Resa 2022 was held on Tuesday in the hushed and majestic setting of the Bibliothèque Musicale La Grange Fleuret (BLGF), a new MICE address in the 8th arrondissement. It was an opportunity for the event's new director, Laurence Gaborieau, to take stock of her vision for the show, the changes she intends to make to it, and the...

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,...

While some have got out their temporary summer gear, business travel professionals are drawing out their calculators. And the least we can say is that the calculations are not good! Or at least the results, and their impact on travel budgets. A few days ago, Travelperk put a figure on inflation...

"In May, demand for business travel almost recovered its pre-crisis 2019 level", stresses the Marco Polo association, which publishes its monthly index of business travel. Several studies, unveiled in quick succession, highlight both the increasingly rapid pace of business travel, and the...

After several difficult months, CWT is getting its head back in the game and preparing for the future. A future that will now be based on a new remuneration model, with CWT announcing on 31 May that it is switching to a subscription system. CWT is promising its customers "simple and transparent pricing and billing", thanks to "a single point of contact for...

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...

Although the well-being of business travellers has been identified as a crucial issue for a number of years now, all too often it remains wishful thinking within companies. Not least because there is a lack of tools and data to truly assess the problem and put in place the necessary safeguards. But the post-pandemic period could well amplify the problem...

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...

With crisis after crisis, it's hard to predict what the future will bring. But TripActions has tried its hand at the exercise, surveying nearly 400 French business travellers and other decision-makers in the sector. According to the newcomer to the French market, the results were fairly positive, with the conclusion that...

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...

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...

Business travel managers expect virtual meetings to replace more than a quarter of total travel volume by 2022 - exactly 27%. This is the result of a survey conducted by the investment bank Stanley Morgan between the end of June and the beginning of July. However, this is an improvement on 2020...

More than 300 business travel professionals were surveyed by the Business Travel Show. The London show sought to identify the challenges facing travel managers in this unprecedented context. As a result of the economic crisis, priorities have changed radically. While cost-cutting generally dominated the ranking - it was the top priority...

Taking care of business travellers and their safety: the leitmotif of travel management has never seemed so crucial. A study published by BCD Travel confirms this, if confirmation were needed. Among the priorities cited by the travel managers questioned last April, the duty of care ranks first. For 99%...

Following on from the various studies published in recent weeks in the business travel sector, this time it's BCD Travel's turn to take part in the exercise. This time, the business travel agency has put the spotlight on travel managers, by interviewing around a hundred of them, mainly on the...

When can business travel resume, and under what conditions? This is the question that has been on the minds of everyone involved in the market since the outbreak of the health crisis. The GBTA (Global Business Travel Association) has therefore surveyed the main stakeholders - suppliers, business travel agencies, and above all travel managers and buyers (43% on the panel) -...