travel policy

Traveller experience, cost optimisation and CSR: two years ago, the first Accor Global Leadership Council meeting set out three priorities for business travel. Recently, this forum for exchanges between the French hotel group's management and its key corporate clients concluded with new trends, focused on an approach…

This year, the IFTM trade show will take the Silk Road route, the route of Samarkand and Bukhara. From 15 to 17 September, as always at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, the major event for leisure and business tourism professionals will be showcasing Uzbekistan, its UNESCO-listed historical jewels and its natural beauties…

You've just launched OneMICE, a MICE expense management solution driven by Chateauform and the German platform MICE Portal. What is the origin of the project? J. d. Villeneuve Bargemont - This project was born from a shared observation and a common vision among the three co-founders: the MICE intermediation market is evolving…

With June now recognised as Pride month, Booking.com and Riskline have analysed which destinations pose risks for LGBTQ+ populations and the challenges that business travel can present... In an exponentially growing global business travel market, which is projected to generate $2.4 trillion by 2031, companies…

What can be expected from the Fusion Exchange Paris event organised by Concur? Damien Palausi - There will be different workshops, notably on product news, on travel & expense. The event will broadly cover the elements that were discussed at Fusion US, in New Orleans. The idea is to show two main directions: to keep moving forward…

Beyond ROI. More than just return on investment, the predominant evaluation criterion for decades, Accor sees other ways of assessing the value of business travel. The French hotel group recently published its vision of a profound transformation underway in the business travel industry, drawing from this evolution the concept of a "triple return...

"Business travel is the mirror of the current economic climate and of business confidence," says Christophe Roth, Associate Director - BU Expertises Conseil, EPSA Group. According to the 15th edition of his barometer, unveiled in partnership with the IFTM trade show, the sector is not doing all that badly in an environment that is...

Is business travel still a strategic investment for companies? Arnaud Bernet - More than ever, given the figures. Our study published in 2024 already showed this, and this year's study confirms it even more: 96% of companies tell us that they make business trips, which is 3 points...

According to figures published on 12 August by SAP Concur, 2024 saw a clear upturn in business travel. The business travel specialist's analysis of the transactions within Concur Expense relating to the various expenditure items identified as 'air tickets', 'car hire', 'travel insurance', 'travel insurance', 'travel insurance',...

How do business travellers rate the hotels they stay in during their business trips? To answer this question, BCD Travel surveyed 1,035 business travellers around the world. The first positive finding is that seven out of ten travellers say they are satisfied with their company's hotel policy, and that...

How does generative artificial intelligence fit in with Cegid Notilus' technological solutions? Laurent Lassure - It's changing the game by bringing this notion of creation. AI is starting to be applied to the generation of mission orders and, consequently, the related expense claims. This is on the Cegid Notilus roadmap, and these are things...

Like Donald Trump's stances, the situation of minorities does not necessarily tend to improve over time. On the contrary, we are regularly witnessing steps backwards, and the American president is not the only example of these setbacks. This is borne out by a new study published ahead of the Business...

Transport & Environment has just published its Travel Smart report, assessing the business travel-related emissions of over 200 multinationals. What are the main lessons you can draw from this study? Jérome du Boucher - First of all, the salient point is that emissions linked to business travel in 2023 will be a third lower than they are now...

Accor CEO Sébastien Bazin notes a 25% drop in bookings to the US this summer in an interview with Bloomberg. Last weekend, the resignation of Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia was announced. After Gebbia joined Elon Musk's team at DOGE, a powerful movement to boycott his company was launched in...

How do you interpret your appointment as Head of Corporate Travel for Sabre in France? Cédric Lefort - It reflects a real desire to move forward in the French market and to grow, in particular by investing in sales staff. One of my first priorities is to recruit 'hunters' to make acquisitions. Read more...

According to the AirPlus Business Travel Index, travel spending in Europe rose by 1.3% in 2024. There are, of course, significant disparities between countries. The United Kingdom (+2.6%), Switzerland (4.9%) and above all the Netherlands (8.1%) posted above-average increases. Conversely, the German market is down (-1.5%). AirPlus survey:...

easyJet has launched easyJet Plus for Business, a programme that allows companies to purchase, manage and receive discounts on multiple season tickets on behalf of their employees, in addition to access to a range of travel benefits. This centralised management enables companies to exercise greater control over their travellers'...

Slowly but surely, companies are returning to business travel after the pandemic. The Business Travel Show, to be held in London on 25 and 26 June, regularly surveys the key players to gauge the pace of this comeback. The show organisers surveyed 163 professionals, the majority of them European (85%, including...

What can we learn from 2024 in the field of travel management? Sabah Kahoul - The year was marked by a particular focus on sustainable development and the reduction of CO2 emissions. There is a real awareness in all companies, whatever their size or activity. It is...

The main news for Hcorpo in 2024 was the announcement of your partnership with TotalEnergies to add a hotel component to their Mobility Corporate payment card. What are the advantages of this partnership for users of the card? Salomé Mogier - TotalEnergies chose us after an invitation to tender, and their...