travel policy

The perception of fleet management is often simplistic, and does not do justice to the wide range of responsibilities involved in this essential role. Managing a fleet of vehicles, even just a few, is a complex task that requires advanced skills and the right tools... And it's very often an executive assistant or a...

One face-to-face meeting is worth three visios, two face-to-face meetings are worth six visios, three face-to-face meetings are worth... In order to assess the benefits of a physical meeting rather than a remote one, travel managers would do well to master their table of three. This ratio emerges from a study recently carried out by the Accor group among 9,000 travellers...

The year 2024 marks an important milestone for AirPlus, with the Swedish bank SEB making your takeover from the Lufthansa group official. How are things shaping up with your new owner? Julie Troussicot - Since 1 August, our sole shareholder has in fact been the Swedish banking group SEB, whose ambition is to...

"It's no use"... But it is! Because the mission order is the contract that binds the employer to his travelling employee. It defines the framework, safety conditions and scope of responsibilities. Article l411-2 of the French Social Security Code stipulates that work-related accidents occurring off-site...

Put on the back burner during the covid, business travel has returned to near pre-pandemic levels. This means that business travel makes real economic sense for companies, as the latest American Express study shows. Arnaud Bernet - Business travel has long been regarded as a cost centre. Through this study...

I've got my Excel matrix! It's the comfort of habit that is a reassuring solution for its familiarity and flexibility. Yet nearly 88% of Excel spreadsheets contain errors. This raises critical questions about data integrity and the risk of non-compliance. What's more, when it comes to checking supporting documents...

Launch of a new corporate programme 10 September sees the launch of our new offer for companies of all sizes. The programme is harmonised across all routes in our new extended network. Depending on annual expenditure, companies can benefit from exclusive advantages such as negotiated fares, individual management and...

It's a fact: business travel in Europe has been growing steadily since 2021. According to GBTA1's latest Business Travel Index Outlook report, business travel expenditure in Europe grew faster in 2022 than in any other region of the world. This trend has continued through to 2023 and...

Almost all hoteliers agree that the bleisure trend has become a reality in their establishments. Arriving earlier to discover the city, following up a business trip with a weekend of leisure, sometimes with the family: according to a recent study by SAP Concur, carried out in...

Some people are still convinced that paper "doesn't lie", "paper is safer", "it's better in the event of an audit, it won't break down". Let's take a look at these misconceptions, which are costing companies dearly if they haven't converted to paperless expense management. Paper is - very - expensive...

"To be the best rather than the biggest". For Stephan Baars, head of BCD Travel, American Express GBT's takeover of CWT - Europe's No. 1 and No. 3 business travel agencies respectively, with BCD sandwiched between the two - is not a cause for concern: "They were already No. 1, so there's no need to...

"A return to a certain normality after years of post-Covid recovery": the 2024 edition of the American Express GBT Business Travel Barometer translates into figures what most players in business tourism have been able to feel: an upward trend in travel volumes in 2023. However, after a...

The BCD Travel 2023 Cities & Trends Report was unveiled on 14 March. It takes stock of the habits of European business travellers, and in particular of the most popular business destinations last year. Amsterdam came out on top, ahead of two key business hubs: London and Frankfurt. Paris will have to...

How many trips do you make a year? Jean-Benoît Lasselin- I travel almost every week, mostly to destinations within Cambodia or to neighbouring countries. Twice a year I travel to Italy to meet my suppliers. After the Covid period, there was a very strong...

"Tourism and business travel will be shaped in the future by the yardstick of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and our ability to be transparent with our customers, whose expectations in terms of services and technology are increasingly high," said Patricia Morosini, the...

While several major players in the mobility sector are slowing down or even backing away from the electric car, the latest study published by BCD Travel would seem to confirm their decision... If the business travel agency is to be believed, business travellers are still very reluctant to adopt this option. Of the 919 professionals...

Where does business travel stand on the road back to normality? Laurent Lassure - The recovery is here, and we're starting to see figures close to 2019, but there are a lot of new ways of working that have developed, particularly with teleworking. It's also a question of habits. A...

What is the situation regarding the return of international trade show business to pre-crisis levels? Corinne Moreau - International trade shows are still 10 to 20% behind 2018. This is not specific to France either. The Germans, who are our main competitors,...

How is Navan doing in the French market? Zahir Abdelouhab - Navan France currently employs around fifty people in Paris. However, we also have customers in the provinces and in Monaco. And we regularly have to travel to meet local needs. What is the profile of your customers, and...

There are some changes that, despite their relative aesthetic 'sobriety', add a whole new dimension to an online tool. Such is the case with the tab recently integrated into the Uber for Business interface. A new "Sustainable Development" entry is now available to travel managers, who can access all the information they need on sustainable...