travel policy

Possible is a UK-based charity working towards a low-carbon British society. Its "A Free Ride" campaign seeks to limit the use of environmentally damaging forms of transport. Air transport is naturally one of them. But the campaign also includes - less frequently - the idea of justice...

2020 will have seen the closure of most of the world's borders, effectively redistributing traffic flows. Whole swathes of the planet have become barricaded. In 2020, Asia-Pacific and the Americas disappeared from the radar of European travellers. According to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), Asia-Pacific is the...

The aim of "Travel insights with Google" is to provide a better understanding of traveller demand and needs so that the most appropriate decisions can be made. They will help destinations, hotels and travel managers alike to use search data to identify and analyse...

For its first study of the business travel segment, Free Now for Business has pulled out all the stops: some fifty pages, covering seven key markets and drawing on the expertise of GBTA Europe. It has to be said that this is a time for analysis for all those involved in business travel, in order to understand the profound...

Has the travel agency model been weakened by the past few months? Julien Kauffmann - On the contrary, I'd say that the current crisis has put the agency back centre stage. Its role has been reaffirmed, in particular through its ability to reassure travellers, to give them precise information on the conditions of their...

Normally, it would be logical to ask you whether your governance is a continuation of that of Rob Greyber. We can imagine that your presidency will necessarily be unprecedented, given the current context... Ariane Gorin - Right now, all our energy is focused on helping our corporate customers deal with the crisis and prepare for the future. In this...

The launch of the "Workspace CO2 Emissions" was made official by Egencia on 9 December. The aim is to support companies on their journey towards sustainable business travel. This new tool takes the form of a dashboard calculating the emissions generated by air travel and hotels for each trip. Rail travel will be accounted for at the beginning of the year.

It's the hidden face of business travel, and probably one of its least glamorous stages: tedious expense claims. Although the business travel landscape has largely entered the digital age, "87% of companies in Europe are not equipped with a business travel booking or expense management solution".

CWT has published a checklist to help travel managers turn uncertainty into opportunity. Here is a four-point roadmap: 1. Control your travel budget Boost your travel programme: Take advantage of price volatility. The CWT price optimisation tool...

As it does every year at the start of the new academic year, the Univ'AirPlus event brought together the world of business travel. Organised in partnership with BFM Business, the theme of the 2019 event, held at the Châteauform' City George V, was the well-being of the business traveller, a subject that is increasingly in the air these days, providing an opportunity to remind ourselves that the human being is...

When it comes to security, do you think it's better to use a single supplier or several? Xavier Carn - There are two schools of thought. Some companies are able to provide tailor-made solutions, because they have very detailed expertise and will choose a particular...

Analysing the business travel landscape, surveying the main players, anticipating tomorrow's major trends, and providing the expertise of the CWT teams: that is the ambition of this first study of its kind devoted by TMC to the French market, entitled "CWT Perspectives France 2019". Some sixty decision-makers took part in the survey to find out...

After revolutionising the transport and holiday sectors, the collaborative economy, driven by Airbnb and Uber, is now making inroads into the world of business travel. So much so that this phenomenon has become a challenge for companies and their travel managers, as well as for technology suppliers and travel agencies.

In what way is business travel a common culture for all mobile professionals? Laurence Rudeau - It's a culture of practices. Whether it's the CEO of a major Cac 40 company who spends four days in New York, or a field engineer travelling to the farthest reaches of India, the rituals are the same...

Were you surprised by the results of the EVP barometer? Yorick Charveriat - What surprised me was the strong growth seen in 2018, which should be even more marked in 2019. As far as trends in travel management are concerned, I don't think there's much talk of travellers buying into the policy...

The 2019 edition of the European Business Travel Barometer was unveiled on 20 March in Paris at Terminal 7, Porte de Versailles. The annual study published by American Express GBT shows that 2018 was more dynamic than expected. In fact, the percentage increase in spending (+3.81TP3Q) exceeds - slightly - the forecasts of the previous barometer. If...

For several months now, it has been the issue of the moment, in the spotlight of the business travel ecosystem: the well-being of business travellers. BCD Travel has added its contribution to the debate with a global study published on 12 March. The business travel agency surveyed around fifty travel managers to better identify the most important issues for...

Could it be that travel managers are guided solely by the quest for savings? Behind this - purely ironic - question lies perhaps the end of certain prejudices that sometimes weigh on the profession of travel manager, which is in the throes of change, at the crossroads of purchasing, technology and human resources... And it is precisely in...

What can bots, and more generally automation tools, actually do for business travellers and travel managers? This was the question raised by GBTA France at the Experts' Forum organised by the association on 22 January at the French Event Booster at Porte de Versailles. It's a huge subject...

"Business travel is my whole career, it's everything I love! The enthusiasm of Céline Foglia, travel manager for nearly seven years at the Akka engineering and technology consultancy group, is enough to make anyone want to do it. I hadn't thought about it when I started out as a travel agent," she says. I never...