Business travel and disability: IBM turns to Amex GBT
IBM has become the first customer for a new global accessibility solution for business travellers developed by Amex GBT. A new step for TMC on the road to more inclusive business travel.
Amex GBT says internal meetings are a great success
The Global Meetings & Events Forecast 2024 report published by American Express GBT confirms the key role played by internal meetings in strengthening links within the company.
TMCs critical of SNCF's new reservation system
The SNCF's new booking platform, rolled out at the end of September, is attracting criticism from business travel agents, who do not have access to all the railway's inventory and services.
American Express GBT predicts that hotels will still be more expensive in 2024
According to the Hotel Monitor 2024 report by American Express GBT, hotel rates will continue to rise in the world's major cities next year.
Fairjungle strengthens its rail offering in the North with Trainline
TMC, which describes itself as eco-responsible, is adding the Belgian-Dutch distribution platform Benerail and the Swiss SBB to its online offering thanks to the development of its agreement with Trainline Partner Solutions, the BtoB tool of the multimodal application.
Stay or Go: when The Treep calculates the essential nature of each business trip
The Treep is unveiling "Stay or Go", a new booking and decision-making tool. Its promise: calculate an essentiality indicator to eliminate superfluous business trips. Currently in the test phase, the tool is due to go on sale in 2024.
Interview: Zahir Abdelouhab, SVP EMEA, Navan
Artificial intelligence, travel & expense, sustainable travel policies, teleworking: Zahir Abdelouhab, Navan's SVP EMEA, looks back at the challenges facing business travel.
CWT has downloaded WhatsApp
Business travellers can now communicate with CWT travel agents via WhatsApp.
Travel expenses, payment : BCD Travel analyses the habits of mobile professionals
BCD Travel surveyed business travellers to gain a better understanding of their travel spending practices, and above all to identify the sources of frustration they can generate.
Train Vs Plane: Navan releases the comparator
The Navan Sustainability suite is gaining in consistency with the addition of a new Train Vs Plane feature, designed to promote the rail alternative where it exists.
FCM explains the upturn in business travel
A new Global Trends Report from FCM Consulting estimates that the recovery in business travel continued in the first quarter. French business travellers favour Germany, the United States and Spain.
CWT joins forces with Booking for Business for SMEs
CWT is to combine its TMC role with hotel reservations via Booking.com for Business. In this way, the business travel agency aims to provide greater support to SMEs.
MICE and CO2: CWT Meetings & Events takes stock
CWT Meetings & Events is launching its carbon calculator dedicated to the MICE market, in partnership with specialist Thrust Carbon.
"Travel, something noble": Yorick Charveriat, VP and GM France of Amex...
The rise of MICE, carbon footprint, artificial intelligence: Yorick Charveriat, Vice President and Managing Director France of American Express Global Business Travel (GBT), takes stock of the situation at EVP 2023.
EVP 2023 Barometer: TMC and MICE back with a vengeance, but...
The business travel barometer published on 5 April by American Express GBT on the occasion of EVP 2023 confirms the gradual recovery of business travel. With MICE operations playing a key role in strengthening internal links, and TMC in particular to ensure travellers' safety. But environmental awareness is still struggling to materialise...
Navan replaces TripActions and hires OpenAI
TripActions confirms its change of identity: the platform will now be called Navan. Another new feature is the integration of OpenAI generative intelligence into the product infrastructure.
Measuring carbon emissions: American Express GBT opts for Chooose
American Express GBT is introducing a new "calculator" to measure the carbon emissions of business travel. TMC has turned to Chooose, a start-up that has won rave reviews from the heavyweights of the business travel industry.
"2023 prices will be much higher": Adrien Cannes, American Express GBT
What travel fares can we expect to see in 2023, particularly in air travel? Adrien Cannes, Senior Consulting Manager for American Express GBT, takes stock.
CWT uses AI to save on air travel
CWT has extended its partnership with Wenrix to enable TMC customers to save on their flight tickets thanks to artificial intelligence, even after booking.
Egencia dedicates a dashboard to the well-being of business travellers
On Wednesday, Egencia launched its new Wellbeing Dashboard. This dashboard enables travel managers to better reconcile business travel with the personal balance of the business traveller.
