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.
Reed & Mackay sets up in Abu Dhabi
Reed & Mackay officially opened a new office in Abu Dhabi on Monday. The business travel agency aims to capitalise on the dynamism of business travel in the Middle East.
American Express GBT: significant recovery in the third quarter
Growing steadily through 2022, American Express GBT revenues reached 72% of 2019 levels in the third quarter. This growth is set to continue into 2023, despite the outlook remaining unclear.
BCD and Sabre strengthen their technology partnership
BCD Travel and GDS Sabre are expanding their partnership to invest jointly in new technological solutions.
The Egencia app is more efficient
Egencia has updated its mobile application to include features that business travellers have come to expect.
Advito advises companies on how to travel better - and less
Advito, the consultancy subsidiary of business agency BCD Travel, which recently won an award from the SNCF, has designed calculators to help its corporate clients reduce their carbon emissions.
Havas Voyages transfers Travel Solutions to Trainline
On Monday, Trainline and Havas Voyages formalised their merger, which will see the travel agency's Travel Solutions tool source Trainline's rail content.
