New: CWT Perspectives France 2019 puts business travel under the microscope
What are the major challenges facing French travel managers? How are they responding? Are new avenues for optimisation emerging? These are just some of the questions to which CWT's first Perspectives France 2019 survey provides quantified answers, backed up by recommendations from CWT Solutions Group experts. Voyages d'Affaires brings you the initial findings.
Interview with Arnaud Fontanille Arnaud Fontanille, CEO of the Marietton Group
Travel Leaders Group is going international, with a network that will soon cover 80 countries. In France, the Marietton Group (Havas, Ailleurs Business) will benefit from the network's strength. Interview with its Managing Director, Arnaud Fontanille.
The Travel Leaders Group agency network weaves its international web
Travel Leaders Group, a US-based TMC, is setting out to conquer the global market. Its managers have just unveiled an expansion phase based on a partnership with some forty travel agencies, including in France.
Cities & Trends: London and New York in pole position
London and New York remain the most popular business destinations, according to the Cities & Trends 2018 report published on 26 March by BCD Travel. Paris remains in the European top 5, even overtaking Zurich.
Interview: Yorick Charveriat, Sales Director, American Express GBT
On 20 March, Yorick Charveriat presented the results of the EVP 2019 barometer. The Sales Director of American Express GBT discusses the findings of this European survey, and the business travel agency's strategy in general.
EVP 2019: European business travel takes off according to American Express GBT
At the 28th EVP, held in Paris on Wednesday, American Express GBT unveiled the results of its European Business Travel Barometer.
Travellers' wellbeing: BCD Travel highlights the gap between words and...
BCD Travel has published a study devoted to the well-being of business travellers, and above all to the concrete measures taken within companies. The gap between good intentions and good practice is striking.
Egencia starts the "Conversation" between hoteliers and business travellers
With the new "Egencia Hotel Conversations" feature, the corporate travel agency aims to facilitate direct communication between business travellers and their hotel, to increase personalisation and responsiveness. Egencia is also launching new features for duty of care and packaged reservations.
Carlson Wagonlit Travel becomes CWT
Since 18 February, the Carlson Wagonlit Travel business travel agency has been officially renamed CWT: three letters with which business travellers and travel managers have already had time to familiarise themselves.
CWT France: Snepat-FO union challenges management's version of events
Following the publication on 7 February of an interview with Pierre Blin, Senior Director, Program Management, CWT France, the Snepat-FO union wanted to give its version of the facts.
Interview with : Pierre Blin, Senior Director, Program Management, CWT France
The end of Brigitte Nisio's mission at the head of CWT France was made official on 15 January by TMC, as part of its reorganisation. Pierre Blin, Senior Director, Program Management at CWT France, explains the business travel agency's approach to the controversy that has been raging in the business travel sector ever since.
BCD Travel strengthens its position in South Africa with Rennies Travel
Rennies Travel, a South African agency specialising in business travel and MICE, has just joined BCD Travel's international network.
Paris, the world's third-largest business destination according to Egencia
New York, London, Paris: these are the top destinations for business travellers in 2018, according to a study published by Egencia. The French capital was particularly buoyant in the first half of the year.
AnswerIQ: CWT's business travel search engine
Carlson Wagonlit Travel is launching CWT AnswerIQ, a new tool designed to improve travel policy management and optimise the processing of business travel data, based on artificial intelligence.
Study: problematic mix of business and personal cards
The results of a Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) study published on 5 November reveal that 4 out of 10 business travellers use their professional bank card for personal purposes.
NDC: ACTE and American Express GBT say Travel Managers are in the dark
As the NDC prepares to shake up the airline distribution landscape, confusion and concern still prevail among Travel Managers, according to a study published by ACTE and American Express GBT.
New turnkey offer from American Express GBT
"All business travel, quite simply" is the name of the new business travel offer unveiled on 17 September by American Express GBT (Global Business Travel): a simplified solution, aimed in particular at SMEs.
TripSourceGo: BCD Travel takes on airline ticket sales
Travel management agency BCD Travel is launching TripSourceGo, a solution that complements its hotel reservation service with the possibility of purchasing airline tickets.
With Analytics Studio, Egencia aims to change the way people look at data
The new Egencia Analytics Studio tool presented by the business travel agency on 13 August is designed to give Travel Managers greater visibility of data relating to the travel programme, in order to optimise management.
CWT launches Travel Consolidator
CWT (Carlson Wagonlit Travel) has just launched a new tool for Travel Managers, called Travel Consolidator. Its mission: to identify the hidden costs of business travel.
