TRAVEL MANAGEMENT

According to the latest global report from FCM Consulting, growth in business travel is set to accelerate in early 2024, with a sharp rise in the number of seats offered by airlines. Africa in particular is set to benefit.

China announced last week that it would lift the visa requirement for French nationals travelling to the country for tourism or business for a period of one year. Good news for travellers...

According to the latest GBTA Business Travel Index Outlook, France has almost returned to its pre-crisis level of travel spending. On a European scale, we'll have to wait and see.

The BusinessToGo platform is now available to French business travellers. The booking solution from the Lufthansa group and Navan targets SMEs to book flights, hotels, hire cars and trains.

AirPlus has just unveiled a new brand identity under the slogan "Smart & Simple". Julie Troussicot, Managing Director France of AirPlus International, provides an update on the latest news from the group.

The GBTA has published a new progress report to measure the return of business travel, and the obstacles that persist in different regions.

SAP Concur surveyed employees and their companies to find out about the role of teleworking, the prospects and the limits of the Work from Anywhere approach.

More and more flights are being cancelled in Beirut. The Lufthansa group was the first to announce the suspension of its flights, while the national carrier Middle East Airlines reduced the number of its daily flights. However, flights to France are still operating.

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.

After launching Cytric Easy, integrating its travel tool into its partner Microsoft's environment, Amadeus intends to take things to the next level with the help of AI. Bertrand Poey, CEO of Amadeus France, explains.

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.

Paris je t'aime, the capital's tourist office, has unveiled a report on the convention business for 2022. The figures confirm the upturn in activity, which is gathering pace.

Conquering new markets in Europe, integrating the Cytric brick from Amadeus, distribution: Ziad Minkara, Managing Director of CDS Groupe, takes stock of what's happening at his company.

The IFTM-EPSA barometer shows that business travel spending is returning to levels almost equivalent to those seen in 2019. But rising prices are not the only factor...

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.

The first Meetings & Events barometer, published today by Kactus to coincide with the IFTM Top Resa event, reveals the key trends in the French market and how it has evolved since the health crisis.

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.

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.

Business travellers are not the only ones to suffer from flight delays and cancellations. A study published by AirHelp measures the impact of these disruptions on the environment.

The 4th barometer of expense claims published by Mooncard highlights the impact of expense claims on the finances of business travellers, especially in a context of inflation. The corollary is the temptation to commit fraud...