TRAVEL MANAGEMENT

Costs, ecomobility, duty of careCSR, compliance These are just some of the many challenges facing travel management players today. From defining a travel policy to its application, including the choice of a business travel agency (TMC) and a booking tool (SBT), travel & expense, the expertise of the travel manager will count as much as the feedback from business travellers. (see more)

Daily monitoring of travel management news, business travel innovations developed by suppliers, and the latest trends in the travel industry. studies deciphering the major trends in business travel today and tomorrow...

Lufthansa Group and Navan deploy BusinessToGo in France

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.

Julie Troussicot (AirPlus): "The culmination of our digital transformation".

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.

Recovery in business travel, economic or ecological obstacles: the figures...

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

Teleworking: habits, obstacles and excesses highlighted by...

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.

The conflict between Israel and Hamas is in turn affecting...

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.

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.

"A business trip never starts in an SBT":...

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.

TMC critical of the new reservation system for the...

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.

Congress: Paris rekindles the flame, the recovery gathers pace

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.

Ziad Minkara: "CDS's ambition is to be a key player in...

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.

IFTM-EPSA Barometer: "Companies are travelling less, but for more".

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...

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.

MICE: the world after deciphered by the first Kactus-IFTM barometer

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.

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 essentiality of each...

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.

The environment, a collateral victim of flight cancellations

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.

Mooncard barometer: questions about expense accounts

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...

Study: making the case for multimodal travel

Leaving their private vehicles in the garage and replacing them with more environmentally-friendly alternatives: French professionals are ready to take the multimodal step, according to the latest Enterprise survey.

Paris 2024: VTCs fear an obstacle course...

As the Paris 2024 Olympics approach, VTC drivers are worried, as highlighted by a study published by Uber. Getting around Paris could indeed be one of the toughest tests of the Olympic fortnight...

Teleworking, office, hybrid: Comet measures the new balances

A study carried out by Comet in France, Belgium and Spain assesses employees' new relationship with the office and meetings.