TRAVEL MANAGEMENT

TripActions launched a new tool on 18 May: a dashboard designed to help travel managers and human resources better monitor the well-being of business travellers as business travel picks up.

"Do you have to choose between travelling and doing something for the planet? The theme of the 16th edition of Univ'AirPlus, to be held on 8 September at the Jardin d'Acclimatation, is a key concern for companies.

Recycled plastic cards, dashboards to better measure the carbon footprint of business travel: Pierre-François Brézès, Managing Director and Vice President France, Belgium and Luxembourg, Global Commercial Services at American Express, looks back at the initiatives recently announced by his group.

As part of its commitment to "net zero emissions", American Express is helping companies to reduce their carbon footprint through recycled plastic cards and a comprehensive dashboard showing carbon emissions by category of expenditure.

Transport & Environment (T&E) has just published its ranking of major multinationals according to their efforts to reduce carbon emissions from business travel. The conclusion: there is room for improvement.

CDS Groupe's customer agencies can now access the content of the Amadeus Value Hotels aggregator, with 500,000 establishments worldwide, all at attractive prepaid rates.

Lufthansa is launching two new business travel platforms: BusinessToGo, developed with TripActions for SMEs, and Lufthansa Global Spaces, designed with Hubli and covering meeting rooms and hotel bookings for groups.

Adrien Cannes, Head of Consulting France for American Express GBT Consulting, takes a look at the latest news and prospects for business travel in an ever-changing environment.

CDS has announced the acquisition of Rydoo's Travel business, which will now focus on Expense.

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region reopened to non-resident travellers on 1 May. Passengers must have a negative PCR test and quarantine themselves for seven days.

With the launch of Carbon Neutral Events, American Express Meetings & Events aims to strengthen its offer of advice on eco-responsible meetings and events.

Environmental and inclusion features added to the Neo platform, commitments to develop sustainable aviation fuel, humanitarian fundraising: American Express BGT shows its commitments in its latest report on environment, social and governance (ESG).

On Wednesday, American Express GBT organised EVP 2022. The event is returning to a face-to-face format, accompanied by a comeback of the traditional business travel barometer. The aim: to understand and build the business travel of tomorrow.

Japan is continuing its policy of opening up in very small steps. From 8 April, the country will be allowing citizens of 106 nations to enter. A measure that is more cosmetic than real...

Cytric, the business travel management tool developed by Amadeus, is now integrated with Microsoft under the name Cytric Easy.

Thai Airways International is back to more normal operations with the summer schedules. In particular, the national carrier is resuming its daily frequency to Paris CDG, while Bangkok is regaining its position as an international hub.

The surge in oil prices, which now appear to be well above the 100 dollar a barrel mark, is inevitably leading to an increase in air fares. This includes a return to fuel surcharges.

According to a new study published on 22 March, more than half of all travel managers expect pre-Covid volumes to return by 2024.

Corporate payments specialist AirPlus is extending the carbon neutrality of its AirPlus Company Accounts solution worldwide.

Faced with the slow agony applied to Hong Kong as a destination over the last two years, the local government finally seems to be considering loosening its grip on the southern Chinese metropolis a little, given the failure of its 'Covid Zero' policy.