Accor: a co-branded card with Visa
The Accor hotel group is teaming up with Visa to offer a co-branded card to members of its ALL-Accor Live Limitless loyalty programme.
Building loyalty among business travellers - what a programme!
Rewarding the many 'regulars' who travel for business or pleasure, without undermining the authority of the travel policy: that's the challenge of loyalty programmes, which oscillate between statutory privileges and benefits in kind.
Interview with Pascal Jungfer, CEO of Areka Consulting
Pascal Jungfer, CEO of Areka Consulting, gives his analysis of the relationship between loyalty programmes, compliance with travel policy and traveller well-being.
Mobility management: optimum organisation
Bringing together the management of car fleets and business travel; introducing car-sharing, car-pooling and bike-sharing; reducing carbon emissions: the mobility manager is at the heart of new mobility solutions.
Testimonial: Ousmane Mbodje, mobility manager at Lidl
Mobility manager at Lidl, Ousmane Mbodje describes the many advantages of combining fleet and business travel management.
Univ'AirPlus 2019: passenger well-being at the heart of our priorities
The 2019 edition of Univ'AirPlus was held on Thursday 5 September at the Châteauform' City George V on the theme of business travellers' well-being.
AirPlus-HRS: a new white paper on hotel policy
Chain hotels and alternative solutions, bleisure and centralised payment: AirPlus and HRS are looking at changes in travellers' behaviour when it comes to accommodation.
Univ'AirPlus 2019: passenger well-being at the heart of discussions
On 5 September, the Univ'AirPlus conference, organised by the German specialist in payment solutions for business travel, will focus on the well-being of business travellers.
Expensya draws up an overview of expense reports
Amounts spent, breakdown by item: Expensya describes the habits of French employees when it comes to their expense accounts.
Globalisation: fewer suppliers, greater efficiency
A single travel agency, a single booking and expense management tool, a reduced number of suppliers for travel as well as payment solutions and security: consolidating travel programmes is a source of efficiency for companies. Above all, it enables a uniform experience to be offered to all travellers.
Meet Xavier Carn, Vice President Security EMEA, International SOS & Control Risks
Xavier Carn, Vice President Security EMEA at International SOS & Control Risks, describes the relationships between the various suppliers and companies when it comes to security, and presents the advantages of an integrated model.
Interview with : Laurence Rudeau, anthropologist
Anthropologist and director of qualitative research, Laurence Rudeau was invited by American Express GBT to attend EVP 2019. This was an opportunity to take a "distant look" at the culture of business travel, and the relationship between professionals and their travel and the company's travel policy.
Travel safety and well-being: priorities for travel managers according to Traveldoo
Ahead of the Business Travel Show, Traveldoo surveyed Travel Managers to find out their priorities for the coming months. If the results of the survey are to be believed, 2019 will be dominated by the safety and well-being of business travellers.
Agathe Fabron (AccorHotels): "Loyalty or not loyalty?
Agathe Fabron, Vice President Business Travel and Mice in the Global Sales division of Accor-Hotels, describes the approach to loyalty in hotel programmes.
Stéphane de Laforcade (HCorpo): "The importance of payment methods".
Founder and Chairman of HCorpo, Stéphane de Laforcade highlights the importance of payment methods in optimising hotel bookings.
Paul-Édouard Le Bret (Louvre Hotels): "Multi-card relations with hoteliers".
Paul-Edouard Le Bret, Director of Global Business Travel Sales for the Louvre Hotels group, describes his group's corporate travel offering.
Kevin Mauffrey (Egencia): "Technology is the key to the customer experience".
Senior Director of Hosting at Egencia, Kevin Mauffrey describes the importance of user-friendly tools for travellers' user experience.
Jean-Marie Longin (American Express GBT): "Travel policy and the customer experience
For Jean-Marie Login, Director of Hotel Sales EMEA at American Express Global Business Travel, the key to adopting hotel reservation solutions is the customer experience.
John Baird-Smith (HRS): "Blockchain, the future of hotel booking?"
For John Baird Smith, Managing Director France at HRS, blockchain technology has a definite future in the world of hotel reservations.
Booking meetings: the big bang is still a long way off
Although all the players involved are united in their desire to automate the booking of meeting rooms, the complexity of the subject means that this is still a long way off. But that doesn't mean that progress hasn't been made.
