Marriott’s consolidation of its sales team to sell lodging for all eight of its luxury brands is a positive for the industry, according to Acendas Travel Co-President Brent Blake. The move was first reported by Travel Market Report earlier this …
Risk Management: Essential Steps your Company can’t Afford to Miss
Duty of care will continue to be a crucial responsibility for any corporation regardless of the amount of business travel. As companies increase globalization, a heightened safety for employees and operations will also remain. According to a recent GBTA/AIG survey, …
Key Components to Better Negotiations Now and in the Future
Improve air, hotel, and car rental negotiations with several key actions to start now to assure your company accomplishes its 2017 program goals. The first essential step before starting the negotiation process is to outline your strategy, which should include …
Gain Visibility through Global Consolidation
There are numerous driving factors for a corporation to consolidate its global travel program including enhancing savings, traveler safety, service, and transparency. Additional values of globalization are compliance through a regulated travel policy and productivity with globally consistent procedures. As …
Four Methods to Achieve an Optimum and Lasting Return on Investment
Working with an esteemed travel management company (TMC) should deliver cost savings as part of a customized strategy that is created to provide you with a lasting return on investment (ROI). A managed travel program has many benefits beyond cost savings and …
Travel Policy Compliance: Improvements and Initiatives
Spring is a great time of year to refresh, renew, and reevaluate your corporate travel policy. Compliance to a well-defined policy can single-handedly have an instant impact on your travel program and your company’s bottom line. Several industry trends and market conditions …
The 4 Financial Strategies to a Successful Managed Travel Program
A managed travel program has many benefits beyond cost savings and enhanced productivity. As travelers require a more tailored experience, mobile and social policies are crucial to a successful managed travel program. However, the essentials of a travel program, must work for …
Strategic Group Management: Streamline Booking Processes with Acendas and Groupize
The problem: Many corporations are not tracking over two-thirds of their bookings of less than 25 hotel rooms and meetings with 50 or fewer participants. With 80% of groups and meetings booked outside of company departments, data, savings, visibility and …
Cvent Announces 2016 Lists of Top Meeting Hotels in the U.S. and Europe
Tysons Corner, Va. – March 8, 2016 – Cvent, Inc.(NYSE: CVT), a leading cloud-based enterprise event management company, today released its annual list of top hotels for meetings and events in the United States, according to meeting and event booking …
Hotel Site Selection: Essential Steps to Savings
Saving time and money are the top reasons that today’s executives seek to outsource site selection. Due to arduous processes, hotel sourcing is one of the top services to be outsourced. Have you been assigned this year’s upcoming large conference …
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