Renae Bathke was busy enough as the senior accounting manager for Edina, Minn. – based ARKRAY USA before being faced with managing a corporate travel program during a global pandemic, but thanks to the resources developed by Acendas Travel, her …
New Technologies Address Travel Needs During Pandemic
Ken Augustine, Vice President of Travel Technology It’s been said that necessity is the mother of invention. That came into clear focus for the Acendas Travel team approximately five years ago as travelers were rapidly adopting technology to aid both …
Acendas Travel, Lyft Partner to Offer Added Value for Clients
Shared ride services continue to grow in popularity and now Acendas Travel corporate clients and their team associates have the opportunity to benefit from a formal relationship with Lyft. Acendas Travel Vice President Terri Barton says the Lyft for Business …
Travel Outlook for 2021: Why You Might Need Us More than Ever
Brent Blake, President, Acendas Travel NOTE: Acendas Travel President Brent Blake and Senior Vice President Joe Curtis sat down to discuss their outlook for travel in 2021. Watch the video here. I won’t spoil it and give away all of …
Controlling the Controllable
NOTE: Acendas Travel was recently honored by the Kansas City Business Journal along with 15 other Kansas City businesses as a 2020 Champion of Business. The program honors metro area for-profit companies that set the gold standard for financial performance, …
Acendas Introduces New Itinerary Design
As a means to improve and streamline the manner in which we deliver information to our clients, effective Sept. 14 Acendas Travel will be launching a new and improved invoice and itinerary product. We are introducing this new product because …
BCD – Acendas Travel Partnership Provides the Right Fit
By Brent Blake, President, Acendas Travel Some 20 years ago, Acendas Travel struck a partnership with BCD Travel, one of the world’s largest purchasers of corporate travel. The focus of the relationship was to share buying power and technology assets. …
Acendas Travel Announces Staff Promotions, Changes in Operations, Processes
Acendas Travel President Brent Blake has announced a restructuring of its corporate travel division that will create efficiencies and fill gaps that were identified as result of the Coronavirus pandemic. “The business slowdown created by the pandemic brought to the …
Sioux Falls-based Travel Partners Rebrands to Acendas Travel, Effective July 1
Travel Partners, a staple in the Sioux Falls business community is changing its name, but the people who have been part of the award-winning travel agency are staying put. After 20 years operating as Travel Partners, today it takes the …
It’s Time to Listen — and Act
By Brent Blake I am not a big cable television news watcher, but found myself more attentive to it once the Coronavirus pandemic hit because there were direct personal and professional consequences involved. I have family, friends and employees at …