You’ve made the decision to implement a managed travel program – and then reality hits you square in the face: you have to implement it across the company. There are many considerations that go into deciding to use a particular …
Swiping Your Way to Savings of Time and Money
Want to know a secret? Any travel management company worth its weight in salt can save you time and money. But, that’s not the secret. The secret is that your company can enhance those savings even more through the utilization …
Traveler Safety Infographics
Our parent BCD Travel last year created a series of four Infographics, providing broader travel risk advice beyond pandemic issues. The full return of business travel was then delayed by the appearance of new variants. Now is the time to …
When You Need Options – We Have Them
By Brent Blake, President, Acendas Travel We’ve all been there before. You’re traveling, when all of the sudden you get a text that your flight is canceled. So, after moments of despair, the scrambling begins. If you do not use …
Just Different, but Still Valuable — and in Some Ways Better
By Brent Blake, President, Acendas Travel Uncertainty makes prognosticators out of us all. And when something has a wide and pervasive impact like Covid-19, it’s not difficult to let our minds wander about what the future might hold. There are …
Necessity is the Mother of Invention
By Brent Blake, President, Acendas Travel If there is one thing that can be said for the travel industry, it is resilient. Over the course of history, it has been knocked down by weather, political unrest, economic struggles and pandemics. …
Playing the Long Game
By Brent Blake, President, Acendas Travel It’s been said that in business you win some and you lose some. I’ve been around long enough to know you don’t dwell much on the losses. But I have to admit it …
Five Trends in Travel – Post Pandemic
By Brent Blake, President, Acendas Travel If you look at the TSA numbers, you might be inclined to say everything is back to normal when it comes to travel. But if you take a deeper look at the data, you …
Lessons Learned, Roads Not Taken
By Brent Blake, President, Acendas Travel Everyone has a story to tell about how Covid-19 has affected them. Given the depth of the pandemic, it is a story which will no doubt continue to be refined for years to come. …
Is it a Train or Sunshine?
By Brent Blake Over the past 14 months, it is the one question I have been asked more times than any other. Perhaps people did not put it in those terms, but our clients (both business and leisure), suppliers, business …