Brent Blake, President, Acendas Travel You need support in your travel. With each passing day, the world is opening up to a greater degree and the number of travelers is increasing. However, we are quickly learning the return to travel …
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. …
A Better Travel Experience for You
Brent Blake, President, Acendas Travel There are some activities for which we are conditioned to react negatively — regardless of the actual outcome. Going to the dentist, cleaning the garage, running on the treadmill. We rarely associate the word “enjoy” …
Data-Driven Decisions Provide the Best Results
Terri Barton, Vice President Corporate Travel The growth of technology applications in the travel industry over the past decade has obviously created efficiencies, but perhaps more important, it has also allowed for the compilation of large amounts of data to …
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 …
A Look at Air Travel in 2021
Acendas Travel President Brent Blake was joined by Delta Airlines Senior Vice President Bob Somers for our monthly virtual Viewpoints with Acendas Travel. The two discussed air travel in 2021 in general and Delta’s strategy as travel ramps back up. …
Technology is Changing the Business of Travel
By Ken Augustine, Vice President of Travel Technology Several years ago in a meeting with a business prospect, one of its principals remarked that he came to the meeting thinking he was securing travel, but what he was actually doing …
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 …
Keep your data safe while traveling for business
In the age of frequent data breaches, everyone with a computer or mobile device is a potential door to a wealth of valuable information. Read more…