Travel Management Blog

The sharing economy certainly has cost benefits for corporate travel, but safety and management concerns persist.

Long, manual and error-prone visa checking and provisioning is a thing of the past for TMCs and consultants with our new tool, VisaEase.

With Sharing Economy brands bringing changes to the travel marketplace, we created a survey to ask TMCs for their thoughts on what the disruption might mean for corporate travel.

In the last five years, the birth of brands such as Airbnb, Uber and Lyft has radicalised the travel marketplace for consumers.

From September 1st 2015, Lufthansa will charge €16 for bookings made through GDSs.

This move demonstrates the airline’s intention to increase bookings via its own channels. The ‘Distribution Cost Charge’ (DCC) will apply to non-direct bookings for Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and Swiss.

While mobile itinerary management may be the future for business travel, electronic travel documents are still the firm favourite today.

Although these important documents are an after-thought to some, they are critical part of the travel experience for business travellers. Effective travel documents are a big plus for travel buyers too, reducing the number of complaints they receive from travellers when things go wrong.