Under the radar, the importance of capturing all travel expenses
It is becoming increasingly important in business travel management to capture all travel-related expenses. In many companies, these costs represent a significant percentage of the total. Capturing and managing them is crucial. But what happens when the expense is incurred outside of official channels? How can companies ensure that they are keeping track of them when they are stored in different systems in different ways and often overlap or conflict?
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New technological solutions in corporate travel (II): What is a startup for?
Suppliers are focused on enhancing direct sales through online channels and disintermediation, which leads to asymmetries along the purchase chain. The latest paradigm of this global trend is the NDC (New Distribution Capability) protocol, which allows access to bundled airline offers that include additional services. Startups do not necessarily leverage this model. In fact, many of them are integrated into distribution channels. Second installment of the pioneering study in our country conducted by Forum Business Travel, in collaboration with Amadeus Spain.
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The festivalization of professional congresses, an unstoppable reality
In recent years, we have seen that the classic congress formats have found it more difficult to attract the same number of visitors and exhibitors as before. The public has changed and their expectations of what an event should offer have grown beyond the lectures and discussions on the main stage. To maintain their relevance, organizers must adapt by relying on the startups and technology companies that are leading the trend toward a more "festive" concept of congresses.
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New technological solutions in corporate travel (I): What is a startup?
The world of startups has formed a complex ecosystem in which technology and innovation go hand in hand to create business models that are sometimes disruptive and make the market evolve, providing new solutions to users' needs or, at least, other ways of satisfying them. Their irruption in the tourism sector has been massive in recent years. We offer you the first installment of the pioneering study in our country conducted by Forum Business Travel, in collaboration with Amadeus Spain.
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Recommendations for organizing a successful small meeting
Small meetings are a real value contribution to the MICE industry. This is not a passing fad, but a well-established, accepted and necessary practice. These small-format events, which in most cases are carried out with local clients and with their own characteristics, have experienced a great growth in recent years, so they require special attention. Here are a few recommendations for your organization.
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Some suggestions to alleviate the embarrassment of flying because of the carbon footprint
Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old who recently traveled by boat from her home in Sweden to New York instead of taking a plane to attend the United Nations Climate Action Summit, is the current face of ‘flygskam’ or ‘vergüenza de volar’, a growing movement in Europe and North America that aims to reduce air travel in order to lessen the impact on the environment. By following a few suggestions, this blush can be controlled.
Some tips.
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