According to several international reports, a generalized increase in the prices of air transport and accommodation is expected in 2019, especially in Spain, something that worries travel managers, according to the conclusions of the Forum Business Travel conferences held in Madrid and Barcelona. Read more
The continuous training for corporate travel managers that Forum Business Travel has been offering since 2010, with bimonthly sessions in Madrid and Barcelona, now have two new locations: Bilbao and Valencia. For some time now, travel managers from the Basque Country and the Valencian Community have been asking us to organize some sessions closer to their workplaces," says Natalia Ros, co-founding partner of FBT. Read more
The continuous training for corporate travel managers that Forum Business Travel has been offering since 2010, with bimonthly sessions in Madrid and Barcelona, now has two new locations: Bilbao and Valencia. Read more
Traditional practices based on enforcement and penalization to enforce corporate travel policy are being left behind. Its effectiveness is in question, a finding that is supported by numerous studies. Instead, persuasion-based techniques to engage the traveler in savings objectives are gaining ground. This approach requires new skills on the part of travel managers who are clearly entering the field of psychology. Read more
Forum Business Travel and Amadeus España have presented in Madrid and Barcelona the study “Convencer al viajero. La psicología de la persuasión en el Business Travel”, a pioneering research in our countryís that advances a new approach in the management of business travel in which the penalty systems are questioned to make employees comply with the guidelines of the travel policy and the savings objectives of the company.
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The travel industry has evolved rapidly in recent years, largely driven by technological innovations. On the one hand, their impact has brought simplicity, flexibility and speed to processes, especially for the end user, but they also introduce complexity, with the emergence of new suppliers, many of them disruptive in nature; the multiplication of distribution channels, which add difficulties of control. Read more