What’s fall season all about? If you guessed colorful leaves, football games, pumpkin patches, or Halloween… you’d be right. But that’s not what we’re getting at here. For business travelers, fall is all about meetings and events. And lots of them. Companies gather for things like industry conferences, client demos, office openings, store launches, company…
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Fraud in business travel. It’s a thing. Not surprising, since the risk for fraud is basically everywhere. And it just keeps growing as people and businesses become increasingly digital. (If you’ve never fallen victim to it, consider yourself lucky …and/or well prepared. According to data from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Americans lost over $8.8 billion…
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Leading travel management company will offer Cytric Easy, the only travel and expense tool embedded into Microsoft Teams. BLOOMINGTON, IN – Gant Travel has expanded its relationship with Amadeus, the innovative travel technology provider which continues to grow its presence in North America. The travel management company (TMC) will offer both Cytric Travel and Cytric…
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We’re officially (more than) half-way through 2023. Crazy…right? Over the last six-or-so months, we’ve all been tasked with rethinking how we book and manage business travel. And we all know (and are being reminded of at seemingly every turn these days) – that’s no easy task. The travel industry is running full speed ahead on…
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The passport wait is on. If business is taking you outside of the United States this year, meaning you’re planning to go abroad sometime soon, you might want to get your paperwork in order. Like right now. Yesterday probably would have been better. Whether you need to renew the one you already have, don’t have…
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It’s Time to Rethink Business Travel. We’ve spent a lot of time talking about the rebound of business travel. Now we’re ready to talk about the other side of that rebound – the post-rebound need to rethink business travel and how its being booked and managed in this new post-rebound landscape. But business travel is…
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2023 is in full swing. So is 2023 pricing. You’re likely wondering how you (and your travelers) can get the most bang for your buck. Company-paid upgrades aren’t in a lot of budgets this year. The answer (or part of it anyway) might be in your hotel program rewards and perks. More specifically, in matching…
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While this time last year we were all debating whether or not we’d see a business travel rebound within the coming days, these past twelve months have silenced most of the rebound doubters with their fast-and-fierce resumption of all things travel. All things. Leisure travelers may have started the charge, but those who travel for…
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Since March 2020 things have been… interesting. To say the least. Around the globe… Around our towns… At school… At work… In business travel… As we begin to wrap up yet another wild ride of a year, it’s clear that look-ahead travel-program planning is a whole new challenge in this post-pandemic world we live in.…
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Don’t call it a comeback. Meetings and events have been here for years. Unfortunately, COVID-19 restrictions made it nearly impossible to gather beyond virtual meetings for quite a while. But there’s more to life than staring at a computer screen. We all know that. We’ve all known that. These past years have left most of…
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