Business & Industry
Business Travel Q3 2019
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Global scale demands a scaleable mobile expense solution
Mobile expense apps need to do more than save an executive time, they need to streamline global tax and expenses rules to save admin staff time as well. Mobile apps that can capture travel and entertainment business expenses save executives from searching through a wallet to make sense of faded, crumpled receipts. The problem is,...
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How to keep stress levels low during a business trip
As rewarding as travelling can be, certain elements of the logistics can get tiresome. Booking the best flights and accommodation, fighting your way through the airport ’experience’, being away from home for days on end and encountering delays can take the enjoyment out of travel. Imagine a business traveller having to live this repeatedly in...
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The rise of the machines in business travel
The travel industry is powered by increasingly innovative technology but these developments are also creating complexity for business travel managers. Technology has long been the driving force behind the travel industry’s evolution, but the range and rapid pace of change can sometimes feel overwhelming. Business travel booking tools are increasingly incorporating bots and articifical intelligence...
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The impact of technology on business and leisure travellers
There is a convincing argument that the travel industry invented e-commerce. In the 1960s, American Airlines and IBM developed the first-ever computerised customer reservation system. Fast forward to the first internet age of the late 1990s and travel is one of the early adopters of this new technology. Today, travel is one of the most...
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Online booking tools, while critical, lack crucial employee adoption
As the expectations of the modern business traveller evolve, travel managers and the tools they use may need to adjust accordingly. Corporate travel policies exist for a reason – typically, to save the company money and help ensure a quality experience for employees. With concerns like cost and duty of care at risk, travel managers...