Acendas Travel President Brent Blake has announced a restructuring of its corporate travel division that will create efficiencies and fill gaps that were identified as result of the Coronavirus pandemic. “The business slowdown created by the pandemic brought to the surface some operational and process issues that were not present
Travel Partners, a staple in the Sioux Falls business community is changing its name, but the people who have been part of the award-winning travel agency are staying put. After 20 years operating as Travel Partners, today it takes the name of Acendas Travel. A full service travel agency headquartered
By Brent Blake I am not a big cable television news watcher, but found myself more attentive to it once the Coronavirus pandemic hit because there were direct personal and professional consequences involved. I have family, friends and employees at risk, some of them to a much higher degree than
By Brent Blake Our role as a travel management company is to be your partner in achieving success. We are not here to tell you that you must travel, when you must travel or where you must travel. If travel is a tactic that helps you to achieve success, then
Company began in St. Louis in 1979 Mission, Kan. – The award-winning services remain the same, but the name Gwin’s Travel has changed. After 41 years operating as Gwin’s Travel, today it takes the name of Acendas Travel. A full service travel agency headquartered in Kansas City since 1982,
By Brent Blake, President, Acendas Travel “The virus will tell us.” Who can forget the now famous quote by Dr. Tony Fauci, the inspirational director at the National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases, when asked about the removal of restrictions on public gatherings. That was then, and still is
By Brent Blake, President, Acendas Travel When everyone is sharing in the pain of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is a futile exercise to say one group is challenged more than another—especially when we are relatively early in the battle and tough times remain. However, I do use this opportunity to express
By Brent Blake, President, Acendas Travel Legendary hall-of-fame pitcher and amateur philosopher Satchel Paige famously said: “don’t look back, something might be gaining on you.” At the risk of raising the ire of Mr. Paige’s soul, when I look back at my years in the travel management industry I see
Are business executives aware of the “true cost” of travel on their road warriors and how the days spent away from home affects their happiness? Such was the question posed to 50-plus travel professionals at the Acendas Travel annual Corporate Travel Symposium featuring clients, travel providers, travel industry consultants and
In the ever-changing corporate travel industry, technology has had the most influence on evolving travel management programs — and it has come in areas beyond traveler tracking tools. This was the feedback recently received from 50-plus travel professionals at the annual Acendas Travel Corporate Travel Symposium featuring clients, travel providers,
