Originally posted by Josh Linker on June 24th, 2015 on www.forbes.com. As an author and professional speaker on innovation and leadership, I contribute to approximately 85 corporate meetings and events each year. As you might imagine, this is a fascinating vantage point to compare and contrast how these things come to
Originally posted by Michael B. Baker on July 21, 2014 on BusinessTravelNews.com. As many buyers prepare their annual submissions of hotel requests for proposals, many are bracing for a challenging negotiating season, with industry conditions in the United States putting hotels in a position of increasing strength, particularly given rising group
Whether you’re heading into or coming back from a faraway place, the urge to hang on to your natural bedtime is strong.
(Kansas City Star)’Brent Blake and Gary Davis are globetrotters, but not the kind that play professional basketball. The men, business partners since 2000, own Acendas, a travel management company in Mission focused on helping its clients manage today’s complex travel landscape. ‘We are a diversified travel company managing the risk
Kansas City Business Journal – June 1, 2007 by Suzanna Stagemeyer Staff Writer – Gary Davis (left) and Brent Blake, co-presidents of All About Travel, have helped the company navigate the path from trip-booking to travel management. The company helps corporate clients book travel, manage expenses and track traveling employees.
Brent Blake has come to expect the same cocktail party conversation any time someone asks him what he does for a living. “I’ll say: ‘I run a travel company.’ And they’ll say: ‘Oh, that’s unfortunate. I’m really sorry,’” Blake said. “It’s like a wake. And I’ll have to say: ‘No,
KC Entrepreneur/Small Business Monthly – June 2008 by Kate Leibsle – You might think with gas prices at an all-time high, consumer confidence somewhere south of enthusiastic, depending on who you talk with, and the everpresent Internet travel sites, that morale wouldn’t be flying high at All About Travel. Well,
Kansas City Star, September 2008, by Ruth Baum Bigus Company: All About Travel Inc. primarily works with corporations on business travel, including negotiating pricing on airfares, hotels and ground transportation. Clients include HOK Sports, American Century Investments and Russell Stover Candies. Ownership/management: Brent Blake and Gary Davis are co-owners and
