By Brent Blake, President, Acendas Travel It truly has been an interesting last 20 months. In March 2020, the world was rocked with a pandemic that nearly brought interaction to a grinding halt. Thankfully, medical science and outstanding health professionals reacted in haste and skill to address our challenges. Likewise,
By Brent Blake, President, Acendas Travel I’ll be the first to admit that managed travel is not for every business or company. If your associates take relatively simple and infrequent trips, and if your annual air, hotel and rental car spend is less than $250,000, then perhaps it makes sense
By Brent Blake, President, Acendas Travel Uncertainty makes prognosticators out of us all. And when something has a wide and pervasive impact like Covid-19, it’s not difficult to let our minds wander about what the future might hold. There are the doomsayers who believe every calamity gives way to another
By Brent Blake, President, Acendas Travel If there is one thing that can be said for the travel industry, it is resilient. Over the course of history, it has been knocked down by weather, political unrest, economic struggles and pandemics. And though bloodied at times, the industry has bounced back
By Brent Blake, President, Acendas Travel It’s deja vu all over again. At this time last year, businesses and travel management companies were facing uncertainty as they planned hotel programs for 2021. In response, most of the contractual arrangements were rolled over by mutual agreement between properties and businesses. The
By Brent Blake, President, Acendas Travel It’s been said that in business you win some and you lose some. I’ve been around long enough to know you don’t dwell much on the losses. But I have to admit it sticks with me a little longer when a current client
By Brent Blake, President, Acendas Travel With good reason, much of the discussion about the return of travel has focused on airplanes and airports. But now that a significant amount of people are criss-crossing the country and venturing outside the United States, we are hearing about issues that have risen
Brent Blake, President, Acendas Travel You need support in your travel. With each passing day, the world is opening up to a greater degree and the number of travelers is increasing. However, we are quickly learning the return to travel is not like riding a bike. Much has changed and
By Brent Blake, President, Acendas Travel If you look at the TSA numbers, you might be inclined to say everything is back to normal when it comes to travel. But if you take a deeper look at the data, you will notice some trends that — at least in the
By Brent Blake, President, Acendas Travel Everyone has a story to tell about how Covid-19 has affected them. Given the depth of the pandemic, it is a story which will no doubt continue to be refined for years to come. From the perspective of Acendas Travel, we are seeing positive
