Duty of care will continue to be a crucial responsibility for any corporation regardless of the amount of business travel. As companies increase globalization, a heightened safety for employees and operations will also remain. According to a recent GBTA/AIG survey, 41% of corporations provide risk management services and 17% plan
Improve air, hotel, and car rental negotiations with several key actions to start now to assure your company accomplishes its 2017 program goals. The first essential step before starting the negotiation process is to outline your strategy, which should include developing a plan that requires effective and aggressive negotiations. In
There are numerous driving factors for a corporation to consolidate its global travel program including enhancing savings, traveler safety, service, and transparency. Additional values of globalization are compliance through a regulated travel policy and productivity with globally consistent procedures. As companies are expanding into more countries, there has been increasing
Working with an esteemed travel management company (TMC) should deliver cost savings as part of a customized strategy that is created to provide you with a lasting return on investment (ROI). A managed travel program has many benefits beyond cost savings and enhanced productivity. Acendas recommends key financial strategies to be incorporated at
Spring is a great time of year to refresh, renew, and reevaluate your corporate travel policy. Compliance to a well-defined policy can single-handedly have an instant impact on your travel program and your company’s bottom line. Several industry trends and market conditions have pushed to increase compliance, which has encouraged corporations to
A managed travel program has many benefits beyond cost savings and enhanced productivity. As travelers require a more tailored experience, mobile and social policies are crucial to a successful managed travel program. However, the essentials of a travel program, must work for a corporation to regulate spend, guarantee traveler protection, and manage
The problem: Many corporations are not tracking over two-thirds of their bookings of less than 25 hotel rooms and meetings with 50 or fewer participants. With 80% of groups and meetings booked outside of company departments, data, savings, visibility and compliance lost with each booking. Additionally, processes for small groups
Tysons Corner, Va. – March 8, 2016 – Cvent, Inc.(NYSE: CVT), a leading cloud-based enterprise event management company, today released its annual list of top hotels for meetings and events in the United States, according to meeting and event booking activity through its Cvent Supplier Network. In addition, the company
Saving time and money are the top reasons that today’s executives seek to outsource site selection. Due to arduous processes, hotel sourcing is one of the top services to be outsourced. Have you been assigned this year’s upcoming large conference and have no idea where to start? Acendas Meetings and
Travel managers are looking for more than reports from their travel program data. They are seeking perceptive information that can turn their average data into effective, persuasive, actionable intelligence.
