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
Brent Blake, President, Acendas Travel There are some activities for which we are conditioned to react negatively — regardless of the actual outcome. Going to the dentist, cleaning the garage, running on the treadmill. We rarely associate the word “enjoy” with any of those efforts. As a member of the
By Brent Blake Over the past 14 months, it is the one question I have been asked more times than any other. Perhaps people did not put it in those terms, but our clients (both business and leisure), suppliers, business partners — even our staff — all wanted to know.
Acendas Travel President Brent Blake was joined by Delta Airlines Senior Vice President Bob Somers for our monthly virtual Viewpoints with Acendas Travel. The two discussed air travel in 2021 in general and Delta’s strategy as travel ramps back up. Key takeaways include: The travel ecosystem (air, hotel, car, airport,
Travel has become more complicated with the advent of the pandemic, but it can be executed with proper structures and processes in place; and resources to support the traveler. With the assistance of company travel administrators and Acendas Travel, support for the business traveler occurs before one leaves and extends
Partners in Leadership is an organization which focuses on culture management for its clients with the goal of elevating accountability and delivering breakthrough results. As its travel management partner, Acendas Travel was tasked to accomplish essentially the same result for Partners in Leadership. It was a considerable challenge because the
