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Create a Travel Management Company RFP that ensures all your needs are met and that you pick the very best fit for your company culture. Putting together a Travel Management Company RFP can be intimidating. Not just any standardized RFP form will ensure you make the right choice in partnering with a potential vendor. However,Read more

The business travel industry is ever-changing—are your travel management services changing with it?  A lot about travel has changed in recent years, and you should be working with a Travel Management Company (TMC) that can weather the changing tides along with you, while also sharing your organization’s values. Sometimes, this can mean switching business travelRead more

When you embrace emerging tech for business travel, you ensure that you can continue to cater to evolving Traveler needs in the face of an evolving travel landscape. It’s no secret that the travel industry is changing at a rapid pace, and the travel landscape is continuously tumultuous. On the industry side, you have, firstly,Read more

As business travel spending soars, you’re probably wondering how to best budget for business travel in the months ahead. Here are a few of the ways to save that you might be overlooking, including opting for an annual management fee. Have you been seeing your team’s business travel expenses slowly creeping upwards? Or maybe theRead more

As business travel spending soars, you’re probably wondering how to best budget for business travel in the months ahead. Here are a few of the ways to save that you might be overlooking, including opting for an annual management fee. Have you been seeing your team’s business travel expenses slowly creeping upwards? Or maybe theRead more

Deciding between a travel management company vs travel agency? There are several things you’ll want to consider before you make a decision either way. Both options come with their pros and cons, and this decision will significantly impact your Travelers. Both a travel management company (TMC) and a travel agency, of course, can help makeRead more

Shopping for a travel management company (TMC) for your SME? You’ve likely come across several different TMC pricing models. One of these is the travel subscription pricing model. Is it the right fit for your company? Travel management companies use three primary pricing models. There’s the travel subscription pricing model, the transaction fee model, andRead more

As Small Business Saturday approaches in the United States, you may find yourself wondering how you can best boost your SME’s performance in the coming year. One way? Invest in managed travel. Yes, managed travel requires an up-front and recurring cost. However, even if you’re an SME or any business small enough to participate inRead more

Whether you’re a Travel Arranger or Business Traveler, if you’re trying to convince your boss to switch to managed travel, it likely means that you’ve personally seen the downsides of unmanaged travel, and you can recognize the benefits that come with small business travel management. However, if your boss isn’t on the road very much,Read more

If you’re a growing company, you may have arranged your employees’ travel internally up until this point, without feeling the need to invest in managed travel. However, there comes a point in most organizations’ scaling process, at which the company’s business travel just becomes, frankly, unmanageable. Whether it’s employees booking travel at whim, budgets beingRead more

So, what is managed travel and what can it do for your growing business? If your company started out small, employees might have initially been allowed to book travel on their own and simply submit expenses. However, as a company grows, this straightforward process typically becomes unmanageable and your job as a Travel Manager orRead more

Don’t wait until your employees are already on the road to think about business travel management. Long before a Traveler passes through airport security, the travel management process has started. If you want your company’s travel program to thrive, and if you want to maximize the ROI your company enjoys from business travel. Here areRead more

The travel industry has changed in recent years, and your travel policy should change to reflect the new reality. Here’s a checklist for creating an effective travel policy that’s helpful now and in the future. Things are different in both the corporate world and the travel industry than they were just a few years ago.Read more

Your company can enjoy the benefits of travel management right now, no matter how often your employees travel and no matter how much they spend. Travel management has become essential for modern businesses. Effective travel management means you can know where your employees are traveling, how much they are spending on hotels, flights and cars,Read more

Companies are choosing managed travel solutions en masse, inspired by the many benefits managed travel helps them access.   Most businesses need team members to travel regularly or on occasion, and these businesses have a choice between unmanaged travel and managed travel.   Unmanaged travel is when employees book their own flights, hotels, rental carsRead more

Businesses that send team members on the road have 2 options — unmanaged or managed travel.   Unmanaged travel is when your team members (or other designated individuals) book travel, handle their own arrangements while away from the office and file expenses upon their return. This is a perfectly acceptable way to do things when yourRead more