Sold-out situations sometimes require extraordinary solutions. Flight times may not match up, or worse a traveler is stranded after a cancellation. Or perhaps it’s the weather making life hard for travelers. Whatever the situation, the best travel agents will already know most of these and can shift plans to accommodate travel when the first choice…
That’s right, saving money with your travel program isn’t rocket science. It’s actually easy to make an impact on your travel spend if you know what to do, and most importantly, you have the right travel management partner. Having a managed corporate travel program —where an external travel management company, who manages the booking, budgeting,…
The definition of triage in the Merriam-Webster dictionary is “the sorting of and allocation of treatment to patients and especially battle and disaster victims according to a system of priorities designed to maximize the number of survivors.” And while we might actually feel like “battle and disaster victims” after the last two years, most of…
As you move to increase your travel back to previous levels (and beyond) there are corporate travel services which are crucial to managing the movement of your employees around the world. Tracking Travel Restrictions Around The World. Even though we’re 18 months into the pandemic a wide disparity of protocols exist among different nations. In…
A couple of decades ago a consultant (who shall go unnamed) started a trend by giving out bad advice, and that mistake has persisted, like a bad cold, ever since. University travel buyers who still hold his advice to be true are doing their employers a disservice by disregarding some of the most important guiding…
Within global travel management strategies, loyalty programs for airlines, hotels, and car rental companies are a well-established way for corporate travel managers to reduce costs and earn points for booking with a preferred vendor. Not as well known is the existence of a loyalty program for business meal and entertainment expenses which can yield benefits…
Teplis Travel proudly maintains a Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) Certification through the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the nation’s largest third-party certifier of the businesses owned and operated by women in the U.S. The WBENC certification standard is the most relied upon certification of women-owned businesses as a supplier diversity business program. This certification…
Managing corporate travel in today’s business world requires balance. A well-managed corporate travel program must balance cost containment with traveler satisfaction, traveler compliance with productivity on the road, and traveler convenience with safety and security. Corporate travel is much more complex than it used to be and constructing a program that aligns with the goals…
Whether you’re a small, midsize or large enterprise, saving money across your travel program is easy to achieve with the right travel management partner. Smaller business owners who may not have a managed corporate travel program —managed corporate travel is a business travel program that is handled by an external travel management company, who manages…
At Rocketrip, they hear time and again that, when it comes to corporate travel management, companies are anxious to control their costs but worried that tightening policies will harm their company culture. If this catch 22 is plaguing your thoughts, take comfort knowing that your priorities are in perfect order. Corporate travel is 67% more…