CapTrav Blog
The Devil Is In The Data: Part Three – The Problem with TMC Data
While there are a myriad of booking options for corporate travelers, every study I’ve either read or conducted over my career clearly demonstrates the value provided by the TMC both in terms of service and cost savings. When examined closely, the customer support...
The Devil is in the Data: Part Two – The Problem with Expense Data
*This is Part Two in my blog series. In case you missed the first article, check out Part One: The Problem with Corporate Credit Card Data. It wasn’t that long ago when I’d sit in a client’s office and stare at the stack of printed Excel pages with neatly attached...
The Devil is in The Data: Part One – The Problem with Corporate Credit Card Data
A corporate credit card can play an important role in a company’s success by helping its travelers with costly up-front travel and entertainment expenses, leveraging the financial float on money spent, and utilizing the reporting data it provides to help populate...
The Best Duty of Care Solutions in Corporate Travel for 2021
While the concept of corporate duty of care came into the spotlight in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, risk programs have used a variety of technology and processes to ensure their travelers are safe for years. Duty of care represents both the legal and fiduciary...
Brandon Strauss Interview With Al Gilbert
CapTrav President, Brandon Strauss, explains the purpose of benefits of CapTrav as a business travel reporting resource. Watch the interview with Al Gilbert below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuwXSfm5SKI
Strange Bedfellows: The Odd Relationship Between Corporate Travel Policy and User Behavior
I have been aggregating corporate travel survey data now for close to 20 years. Primarily among multi-national organizations considered “mid to large market”, our client base covers virtually all industries with varying corporate cultures. A central goal conducting...
What is My Corporate Travel Program Missing?
It seems like every year we reminisce about how much the industry has changed over the past year. 2020 was no different but of course under much different circumstances. In spite of the pandemic which brought the corporate travel industry to its knees, we saw record...
Corporate Travel Has Changed And It’s Not Because of the Pandemic
Have You Heard? Sabre, American Airlines, and Southwest are going at it again in court over content and distribution disputes United Airlines is proactively working toward minimizing corporate discounts TripActions just raised another $150 million Industry...
Danny Hood talks travel history with Al Gilbert
Al Gilbert Interviews Danny Hood Travel veteran, visionary, and entrepreneur Danny Hood looks back over his career building travel technology and travel management companies based upon coaching great team members like Ron Wagner, Ben Parodi, William Niejadlik, and...
Top 5 Reasons Why Corporate Travel Compliance is Important in 2021
I’ve written numerous times about the importance and issues regarding corporate travel compliance. Studies show that even well managed programs still suffer from between 25-50% program “leakage” across air, car, and hotel bookings. For corporate travel business...
