CapTrav Blog

We all find ourselves prognosticating the “new normal.”  What percent of travel will never return?  Is business travel even important now that we are used to videoconferencing?  Many have even tried to come up with a simple litmus test to measure the cost/benefit for...

While employees may be eager to get back on the road and return to their road warrior lifestyles, leaving the impact of 2020 and 2021 behind, there’s one facet of travel the past year brought to the forefront: Attention to Risk. If your company doesn’t have a travel...

Travel and expenses are not always managed centrally together, but nonetheless, travel and expenses always go hand-in-hand—and accordingly, when choosing an expense management solution, your travel manager should be a key player in the conversation. Whether or not...

It seems odd that less than 10% of the $1.4 trillion corporate travel industry is formally serviced under a traditional management model.  Historically, industry suppliers have catered to larger, typically multinational organizations.  Travel Management Companies...

The first four blogs in this series, The Problem with Corporate Credit Card Data, The Problem with Expense Data, The Problem with TMC Data, and The Problem with Supplier Data, all discuss the shortfalls of each in terms of capturing all available corporate travel...

We will focus on airline and hotel data in this installment for a few reasons: Airline spend is typically the largest spend category in corporate travel programs so it should be a primary focus when considering the best data sources to leverage when optimizing a...

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...

*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...

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...