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Why Small to Mid-Market Organizations Will Lead the Way in Corporate Travel
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 Devil is in the Data: Part Five – The Problem with Capturing all Booking Data
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...
The Devil Is In The Data: Part Four – The Problem with Supplier Data
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...
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...
