Reading Time: 2 minutesIn our last blog, Onyx CenterSource talked with Geert Behets, head of global travel, meetings and fleet management for the Belgium-based pharmaceuticals company UCB, about how his company selects hotels for its preferred provider program. This week, we get his views on relationships between corporate travel buyers, hotel suppliers and the service companies that help […]
Read More →Reading Time: 3 minutesMany hotel companies this year launched aggressive marketing campaigns offering special rates and other perks to travelers who book directly from their branded websites. Yet when it comes to business travel, it is still the employer who, in principle, decides which hotels employees can book. Most large corporations have established travel policies that require employees […]
Read More →Reading Time: 2 minutesResearch suggests business travelers are spending more money while on the move. Business travelers are well known for being tech-savvy, showing a willingness to embrace the latest and most exciting technological trends in a bid to ensure they are always working at their peak. The increased sophistication of mobile hardware has had a positive impact […]
Read More →Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat does the rise of the millennial mean for the business travel sector? With every passing year, the millennial generation accounts for a greater share of the global workforce. This demographic, which roughly incorporates people born between the 1980s and 2000, currently accounts for around one in three employees and the figure is expected to […]
Read More →Reading Time: 3 minutesEverything is back to normal. Christmas and New Year festivities are over for another year and the business world is getting back into the groove of its usual routine. Across the globe, thousands of people have already traveled for work purposes and it looks set to be an interesting year from a business travel perspective. […]
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