Post-Recession – Has the travel management landscape changed permanently?

Posted in Blog, Industry Topics by Volker Huber
Tags: ACTE, ACTE Whitepaper, post recession, recession

Volker Huber

Corporate travel has certainly changed over the past two years, but are these changes permanent? 

This AirPlus International/ACTE whitepaper examines the current travel management landscape, whether it will return to where it was before the recession started or if it will be forever changed. Further explored are the implications for travel managers today and in the future.

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Credit card dynamics

Posted in Blog, The Wire by AirPlus US Team
Tags: credit card dynamics, credit card economics, credit cards

Credit card merchant fees are a hot topic in the travel industry today.

One example of many is when United Airlines communicated to 28 small agencies this summer for what seemed to some as an experiment in changing the system. The airline informed these agencies that they would no longer be allowed to process credit card purchases through United’s merchant account but would be required, instead, to use their own merchant accounts starting July 20.

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Agent’s Corner: A ‘Time for Change’ with Julie Oliver

Posted in Blog, Industry Topics by AirPlus Editor
Tags: business travel, economic crisis

Julie Oliver, Managing Director

AirPlus talks with Julie Oliver, Managing Director of Business Travel Direct about ways of adapting to changes brought on by the recession and how to embrace the new opportunities that lay ahead for TMCs…

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