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		<title>Corporate travel managers pick up most of their expertise on the job</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The responsibilities of today’s corporate travel manager are in constant flux. The introduction of procurement practices, evolving technology, , ongoing pressure to decrease costs, the growing need to track travelers, a move towards globalization, and a new generation of employees who are accustomed to using their own internet and smartphone sources for travel are among [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CSR Initiatives Through the Travel Supply Chain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Corporations have higher CSR standards for themselves than for their preferred partners As corporate social responsibility (CSR) increasingly becomes part of mainstream business practice, companies are revising not only their own practices but looking to their preferred suppliers to reinforce important CSR goals. According to the 175 corporate travel managers AirPlus surveyed in November about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.airpluscommunity.com/2011/blog/csr-initiatives-through-the-travel-supply-chain</link>
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		<title>Travel Alternatives Remain Strong</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even as business travel and in-person meetings continue to regain strength, travel alternatives remain a viable option. Corporations looking to cut back on travel moved to alternatives such as , webcasting and teleconferencing in the midst of the recession.  AirPlus asked corporate travel buyers this month about the current state of travel alternatives. The responses [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.airpluscommunity.com/2011/blog/travel-alternatives-remain-strong</link>
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		<title>Community Forum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi Airplus Community, Wouldn&#8217;t it be a great idea to host a community forum where we could have general discussion around travel tips etc but also host specific communities for users of different travel, expense and finance tools where people could share tips, best practises and ideas. Regards, Simon]]></description>
		<link>http://www.airpluscommunity.com/2011/your_ideas/community-forum</link>
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		<title>Economic Flux</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the economy continues to loom uncertain, corporate travel managers are poised to take action to rein in costs if necessary. Through the end of last year and the beginning of this year, industry experts were bullish on business travel, with business travel predictions for volume and pricing nearing or exceeding pre-recession levels. &#160; &#160; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.airpluscommunity.com/2011/blog/economic-flux</link>
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		<title>Interview: International Travel Management in Portugal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AirPlus Global Reach Editorial Office talks with Susana Luz &#8211; AirPlus Sales Manager Portugal &#8211; about trends, opportunities, challenges and developments in the Portuguese travel management market. Portugal is in the news &#8211; the business community is closely monitoring developments in this Iberian country. How does travel management react these days? AirPlus: Looking at travel [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.airpluscommunity.com/2011/blog/interview-international-travel-management-in-portugal</link>
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		<title>Business Class is Back</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Global bookings of business class tickets are on the rise again: in the first half of 2011, the percentage of tickets booked for business trips in this service class grew to 14 percent &#8211; a five percent increase on a year-over-year basis. In addition, a seven percent decrease in economy class ticket bookings for business [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.airpluscommunity.com/2011/blog/business-class-is-back</link>
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		<title>New White Paper: Measured and Managed – Getting More out of Your Corporate Travel Data</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The new AirPlus white paper provides a snapshot of how some of the best and brightest in corporate travel are getting more out of their data. They genuinely are managing as well as measuring, identifying challenges in what the data tells them and then taking positive action to make their programs even better. There is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.airpluscommunity.com/2011/blog/measured-and-managed-%e2%80%93-getting-more-out-of-your-corporate-travel-data</link>
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		<title>Traveler Safety and Security</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Multiple recent environmental and human-created crises have spurred travel management policy changes. As with most areas of travel policy, those that address issues of safety and are ever changing, as technology, employee demographics, a volatile economy and worldwide political, economic and environmental conditions continue to influence business travel. While the terrorist attacks on U.S. soil [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.airpluscommunity.com/2011/blog/traveler-safety-and-security</link>
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		<title>August 2011: Ancillary Aggravation Eases</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Three years after the introduction of a broad swath of airline ancillary fees, corporate travel managers are still grappling with the best way to tackle such fees from a tracking and policy perspective, as well as the ongoing effects on supplier relationships. According to the results of an AirPlus survey of corporate travel buyers, travel [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.airpluscommunity.com/2011/blog/ancillary-aggravation-eases</link>
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