Meetings Payment

Posted in Blog, The Wire by AirPlus US Team
Tags: meetings management, payment solutions, The Wire

Meeting planners value payment solutions that offer detailed data and streamline processes.

As corporations grapple with integrating meetings management into a comprehensive travel management program, the area of payment strategies has met great change. The consensus is that data drives smart policy and supplier decisions; but, the decision to move to models that provide the best data has been slow.

In January AirPlus asked about preferred methods of payment for meeting expenses excluding air and separately about preferred method of payment for air expenses associated with corporate meetings. With the exception of a lodged/central bill method, which was popular for both categories of spend, travel professional responses showed that payment for attendees’ air travel was handled quite differently from other meeting expenses.

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Corporate travel managers pick up most of their expertise on the job

Posted in Blog, The Wire by AirPlus Editor
Tags: Corporate travel managers, expertise on the job, on-the-job learning, The Wire

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 the many changes taking place in the world of managed travel today.

In short, today’s corporate travel manager needs to be a jack of all trades, able to analyze data at one moment while effectively communicating with a headstrong Millennial about the importance of policy compliance in the next moment, and understanding the ins and outs of a contract in the next. And that’s just in an ordinary morning.

To better understand the skills and challenges of today’s corporate travel manager, AirPlus surveyed 143 corporate travel managers in early January.

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CSR Initiatives Through the Travel Supply Chain

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Tags: Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, The Wire

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 the CSR initiatives at their own companies and throughout their supply chain, this is especially true in the area of environmental standards.

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