In today’s complex corporate travel landscape, where an average of 40% of bookings happen outside approved channels, travel managers face an increasingly difficult challenge: how to maintain complete visibility and control over their travel programs while ensuring traveler safety, controlling costs, and meeting sustainability goals. The answer
Travel leaders: the pressure is on. Boards, investors, and regulators are increasingly focused on indirect emissions—especially those hidden within the value chain. For many companies, business travel falls under the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol’s Scope 3, Category 6 (business travel) and now requires as much scrutiny as manufacturing or
In today’s global travel environment, organizations can’t afford to think of travel data as a collection of disconnected transactions. Every trip has context. Yet for too long, travel managers have been forced to navigate a fragmented landscape of partial insights; travel data here, spending data there, and HR records somewhere else.
For decades, corporate travel managers have relied on flight data as a core element of program oversight. Yet despite its importance, this data has often been frustratingly limited. Did the traveler book the flight? Was the ticket issued? How much was spent? These questions could be answered—but only in broad strokes. What’s been missing is the
Corporate travel isn’t just about individual trips. Increasingly, companies bring large groups of employees together for off-sites, client events, or global conferences. These gatherings are essential for connection and collaboration, but for travel managers, they’re some of the hardest trips to manage.
The corporate travel landscape has undergone significant transformations in recent years, influenced by technological advancements, shifting employee expectations, and global economic factors. As we reflect on 2024, several key trends are reshaping business travel in 2025 and beyond.
The airline industry has undergone a significant transformation by introducing New Distribution Capability (NDC), a standardized API (Application Programming Interface) that enables airlines to sell their products more effectively. NDC has revolutionized how airlines distribute their content, and its impact is felt across the corporate travel
Corporate travel has become an essential aspect of doing business as the world becomes increasingly interconnected. With employees traveling globally, companies have a moral and legal obligation to ensure their safety and well-being while on the road. This responsibility is known as duty of care and is a critical component of corporate travel
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As a travel manager, you're tasked with overseeing the complex and often chaotic world of corporate travel. From booking flights and hotels to managing expenses and ensuring policy compliance, your plate is always full. But what if I told you that there's a significant chunk of your travel spend that's flying under the radar, invisible to your
In today's fast-paced business environment, corporate travel management has become a critical component of a company's overall success. With employees constantly on the move, understanding and analyzing traveler behavior is essential to optimize travel programs, improve compliance, and enhance traveler satisfaction. By gaining insights into where
In the dynamic landscape of corporate travel, staying ahead requires more than just managing logistics; it involves understanding and leveraging the wealth of data generated by every trip. At Traxo, we specialize in capturing and analyzing comprehensive travel data, enabling businesses to fine-tune their travel programs for maximum efficiency and
In the ever-complex and unpredictable world of corporate operations, business continuity management (BCM) stands as a cornerstone for ensuring an organization's ongoing stability. Business continuity refers to the planning and preparation undertaken to ensure that an organization can continue to operate in case of serious incidents, disasters, or
In corporate travel's complex, fast-paced realm, staying ahead of the curve is necessary. Today, the technological revolution spearheaded by artificial intelligence (AI) has reshaped the landscape, with tools like ChatGPT becoming game-changers. Designed by OpenAI, ChatGPT leverages advanced language understanding capabilities that could assist
In corporate travel, weather delays and mass cancellations are significant roadblocks. These unexpected situations can lead to missed meetings, lower productivity, and heightened employee stress; taking a toll on overall business performance. The need for efficient management and control of these unpredictable events has never been more critical.
The world of corporate travel management is constantly evolving, and one of the most significant developments in recent years is the introduction of New Distribution Capability (NDC). NDC is a new standard for airline distribution that aims to modernize and simplify the booking process for travel agencies, travel management companies, and
In today's fast-paced business environment, corporate travel management teams face many challenges, such as ensuring the safety and comfort of their business travelers while keeping costs under control. One of the main challenges is to provide flexible booking options that meet the specific needs of their travelers while retaining full visibility.
With the rise of work-from-home and work-from-anywhere trends, as well as the blending of business and leisure travel (also known as "bleisure" trips), many corporations have shifted their focus from being responsible for the safety and security of the traveler to being accountable for the safety and security of the employee, regardless of their
You may be wondering, "What does Traxo Do?" Traxo helps organizations audit their corporate travel programs by providing full visibility into travel bookings, regardless of the booking source, well before trips actually happen. By parsing booking details from 100,000+ air, car and hotel suppliers, Traxo provides travel managers with comprehensive
Unstructured data, structured data, complete data—these terms can intimidate those who are not accustomed to or well-versed in managing data. While most travel managers wouldn’t consider themselves data experts, they actually acquire and use a massive amount of travel data to do their jobs.
While the world faces emerging viral outbreaks, inflation and air travel disruptions, business travel continues to rebound from its mid-pandemic low—though its full recovery timeline has been pushed to 2026.
As our environment shifts, the importance of corporate sustainability grows stronger. As individual contributors and corporations, the actions and impact that we make together could not be more important than acting to offset our carbon footprint now.
Traxo has been providing travel managers and organizations across the globe with complete trip visibility, providing consolidated reporting and ease of locating travelers before, during, and after trips. We’ve recently taken Traxo’s reporting to the next level by launching computed prices, a new feature to automatically convert all travel data
A bleisure trip is what you get when you blend a business and a leisure trip together — a concept that is no stranger to modern business travelers or travel managers. An example of a bleisure trip would be an employee traveling to San Francisco for a business conference at their company’s expense and then tacking on a couple days for a quick jaunt
Imagine waking up to news headlines that war has erupted, a political crisis has ensued, or a newly identified virus has begun to rapidly spread. As your organization's appointed travel manager, would you be scratching your head, wondering if you have employees in the affected region, or would a quick check of your travel aggregator let you know
Many organizations had offices, work-from-home employees, and travelers visiting Ukraine when Russia invaded on February 24th, 2022. Regardless of why employees were in the country, organizations had a legally binding duty of care to their team members. Before they could ensure employees were out of harm's way, they needed to locate them. Today,
Price assurance is a corporate travel savings strategy made of three components — supplier negotiations, rate auditing and re-shopping. Technologies that continually audit rates and re-shop for discounts are crucial to ensuring your suppliers adhere to your contracted discounts and non-negotiated bookings are optimized.
The role of a travel manager often varies with the size and scale of organizations. Global organizations may have large, complex travel programs, typically managed by a team of corporate travel professionals. Whereas small to medium-sized businesses may only have a single point of contact managing the travel program. Regardless of the size of your
Having multiple travel management companies (TMCs) supporting an organization is common in today’s business sector, especially for those with a global presence. This fragmentation makes leveraging a travel program data aggregation and auditing solution mission-critical.
New, industry-leading corporate travel t technologies are emerging all the time. We’ve also witnessed businesses reinventing themselves to stay relevant as the world changes around us. To continue future-proofing corporate travel programs, there are three key areas where travel managers should focus:
A well-written corporate travel policy provides guidance for business travelers while helping organizations influence behavior, manage spend, utilize preferred suppliers, and keep travelers safe. Despite the numerous benefits a travel policy provides, travel managers still face policy compliance challenges.
Once you’re familiar with the three corporate travel program policy types – mandated, flexible, and hybrid – it’s time to decide what comes next. Do you need to make changes, and if so, what are the corporate travel policy best practices you should follow?
Before diving headfirst into policy changes, let’s take a step back to evaluate the entire
As the global economy begins to reopen, corporate travel teams worldwide are planning for how best to restart their company’s business travel activity. Most firms have made it through the initial “triage” stage of the pandemic. Now, teams are taking stock of how their travel programs performed in the midst of the crisis, in order to assess how
Uncertain times – I have lost count of how many times I heard the phrase “uncertain times” over the last two months. Since the spread of COVID-19 began, the world has certainly been faced with innumerable challenges on every imaginable level - physically, mentally, spiritually, and more, especially in the realm of business travel. There are many
Travel managers have been on the front line of corporate travel’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Companies are in varying stages of dealing with the outbreak, but we’ve heard three common themes in how travel teams are approaching this unprecedented new reality.
If your CEO or head of risk management walked into your office today and asked you how many employees recently traveled to China, and hence could be at risk for exposure to coronavirus, how confident are you of your answer?
We frequently get questions from prospective clients regarding data privacy and security, and how Traxo's services meet legal requirements for both areas. For corporate travel managers seeking to understand their booking blindspots, we've compiled some of the most common questions and our responses, which can be shared with internal legal and IT
The Traxo team was in New York City last week for the annual ACTE Global Summit and enjoyed the opportunity to connect with hundreds of corporate travel managers and buyers. Our booth at InterACTE was busy nonstop! Thanks to all who stopped by to say hello -- we hope we helped shed some light on the challenges of managing your off-channel
Corporate travel managers operate under a dangerous illusion. They believe they have visibility into their travel programs through agency reporting, expense reports, and credit card feeds. The reality? These traditional data sources create a fractured, delayed, and fundamentally incomplete picture that undermines every aspect of modern travel
In today’s complex corporate travel landscape, where an average of 40% of bookings happen outside approved channels, travel managers face an increasingly difficult challenge: how to maintain complete visibility and control over their travel programs while ensuring traveler safety, controlling costs, and meeting sustainability goals. The answer
Travel leaders: the pressure is on. Boards, investors, and regulators are increasingly focused on indirect emissions—especially those hidden within the value chain. For many companies, business travel falls under the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol’s Scope 3, Category 6 (business travel) and now requires as much scrutiny as manufacturing or
In today’s global travel environment, organizations can’t afford to think of travel data as a collection of disconnected transactions. Every trip has context. Yet for too long, travel managers have been forced to navigate a fragmented landscape of partial insights; travel data here, spending data there, and HR records somewhere else.
For decades, corporate travel managers have relied on flight data as a core element of program oversight. Yet despite its importance, this data has often been frustratingly limited. Did the traveler book the flight? Was the ticket issued? How much was spent? These questions could be answered—but only in broad strokes. What’s been missing is the
Corporate travel isn’t just about individual trips. Increasingly, companies bring large groups of employees together for off-sites, client events, or global conferences. These gatherings are essential for connection and collaboration, but for travel managers, they’re some of the hardest trips to manage.
The corporate travel landscape has undergone significant transformations in recent years, influenced by technological advancements, shifting employee expectations, and global economic factors. As we reflect on 2024, several key trends are reshaping business travel in 2025 and beyond.
The airline industry has undergone a significant transformation by introducing New Distribution Capability (NDC), a standardized API (Application Programming Interface) that enables airlines to sell their products more effectively. NDC has revolutionized how airlines distribute their content, and its impact is felt across the corporate travel
Corporate travel has become an essential aspect of doing business as the world becomes increasingly interconnected. With employees traveling globally, companies have a moral and legal obligation to ensure their safety and well-being while on the road. This responsibility is known as duty of care and is a critical component of corporate travel
As a travel manager, you're tasked with overseeing the complex and often chaotic world of corporate travel. From booking flights and hotels to managing expenses and ensuring policy compliance, your plate is always full. But what if I told you that there's a significant chunk of your travel spend that's flying under the radar, invisible to your
In today's fast-paced business environment, corporate travel management has become a critical component of a company's overall success. With employees constantly on the move, understanding and analyzing traveler behavior is essential to optimize travel programs, improve compliance, and enhance traveler satisfaction. By gaining insights into where
In the dynamic landscape of corporate travel, staying ahead requires more than just managing logistics; it involves understanding and leveraging the wealth of data generated by every trip. At Traxo, we specialize in capturing and analyzing comprehensive travel data, enabling businesses to fine-tune their travel programs for maximum efficiency and
In the ever-complex and unpredictable world of corporate operations, business continuity management (BCM) stands as a cornerstone for ensuring an organization's ongoing stability. Business continuity refers to the planning and preparation undertaken to ensure that an organization can continue to operate in case of serious incidents, disasters, or
In corporate travel's complex, fast-paced realm, staying ahead of the curve is necessary. Today, the technological revolution spearheaded by artificial intelligence (AI) has reshaped the landscape, with tools like ChatGPT becoming game-changers. Designed by OpenAI, ChatGPT leverages advanced language understanding capabilities that could assist
In corporate travel, weather delays and mass cancellations are significant roadblocks. These unexpected situations can lead to missed meetings, lower productivity, and heightened employee stress; taking a toll on overall business performance. The need for efficient management and control of these unpredictable events has never been more critical.
The world of corporate travel management is constantly evolving, and one of the most significant developments in recent years is the introduction of New Distribution Capability (NDC). NDC is a new standard for airline distribution that aims to modernize and simplify the booking process for travel agencies, travel management companies, and
In today's fast-paced business environment, corporate travel management teams face many challenges, such as ensuring the safety and comfort of their business travelers while keeping costs under control. One of the main challenges is to provide flexible booking options that meet the specific needs of their travelers while retaining full visibility.
With the rise of work-from-home and work-from-anywhere trends, as well as the blending of business and leisure travel (also known as "bleisure" trips), many corporations have shifted their focus from being responsible for the safety and security of the traveler to being accountable for the safety and security of the employee, regardless of their
You may be wondering, "What does Traxo Do?" Traxo helps organizations audit their corporate travel programs by providing full visibility into travel bookings, regardless of the booking source, well before trips actually happen. By parsing booking details from 100,000+ air, car and hotel suppliers, Traxo provides travel managers with comprehensive
Unstructured data, structured data, complete data—these terms can intimidate those who are not accustomed to or well-versed in managing data. While most travel managers wouldn’t consider themselves data experts, they actually acquire and use a massive amount of travel data to do their jobs.
While the world faces emerging viral outbreaks, inflation and air travel disruptions, business travel continues to rebound from its mid-pandemic low—though its full recovery timeline has been pushed to 2026.
As our environment shifts, the importance of corporate sustainability grows stronger. As individual contributors and corporations, the actions and impact that we make together could not be more important than acting to offset our carbon footprint now.
Traxo has been providing travel managers and organizations across the globe with complete trip visibility, providing consolidated reporting and ease of locating travelers before, during, and after trips. We’ve recently taken Traxo’s reporting to the next level by launching computed prices, a new feature to automatically convert all travel data
A bleisure trip is what you get when you blend a business and a leisure trip together — a concept that is no stranger to modern business travelers or travel managers. An example of a bleisure trip would be an employee traveling to San Francisco for a business conference at their company’s expense and then tacking on a couple days for a quick jaunt
Imagine waking up to news headlines that war has erupted, a political crisis has ensued, or a newly identified virus has begun to rapidly spread. As your organization's appointed travel manager, would you be scratching your head, wondering if you have employees in the affected region, or would a quick check of your travel aggregator let you know
Many organizations had offices, work-from-home employees, and travelers visiting Ukraine when Russia invaded on February 24th, 2022. Regardless of why employees were in the country, organizations had a legally binding duty of care to their team members. Before they could ensure employees were out of harm's way, they needed to locate them. Today,
Price assurance is a corporate travel savings strategy made of three components — supplier negotiations, rate auditing and re-shopping. Technologies that continually audit rates and re-shop for discounts are crucial to ensuring your suppliers adhere to your contracted discounts and non-negotiated bookings are optimized.
The role of a travel manager often varies with the size and scale of organizations. Global organizations may have large, complex travel programs, typically managed by a team of corporate travel professionals. Whereas small to medium-sized businesses may only have a single point of contact managing the travel program. Regardless of the size of your
Having multiple travel management companies (TMCs) supporting an organization is common in today’s business sector, especially for those with a global presence. This fragmentation makes leveraging a travel program data aggregation and auditing solution mission-critical.
New, industry-leading corporate travel t technologies are emerging all the time. We’ve also witnessed businesses reinventing themselves to stay relevant as the world changes around us. To continue future-proofing corporate travel programs, there are three key areas where travel managers should focus:
A well-written corporate travel policy provides guidance for business travelers while helping organizations influence behavior, manage spend, utilize preferred suppliers, and keep travelers safe. Despite the numerous benefits a travel policy provides, travel managers still face policy compliance challenges.
Once you’re familiar with the three corporate travel program policy types – mandated, flexible, and hybrid – it’s time to decide what comes next. Do you need to make changes, and if so, what are the corporate travel policy best practices you should follow?
Before diving headfirst into policy changes, let’s take a step back to evaluate the entire
As the global economy begins to reopen, corporate travel teams worldwide are planning for how best to restart their company’s business travel activity. Most firms have made it through the initial “triage” stage of the pandemic. Now, teams are taking stock of how their travel programs performed in the midst of the crisis, in order to assess how
Uncertain times – I have lost count of how many times I heard the phrase “uncertain times” over the last two months. Since the spread of COVID-19 began, the world has certainly been faced with innumerable challenges on every imaginable level - physically, mentally, spiritually, and more, especially in the realm of business travel. There are many
Travel managers have been on the front line of corporate travel’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Companies are in varying stages of dealing with the outbreak, but we’ve heard three common themes in how travel teams are approaching this unprecedented new reality.
If your CEO or head of risk management walked into your office today and asked you how many employees recently traveled to China, and hence could be at risk for exposure to coronavirus, how confident are you of your answer?
We frequently get questions from prospective clients regarding data privacy and security, and how Traxo's services meet legal requirements for both areas. For corporate travel managers seeking to understand their booking blindspots, we've compiled some of the most common questions and our responses, which can be shared with internal legal and IT
The Traxo team was in New York City last week for the annual ACTE Global Summit and enjoyed the opportunity to connect with hundreds of corporate travel managers and buyers. Our booth at InterACTE was busy nonstop! Thanks to all who stopped by to say hello -- we hope we helped shed some light on the challenges of managing your off-channel
