New Travel Management Technology

Bleisure trips are simply the blending of a business and a leisure trip into one journey—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 her company’s expense, then tacking on a couple days for a quick jaunt to

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,

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

Travel Managers are continually expected to further optimize travel programs. How you go about making optimizations year after year depends on the results expected from you. As the world continues to resume pre-pandemic activities, the top priority for 2022 will undoubtedly be business traveler safety. Let’s break down ways to optimize business

The latest highly-transmissible COVID-19 variant, Omicron, became publicly known in December 2021 when South Africa sounded the alarm to the World Health Organization (WHO). Almost immediately, borders were closed for travel. Organizations with business travelers in South Africa quickly scrambled to locate them and launch relocation plans before

Data voids became a major concern for travel managers when the pandemic gripped the travel industry in 2020. Locating, contacting and moving travelers before the impending border closures came into effect was urgent. This shed light on the challenge travel managers have faced for years – incomplete travel data and the inability to contact ALL

2019 started off like any other year: busy calendars, overbooked flights, sold-out hotels and a bustling meeting schedule. Business was booming and travel managers were busy. Their time was spent assisting travelers, negotiating contacts, managing rates, auditing itineraries, and other mundane tasks — Until everything stopped.

When the pandemic

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.

Three Ways Travel Managers Are Approaching COVID-19

1. Employees first – Ensuring

COVID-19 (coronavirus) has impacted organizations around the globe, highlighting the critical need for actionable risk intelligence to help business continuity planning. Beyond the human toll, this epidemic is a wake-up call for companies to carefully review the strategies, policies, and procedures they have in place to protect employees,

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?

Importance of Data Visibility During the COVID-19 Outbreak

The swift outbreak of the coronavirus (now known as COVID-19)

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

Bleisure trips are simply the blending of a business and a leisure trip into one journey—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 her company’s expense, then tacking on a couple days for a quick jaunt to

Imagine waking up to news headlines that war has erupted, a political crisis has ensued, or there has been a newly identified variant of covid-19 that is rapidly spreading. As your organization's appointed travel manager, would you be scratching your head, wondering if you have employees in the affected region, or would you be confident in knowing

As our environment shifts, the importance of 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.

The lasting impact of our actions plays an integral part in the Earth future generations inhabit. As

What Is Price Assurance?

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.

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,

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.

What Are TMCs (Travel Management Companies)?

TMCs, travel management companies

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.

How do you move the needle on

You’re familiar with the three travel program policy types – mandated, flexible and hybrid – but what comes next? Before diving headfirst into policy changes, take a step back to evaluate the entire change management process, from understanding your travelers’ needs to winning executive approval.

What Is a Corporate Travel Policy?

A corporate

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.

Three Ways Travel Managers Are Approaching COVID-19

1. Employees first – Ensuring

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?

Importance of Data Visibility During the COVID-19 Outbreak

The swift outbreak of the coronavirus (now known as COVID-19)

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

Imagine waking up to news headlines that war has erupted, a political crisis has ensued, or there has been a newly identified variant of covid-19 that is rapidly spreading. As your organization's appointed travel manager, would you be scratching your head, wondering if you have employees in the affected region, or would you be confident in knowing

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.

What Are TMCs (Travel Management Companies)?

TMCs, travel management companies

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

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

The latest highly-transmissible COVID-19 variant, Omicron, became publicly known in December 2021 when South Africa sounded the alarm to the World Health Organization (WHO). Almost immediately, borders were closed for travel. Organizations with business travelers in South Africa quickly scrambled to locate them and launch relocation plans before

2019 started off like any other year: busy calendars, overbooked flights, sold-out hotels and a bustling meeting schedule. Business was booming and travel managers were busy. Their time was spent assisting travelers, negotiating contacts, managing rates, auditing itineraries, and other mundane tasks — Until everything stopped.

When the pandemic

As our environment shifts, the importance of 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.

The lasting impact of our actions plays an integral part in the Earth future generations inhabit. As

Between managing the day-to-day operations of travel procurement, maintaining best-in-class programs, ensuring policy compliance and the responsibilities of data management, the travel manager’s role is multifaceted. For decades, travel managers have struggled to aggregate travel data because of its many storage points. After collecting the data,

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

It is common for medium to large businesses to have an established travel program in place, which encompasses a travel policy (mandated or guidelines), a designated travel management company (TMC), a preferred supplier program (air, hotel, car), and often a duty of care provider for larger or more complex businesses.

Small-to-medium size

With COVID-19 impacting many companies' bottom line, travel managers are searching for innovative ways to reduce spend without sacrificing corporate travel program necessities.

To introduce flexibility and reap additional savings, more travel managers are adopting a hybrid program model that allows travelers to book via either the preferred TMC

Data voids became a major concern for travel managers when the pandemic gripped the travel industry in 2020. Locating, contacting and moving travelers before the impending border closures came into effect was urgent. This shed light on the challenge travel managers have faced for years – incomplete travel data and the inability to contact ALL

Would you agree that supplier negotiations are like a revolving door? Travel managers will end one RFP process, only to find themselves knee-deep in data and reports a few short months later as the upcoming years’ RFP process begins all over again.

This especially rings true for hotel programs, which are usually on an annual renewal cycle. Hotel

Pre-trip travel data creates endless opportunities for travel managers to connect with travelers prior to departure, ensuring bookings are compliant and identifying missed savings opportunities before lift-off.

What Are Business Travel Costs

Business travel expenses can be defined as costs associated with traveling for the purpose of conducting

RFPs have become part of a structured, annual process for many travel managers, while others only open discussions with suppliers as needed.

Regardless of the reason behind your RFP, it’s essential to ask yourself if the ROI is likely to justify the work that goes into an RFP.

What Is an RFP?

RFP stands for ‘request for proposal’ and is a

2019 started off like any other year: busy calendars, overbooked flights, sold-out hotels and a bustling meeting schedule. Business was booming and travel managers were busy. Their time was spent assisting travelers, negotiating contacts, managing rates, auditing itineraries, and other mundane tasks — Until everything stopped.

When the pandemic

Many of us are eager for normal life to return. For working professionals, part of that normalcy consists of business travel and attending meetings and events in person. We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again — nothing can replace face-to-face relationship building. After 1.5 years of Covid restrictions, handshakes, warm hugs from familiar

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.

How do you move the needle on

You’re familiar with the three travel program policy types – mandated, flexible and hybrid – but what comes next? Before diving headfirst into policy changes, take a step back to evaluate the entire change management process, from understanding your travelers’ needs to winning executive approval.

What Is a Corporate Travel Policy?

A corporate

The new year has arrived, and people from all corners of the earth are anxiously looking to move beyond the chaos and uncertainty brought about by COVID-19. As we know, due to widespread shutdowns and stringent health protocols, travel was a particularly hard-hit industry that’s poised to rebound as we progress through 2021. But, what will the

2019 started off like any other year: busy calendars, overbooked flights, sold-out hotels and a bustling meeting schedule. Business was booming and travel managers were busy. Their time was spent assisting travelers, negotiating contacts, managing rates, auditing itineraries, and other mundane tasks — Until everything stopped.

When the pandemic

Many of us are eager for normal life to return. For working professionals, part of that normalcy consists of business travel and attending meetings and events in person. We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again — nothing can replace face-to-face relationship building. After 1.5 years of Covid restrictions, handshakes, warm hugs from familiar