Uber held its second annual product event today, at which the company announced new features for business travelers, group rides, and electric vehicles. The news comes as the company’s CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, is renewing his efforts to make Uber’s core ride-hailing product profitable through cost-cutting and a hiring slowdown. Just […]
Business Travel
Why Business Travel Demand Will Slow To Meet Sustainability Targets
After nearly two years of lying almost entirely dormant, the oh-so lucrative business travel segment is beginning to bounce back in earnest. Meanwhile, this might be a temporary effect of the pent-up need to reconnect in person to partners that have only been available through video calls and the constant […]
Travel intent in Middle East stays strong: report
Travel intent in the Middle East across the domestic and overseas market is strong, with business travel tending towards half as popular, said BVA BDRC, an international consumer and business insight consultancy, in a new report. Baby boomers in the Middle East are leading the region’s domestic leisure market, having […]
UK govt launches ‘net zero’ transatlantic flight contest
The UK government has announced plans to hold a competition to deliver the world’s first net zero transatlantic flight. Transport secretary Grant Shapps said during a speech in the US that the “pioneering test” flight between the UK and US would operate entirely on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and promised […]
16 International Business Travel Tips
Finding the best international travel tips can be challenging, especially when it’s for international travel. But knowing what to prepare for before and while you’re on the trip is a huge part of business travel safety, especially for those newer to business travel. So we’ll go through some important international […]
The rise of connected trips, blurred lines between leisure and business travel, and an accelerated pace of change
Sabre reveal shifts in travel at a panel discussion at Arabian Travel Market Middle East (ATM) Two-thirds of travel leaders participating in the survey indicated that they believe travel will fully return to pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2024, with one third indicating in the survey that they believe […]
Business travel expenses look different now. Here’s how to manage them
With people returning to the skies for work travel, it’s time for businesses to ensure they are prepared for corporate travel, 2022 style. As restrictions across the globe relax, travelling for work is back on the rise. The numbers don’t lie: data from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) […]
Choice: ‘Steady Progression’ of Q1 Corp. Travel Demand
Choice Hotels International on Tuesday reported its first-quarter revenue per available room, average daily rate and average occupancy all exceeded first-quarter 2019 levels, for which executives credited not only powerful leisure demand but also steadily growing business transient and group. “In the first quarter, we witnessed sequential quarter-over-quarter increases in […]
Speedy Group Recovery Boosts Hyatt’s Q1
Citing the return of group business at a pace that “was significantly ahead of our expectations,” Hyatt hotels Corp. on Tuesday reported first-quarter performance that, like its competitors, started slowly but accelerated based on red-hot leisure demand and burgeoning corporate travel bookings. Group bookings, though, were “where we saw the […]
Satisfaction Drops 22 Points in J.D. Power Airline Survey
As airline travel ramps up again, so too, apparently, has customer dissatisfaction. According to the J.D. Power 2022 North America Airline Satisfaction Study, released Wednesday, the overall average airline passenger satisfaction score declined 22 points from last year’s score of 820 out of a scale of 1,000. Still, that score […]