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The Event: Cvent Connect Las Vegas, June 26 – 30, 2016

Here at TravelBrain Strategic Meeting Management became a regular topic in many of our client projects. The lead in this area has my colleague Stefan Otter. This is the reason why he recently travelled to Las Vegas to attend the Cvent Connect Convention, one of the largest industry events on this topic. Please read his post about his trip and the convention. From June 26 to 30, 2016 Cvent Connect took place in Las Vegas. The yearly convention of Cvent, one of the leading event management software providers, is an event which draws global attention. Almost 3000 people attended

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App Check

Mobile Hotel bookings – Turn back the times?

According to a recent communication by CWT, mobile hotel bookings via their App CWT to Go are booming. It looks like we are talking about a monthly growth rate of 20% and more! Are the Travel Management Companies (TMCs) such as CWT, BCD, HRG and American Express GBT able to turn back the times and win back long lost hotel bookings? The fact that the growth rate of mobile bookings are increasing does not really come as a surprise and is not knocking my socks off. Booking.com, HRS and some Last Minute Hotel Apps have cleared the way and their figures

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Business Travel

New Business Travel IQ benchmarking report shows highest TMC fees

A new benchmarking report has shed light on which European corporations are paying the highest travel management fees, based on where they are headquartered. In the follwoing guest post, David Chapple explains some of the differencies and the the reasons behind. The report from Business Travel iQ shows businesses in the UK and Ireland have the roughest deal, paying the most for online air bookings particularly long-haul and low-cost flights. They are charged more for online touched bookings, while also paying the third highest offline fees in Europe. French travel managers have a more mixed fee structure, the report

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Business Travel

Ebola Crisis – International SOS Webinar

Daily there is news about the Ebola crisis. So it’s not surprising that the uncertainty grows. Companies and enterprises, in particular the Corporate Security Managers, as well as the Travel Managers are required in the current crisis. Besides the fact that employees are recalled from the endangered areas, one must also deal with the question whether and to what extent the travel activity should be restricted in the risk areas. For this purpose there should be different opinions and judgments on the part of the company. An objective assessment promises International SOS, a company that specializes on health care, medical advice

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