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Travel is a category of expense
18 Mar 2022 12:30 - Comment(s)
It's time to acknowledge that travel is one category of expense and not the only category of employee expense
Hotel booking using a 3rd party card
11 Mar 2022 12:30 - Comment(s)
Why do we still have to send a 3rd party authorisation form to hotels?
Should we offer personalised offers to Corporate Travellers?
04 Mar 2022 11:52 - Comment(s)
Should personalised offers be given to business travellers? Does this got go against a travel policy?
Every generation has been involved in a shift in the way we do our jobs. Whether these changes were brought about by the introduction of computers, the rise of the internet or the mobile phone revolution, we all understand how they changed the way...
Expense Approval
01 Sep 2021 09:09 - Comment(s)
Gavin Smith, director of Element, says traditional traditional expense management systems don’t cut it in the new post-COVID reality
World of Corp Travel
04 May 2021 16:00 - Comment(s)
Thanks Travolution for allowing us to post our thoughts - have a read
Gavin Smith, director of business travel solutions provider to SMEs Element, says the world of corporate travel will never be the same again, and that’s a good thing
Thanks to the incredible vaccination programme in the UK people ar...
Corporate Travel Tech and Resellers
04 May 2021 16:00 - Comment(s)
Thanks to BusinessTravelNewsEurope for publishing our thoughts - Have a read
'Do not waste a good crisis' has become something of a mantra for many of us over the last year. Are corporate tech providers wasting this crisis? No, I don’t think they are, but there is one area I believe they are not givi...
Guest Post Travolution 05 Jan
06 Jan 2021 12:00 - Comment(s)
Gavin Smith, director of Element, asks what is the future for business travel agencies when travellers return
Phocuswire - Imagine
13 Oct 2020 09:18 - Comment(s)
Thanks to Phocuswire for publishing our opinon on what TMCs should be thinking about.
How will your travel business not just survive COVID-19 but emerge from it as a company ready to meet the opportunities of the next normal, the challenges that come your way and then thrive?
TMCs who ramp up their ga...
Put duty of care on your priority list or risk business failure
02 Oct 2020 09:42 - Comment(s)
Guest Post - Travolution - https://www.travolution.com/articles/116970/guest-post-put-duty-of-care-on-your-priority-list-or-risk-business-failure
There is a new piece of data that is now as important as any data has ever been for businesses that sell or organise travel. This critical data, which...