We ask Matthew what led him to his role, what the future of AI means for travel managers, and what we can expect in the future.
After the acquisition closes, CWT customers would have access to Amex GBT's proprietary software and services for travel and expense, including Neo1, Neo and Egencia, in addition to Select, which enables customers to integrate with leading technology partners.
I like to use the term 'treetings' to describe the combined spend category of travel and meetings. Companies should 'treet' themselves to bigger and better benefits by leveraging the power of a fully aligned travel and meetings strategy. All cuteness aside, leveraging the totality of all spend within a comprehensive approach can lead to so many benefits in a time of steadily rising travel and event costs.
In today’s business environment we’re used to figures defying expectation and have built up a resilience to change after the baptism of fire that was the pandemic and its economic fallout. But that doesn’t mean that managing travel and events for an enterprise organization is easy.
I was invited to lead a session on traveler well-being at the recent GBTA meeting in Dallas. Such an interesting topic, as most of our customers now need to think about employee well-being standards while considering organizational goals and environmental impact.
Global business travel and events costs are set to climb higher through the remainder of 2023 and into 2024, albeit at a much more moderate pace than the exceptionally steep increases seen in 2022. This is according to the 2024 Global Business Travel Forecast, published today by CWT and the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA).
There are lots of ways you can create a fully inclusive event environment; here are the top tips from our experts at CWT Meetings & Events.
'Sustainable travel, meetings and events starts with measurement' advises Ian Cummings, Global Head of CWT Meetings & Events in ‘Business Travel & Events’, a special report in UK national newspaper The Times and Raconteur.
Combining travel, hotel stays, meeting space and food & beverage carbon consumption information for corporate events, it provides detailed environmental impact insights to both CWT event planners and clients alike.
Are you a 'train-bragger'? If you travel regularly for business, you may already be one – and if you are a corporate travel manager, you will certainly want more of your colleagues to be one, according to Liz Emmott, Global Distribution Director at Trainline Partner Solutions.