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This blog was updated July, 2020 Make sure you’re getting the most out of your business travel when you select your best choice from among business travel card options. Your business travel spend can have some hidden benefits — if you choose to use the right credit card for spend management. If you often travelRead more

As a Travel Manager, it’s important to understand the varying experiences that your team members will face. For example, traveling as a person of color (especially in international destinations) will be far different than the experience of others. How can Travel Managers prepare people of color for business travel? Are there special best practices orRead more

The COVID-19 outbreak will change a lot of things about day-to-day life. Thankfully for Executives and their Travelers, coronavirus will change business travel for the better. The emergence of COVID-19 has changed the look and feel of travel. Those who have hit the road for work have found quite airport terminals, car rental lots loadedRead more

Airlines, hotels and other travel vendors are making loyalty program changes to keep their businesses moving forward in the age of COVID-19. The COVID-19 outbreak spread around the world in spring 2020, bringing life to a halt and damaging a number of different industries — the travel industry included. Airlines, hotels and car rental companiesRead more

Business travel has mostly been on pause since the outbreak of COVID-19. Executives should be planning how to restart business travel programs in a way that keeps travelers safe and supports business objectives. COVID-19 stopped a number of day-to-day activities when it expanded across the United States in March. Restaurants closed. Sports leagues paused theirRead more

Over the past few weeks, like many others, we have found ourselves looking for answers and direction. Recent events surrounding the unjust death of George Floyd and other Black people who have been wrongly killed due to prejudice have put the spotlight on this long-standing issue of racial injustice.  At JTB Business Travel, we knewRead more

The travel industry ground to a halt during the COVID-19 outbreak. What will travel after COVID-19 look like? In the wake of COVID-19, both business and leisure travel virtually stopped. Once bustling airports and hotels sat nearly empty. People will travel again, of course, but traveling after COVID-19 is likely to be different. Different inRead more

Travel Managers’ primary role is supporting travelers on a day-to-day basis. But what are the best ways to do that in a post-COVID-19 world? The economy is starting to open up again after the COVID-19 outbreak, which means that Business Travelers are getting back onto planes for trips. As a Travel Manager, supporting travelers isRead more

All companies have a duty of care obligation to their travelers. Your online booking tool can help you live up to that responsibility and ensure business travel continuity during crises. Thriving businesses often send their employees across the country and around the world in pursuit of new opportunities or to provide service to existing clients,Read more

Much is being made of the environmental impact of COVID-19, but will the reduction in travel make a difference in the long-term? Take a look at your favorite social media platform, and you’ll quickly discover users sharing the purported environmental impact of COVID-19. Hazy skies have disappeared over major cities. Clear waters have appeared whereRead more