January 13, 2020 by Anant Patel
Travel Management Companies get more than payments from their payment services partners. Global business travel is expected to top $1.66 trillion by 2023 (up from $1.3 trillion in 2017). It’s no wonder businesses partner with travel management companies (TMCs) to...
December 18, 2019 by Jim Pratt
WEX predicts a year of pushing boundaries to gain greater traveler choice and convenience. It’s that time of year again - time to predict travel trends that will continue or emerge in the coming year. WEX Travel Payments Insights has...
September 23, 2019 by Alexandra Limerick
Meaningful travel innovations for business travelers have been slow to emerge, but business travel apps are increasingly providing genuine value for corporate travel. Business travelers, particularly those who travel a lot, have a higher comfort level of making travel plans...
April 15, 2019 by WEX Travel
Travel management companies (TMCs) can provide a number of benefits to companies and other types of organizations both large and small. From cost savings on business travel, to travel policy adherence, duty of care, and more – TMCs can help....
April 1, 2019 by Mike Reinlein
According to the 2019 Travel Trends and Expectations Survey by WEX and Mastercard, the line between business and leisure travel continues to blur. The survey, which polled over 1,500 U.S. travelers, shows that more than half (55%) of respondents who...
August 13, 2018 by Bill Cooper (Coop)
In a world where Google alerts us to traffic jams and Netflix lets us know when a show we might like has been added, we’ve already come to rely on artificial intelligence (AI) to make our lives easier and more...
July 23, 2018 by Mike Reinlein
Business leisure (“bleisure”) travelers are getting plenty of attention. This growing segment of the traveling population is included in the WEX and Mastercard Travel Trends 2018 Report on US travelers’ attitudes and preferences, which found nearly 60% of those surveyed...
May 21, 2018 by Mike Reinlein
Business travel creates unique challenges for travel management companies, corporate travel managers, and travelers alike. For companies who manage hundreds or thousands of bookings each year, the challenges are multiplied. That’s where the use of Virtual Card Numbers (VCNs) can...
January 22, 2018 by Mark Mullis
With an unusually active hurricane season, the US travel ban, and terrorist activity worldwide, 2017 was a corporate travel manager’s nightmare. But while corporate travel managers were focused on the safety of their employees and duty of care, the business...
November 6, 2017 by WEX Travel
Corporate travel, at least until recently, has not been known for its innovative technology. While the leisure travel industry has rapidly evolved to make booking travel easy and seamless, corporate travel has lagged behind. As the travel technology gap continues...
