April 15, 2019 by Clare Murphy
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...
February 15, 2017 by WEX Travel
Open booking policies are far from the norm for corporate travel policies. While most companies allow for some off-channel booking, they prefer travelers to schedule their flights or stays with preferred suppliers using their corporate travel management or booking system....
February 8, 2017 by WEX Travel
Plenty of corporate travel managers today are doing more than making room for bleisure travel in their policies—they’re actually encouraging employees to tack some personal days onto business trips. Yet for anyone who is still wondering if enabling employees to...
January 30, 2017 by WEX Travel
Whether an employee takes a ride-share to the company’s holiday party across town or books a home-share for a trip across the country, he or she demonstrating his or her preference for alternative travel accommodations. A corporate traveler may opt...