With virtual panel discussion on “The Future is now – Hotels post Covid-19” At long last I could finally meet again with industry colleagues and travel managers. Live and in colour at the brand new cititzenM hotel in Geneva where the ASTM had initiated a fully Covid19 compatible hybrid event to commemorate the opening of…
On Thursday evening, the first Travel Start-up Night took place at a-ja Zürich City Resort. Even though the Swiss version of the Travel Industry Club (TIC) and Internet Travel Sales Association (VIR) events were co-organized by Kuoni Business Travel, the topic of “business travel” was only marginally present. In fact, start-ups from a wide range…
It took a while for the agenda to be published for this years ACTE Education Event on 7th June at the Holiday Inn Messe in Zurich. With “Broaden the perspective to achieve more” this years focus is on new approaches for known challenges. In cooperation with STM (Swiss Travel Management) an attractive set of sessions…
The round of late summer/autumn Business Travel Events opened on September 5th with the Finass Business Travel Workshop by Finass Travel for clients and travel managers. Daniel Wittwer and his team invited participants for the first time to the WTC Zurich-Oerlikon under the banner “Rethink Travel Management Processes”. Our collegue Michael Zwickl also joined the…
Plans are apparently there to change. When I registered for this years ACTE Education Forum in Zurich on 11 May 2017 held in the Parky Hyatt Zurich I was expecting a relaxing afternoon with interesting topics and great discussons. The sessions announced on Digital Transformation and Hotel Sourcing were very promising. Only that my idea…
The founder of priceline.com, the entrepreneur Jay Walker, has set-up a new start-up company. UPSIDE is the name of the new, innovative company. With the help of big data, cloud computing and a mobile app, Upside promise business travellers gift cards for flexibility. What’s the benefit of UPSIDE Gift Cards? It is an interesting…
According to a recent communication by CWT, mobile hotel bookings via their App CWT to Go are booming. It looks like we are talking about a monthly growth rate of 20% and more! Are the Travel Management Companies (TMCs) such as CWT, BCD, HRG and American Express GBT able to turn back the times and…
Booking.com – a subsidiary of Priceline – is currently trying to take the business travel sector by storm. The odds are not too bad for the hotel giant. No business traveller who does not know the website of Booking.com and its functionalities. But so far almost no business traveller was yet allowed to use it…