A study by the Airlines Reporting Corp., which handles transactions between travel agencies and airlines, found that 63% of corporate travel programs don’t allow employees to book basic economy fares. Travel managers for big corporations love saving money, but most won’t let their employees book the cheapest fares on business …
TRAVELLING as part of your job is a big perk, but frequent trips are actually shockingly bad for your health. According to a study conducted by researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and the City University of New York, people who travel for business more than three weeks per …
The admonitions to business travelers headed to other countries should be familiar by now: Keep your laptop with you at all times. Stay off public Wi-Fi networks. Don’t send unencrypted files over the internet. But not all travelers are heeding them, and many are unaware of the foreign hackers and …
And racking up frequent-flyer points in the process A friend of Gulliver’s recently received some devastating news, in the form of a change to company policy. No longer would he and his co-workers be able to book their own flights and file for reimbursements. Instead, the firm would buy all …
An airline initiative to reduce the number of stray bags WAITING to see if your checked bag will bump down the carousel and join you at your destination is one of the enduring anxieties of air travel. Though the number of “mishandled” bags—an industry term meaning lost or misplaced—is at …
Firms should encourage them ACCENTURE, advertorial, jeggings. The competition for ugliest portmanteau is fierce. Few constructions, though, can match “bleisure” for barbarousness. For the uninitiated, the word is a blend of business and leisure. But ugly as it is, it exists for a reason: the practice of adding a few …
A large chunk of professionals like bankers, consultants, lawyers, accountants, and engineers work on their laptops during long flights. The Trump administration announced on Tuesday its latest effort to make life more difficult for anyone—citizen or noncitizen—who wishes to travel to and from the United States. As of right now, …
In many parts of the world, laws and social customs create an unwelcoming and unsafe environment for L.G.B.T. travelers, but planning ahead can reduce risks. Andy Hicks, owner of HIX Inc., a small health care technology consulting business in Denver, travels frequently. And as a gay man, he said, he’s …
From terrorism to protectionism, this could be a year for the road warrior to forget THE YEAR 2016 was not a great one for business travellers. In Britain, the Brexit referendum and related collapse in the value of the pound made travelling abroad costly; transport strikes meant getting around was …
The distinction between working and leisure hours is shrinking FOR good or for ill, the start and end to a working day is increasingly blurred. Smartphones and wi-fi mean that even an airline cabin, once the last respite of the business traveller, no longer guarantees escape. But the push is …
That can only be a good thing TOP ten Airbnb horror stories!” is a staple headline on certain list-based websites. Each litany of woe will usually include at least one tale of sexual debauchery, one of drug abuse and one of a soiled apartment. Sometimes, they manage to combine all three. …
China has surpassed the USA in the amount of money spent on business travel, and industries ranging from planemakers to hotels to luggage companies are clamoring for a foothold in the massive new market. In 2015, business travel spending by the Chinese reached $291.2 billion compared with the $290.2 billion spent by their American counterparts, …