Business travel stories

Research shows 95% of business travellers in Australia and New Zealand are open to AI for travel, highlighting opportunities for travel managers to innovate.

Business travel faces new hurdles as SAP Concur's survey reveals costs, flexibility, and safety concerns impacting 3,750 travellers and 600 managers worldwide.

Serko appoints Simon Young as Chief Technology Officer, effective immediately, leveraging his over 20 years of technology leadership to drive innovation and growth.

SAP Concur continues to strive in producing effective ways to simplify business travel and expense management.

SAP Concur's survey reveals key business travel challenges for 2024 include disruption, safety, sustainability, and unequal opportunities.

HotelHub's Q1 2024 Index reveals a 19% drop in international business travel and an 8% rise in hotel costs globally.

ECA International Group, in a pioneering move, unveils a comprehensive global mobility platform at London's ECA Mobility Hub 2024. The platform directs a significant shift in the group's strategy aimed at managing mobile workforces efficiently.

Amid complex challenges, AI and ethical travel policies present key improvements for Australian and New Zealand firms' management of travel and expense processes.

Amidst operating turbulence, CFOs in Australia and New Zealand are embracing agility, digital transformation, and supply chain resilience to effectively navigate and leverage business hurdles for growth opportunities.

The pandemic's impact on travel and tourism will have a long-lasting historical effect, but there's good news ahead, says Similarweb.

Business travellers are eager to travel, but only with correct safety measures in place, according to a new study from Amadeus.

More than half of China-based companies believe the country's Belt and Road initiative is creating opportunities for business travel.

Lonely Planet partners with Acquia to enhance its digital platforms, providing users with a seamless and personalised travel experience.

'Visual hacking' is a growing threat to business travellers, with many displaying sensitive info in public places like cafes and transport, a 3M study reveals.

When it comes to business travel expenses, some still have to be done the manual way and they often rely on employee estimates.

Concur says that data blind spots can occur when internal travel and expense management (TEM) systems don’t allow for easy monitoring and measurement.

Stay vigilant abroad: Concur unveils top nine travel scams targeting tourists, from dodgy ATMs to fake hotel charges.

Employers' duty of care obligations need to be more closely managed as employees become more autonomous and book more business travel.

Serko and Xero officially launched their joint travel app 'serko.travel' yesterday, providing booking integration for small businesses across ANZ.

Until now, SMEs were getting the short end of the stick, as they can't get access to purpose-built travel agent bookings. Serko wants to change that.