As the United Kingdom enters the next phase in its plan to combat the coronavirus pandemic, it’s time to consider the necessary preparations for the return of business travel. For travel managers and procurement executives, this includes a tight focus on duty of care. In a recent survey conducted by travel management company BCD Travel, …
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If not, you really should be. Set to come into force during 2021, the ISO31030 is a new benchmark for best practise in health, safety and quality across corporate accommodation. If you’re part of a corporate travel team, it’s an important tool against which duty of care looks set to be measured. If you’re an …
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Although the availability of alternative accommodation is soaring, it often remains a small element of corporate travel programmes. So, what is it that stands in the way of property operators and lucrative agreements with the corporate travel sector? We consider the challenges.
With the next phase in easing lockdown restrictions just days away, what does it mean for the serviced accommodation sector? From the 12th April, ‘overnight stays away from home in England will be permitted and self-contained accommodation can also reopen, (for) members of the same household or support bubble.’ However, there is a caveat. According …
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The Association of Serviced Apartment Providers (ASAP) has announced that the International Serviced Accommodation Accreditation Process (ISAAP), is to become an independent organisation separate from the association. In a recent press release, the ASAP called for ‘expressions of interest’ from other accreditation organisations to facilitate the move, citing a need to detach the ISAAP from commercial …
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COVID may not be going away anytime soon, but that’s not dampened the desire to travel. One third of global travellers say they have no plans to alter their travel habits and 69% intend to fly internationally in the next six months, a survey by OAG has found. It’s a determination shared by the industry …
In the news: overcoming obstacles to business travel Read More »
It has been a fortnight of change. The gradual reintroduction of larger meetings, conferences and events, which had been scheduled to begin from October 1, is now on hold. And for many, plans to return to the office have been reversed –at least for the next six months. So with progress seemingly rolled back, is …
Though the pandemic continues to bite, the news was full of initiatives to restart the business travel sector this week. It seems to be paying off too, as BTN reports that those working for SMEs are already returning to travel, ahead even of larger corporates. Nonetheless, safety remains both a priority and a concern. Although …
The Global Business Traveller Report 2020, surveyed 5000 business travellers and found 45 per cent now find ‘during’ a business trip the most stressful stage as opposed to before or after –a 50 per cent increase from that recorded the previous year. So, what is feeding this state and can it be alleviated? None too …
The Association of Serviced Accommodation Providers ASAP, in association with Savill’s, have released the findings of their June 2020 Sentiment Survey. Although currently optimism is much lower compared to the previous survey (November 2019), as is to be expected, more than half the operators surveyed believed occupancy levels would return to pre-COVID levels in 2021. …
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