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CWT In The News
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CWT Developing Traveler Scorecard 'Stress Index' |
Business Travel News, April 24, 2012
Carlson Wagonlit Travel's Brian Hace, vice president of client services,
contributed to this article regarding a new report by the Global Business Travel Association
Foundation (GBTA), that says if the European debt crisis deteriorates there could be significant
impact on U.S. business travel.
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Carlson Wagonlit Travel has published its Travel Management Priorities for 2012 report, indicated that globally travel managers' top priorites this year will be focused on cost controls: driving air and ground transport savings, improving travel compliance, optimizing hotel spend and growing online adoption. Read Full Article
Report: Meetings, Events are top priority for travel managers in 2012 | Successful Meetings, January 27, 2012 "Tackling meetings and events" is a top priority in 2012 for nearly a quarter (22 percent) of travel managers, according to a new survey from Carlson Wagonlit Travel, the results of which were released this week. Read Full Article
CWT: Travel Managers Prioritize Air, Ground Savings and Traveler Compliance | Business Travel News, January 25, 2012 Travel managers again this year will focus most on cost controls, according to a Carlson Wagonlit Travel survey. Read Full Article
Air fares still climbing | South Florida Sun Sentinel, January 3, 2012 Airlines were walloped by rising oil prices in 2011 and fliers were forced to fork out more for airfares. Experts say 2012 could hold much of the same. Read Full Article
CWT To Go takes online and GDS bookings mobile for road warriors | Tnooz, December 15, 2011 Carlson Wagonlit Travel's mobile offering, a collaboration with Rearden Commerce, integrates online and GDS bookings and is now available for iOS, Android and Blackberry devices. Read Full Article
Don't let those vacation days expire | CNN.com Travel, December 1, 2011 After traveling all year for business meetings or conventions and taking vacation to cover a child's inconvenient half days at school, many harried Americans are left with a dilemma. With a few weeks left in the year, their remaining precious vacation days are about to expire.
Good Luck and Thank You, Jack O'Neill! | The Beat Blog, November 30, 2011 I just read the news: Jack O'Neill is retiring at the end of the year as President of Carlson Wagonlit Travel North America. CWT's Hakan Ericsson, currently president of the agency's operations in Latin America and Europe, the Middle East and Africa, will assume Jack's role.
No pillows in coach, but it’s sundae time up front
| Associated Press, November 21, 2011
Flying has never been so good – for those able to splurge. While most
Thanksgiving travelers will fight for overhead bins and go hours without a snack or room to stretch
their legs, life in first class is stress free. It’s always been a special place on the other side
of the curtain. Now it’s getting even cushier.
Travel Managers are Getting a Handle on Ancillary Spend
More than half of travel managers have found ways to track ancillary fees,
charged by airlines, hotels and car rental firms, and now there are new tools to help.
A Smart Approach to SMMP, Part 2
This strategic meetings management checklist was created by Kari Kesler
Wendel, sr. director of SMM Program Management + Solutions for Carlson Wagonlit Travel. It provides
a practical approach to setting the foundation for a strategic meetings management program. Part 2
covers planning and execution, payment and expense reconciliation, data analysis and technology
selection.
You can Slice Hotel Costs by 21%, CWT Exec Says
Read Full Article Security on itinerary for travel firms | Star Tribune, Oct. 2, 2011 When the earthquake-spawned tsunami spread across northeast Japan last March, Tim Husted knew he would have a long day ahead of him. As director of travel and transaction support services for Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Husted had the center-stage of ensuring the company’s clients faced as little disruption in their travel services as possible. Read Full ArticleA Smart Approach to SMMP | Meetings and Conventions Magazine, Oct. 1, 2011 The following checklist was compiled by Kari Kesler Wendel, sr. director of SMM Program Management + Solutions for Minneapolis-based Carlson Wagonlit Travel Meetings & Events. The framework outlined here, adapted from CWT Vision, provides a practical approach to setting the foundation for a strategic meetings management program. Read Full ArticleCarlson Wagonlit Travel: Growing through SMM | Corporate Meetings & Incentives Magazine, Sept. 2011 Carlson Wagonlit Travel Meetings & Events (M&E) has been named to the CMI 25 list of the largest and most influential North American meetings and incentive companies focused on the corporate market. Read Full Article |
