Media coverage from around the world
Doug Anderson tells how TMCs are evolving to meet these new challenges
ABTN | October 29, 2009
In a year when client spend fell and corporates searched for savings, Doug Anderson, global president and CEO of Carlson Wagonlit Travel, tells ABTN how TMCs are evolving to meet these new challenges.
TMCs slam hotel booing agency's claims
TTG Live | September 03, 2009
Travel management companies, including CWT, take issue with hotel booking agency's claims.
The Transnational | March 25, 2009
Carlson Wagonlit Travel's Floyd Widener recently added global program management to his existing global sales responsibilities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, taking over for departing 25-year CWT veteran Jim Tweedie. Based in Paris, Widener joined the company in 2006 after eight years at Sabre Holdings. His conversation today with The Transnational is excerpted here.
Managing Business Travel in Tough Times
Commerce in France, American Chamber of Commerce in France | December 2008
Douglas Anderson is a member of the board of directors of the American Chamber of Commerce in France. As CWT president and CEO, he recently discussed how the economic downturn is impacting business travel and the important role effective travel management plays, particularly in difficult times.
Business Travel World | November 2008
Douglas Anderson, the new president and chief executive of Carlson Wagonlit Travel, talks travel management with Betty Low
Connect Magazine, CWT UK | September 2008
Despite the unprecedented mix of challenges facing most businesses today, business travel will remain an important driver of economic growth, according to CWT president and CEO Doug Anderson. He says, Companies will have to travel smarter, not harder. In an exclusive interview with the CWT U.K. edition of connect magazine, he shares his vision for Carlson Wagonlit Travel and business travel over the next five years.
Carlson Wagonlit wants the most out of business travel
International Herald Tribune | September 5, 2008
With rising travel costs and the threat of prolonged economic weakness, many companies have been trimming travel budgets. But while the business travel industry has slowed sharply this year, it is still growing, and Douglas Anderson, president and chief executive of Carlson Wagonlit Travel, sees opportunities aplenty to consolidate its No. 1 position in the travel management industry.
One-On-One With CWT's Douglas Anderson: Mega CEO Eyes Cost, Growth Plans
BTN Online | June 30, 2008
New Carlson Wagonlit Travel president and CEO Douglas Anderson recently spoke with Business Travel News editor-in-chief David Meyer and travel management editor Seth Harris about shedding costs, finding the right mix of acquisitive and organic growth and keeping the company at full speed in the current economic conditions.
Management Travel US | June 12, 2008
Douglas Anderson, new Carlson Wagonlit Travel president met with Management.travel during the Association of Corporate Travel Executives conference here last month to discuss his new role, challenges and his take on the travel industry.
CWT launches tool to match agency and card data
Business Travel World | April 23, 2008
Carlson Wagonlit has launched an enhanced corporate card reporting system. CWT Agency + Card Reporting matches bookings made through the travel management company and expenditure for air, hotel, rail and car rental data from any corporate card programme.
"The important thing is to know how to swim in any ocean" (interview with Hubert Joly) (in French)
Hommes et commerces HEC | February-March 2008
He practically tripled revenues in four years at Carlson Wagonlit Travel, making it the world's leading business travel management company, ahead of American Express, in a market that is reputedly difficult. At the beginning of March, Hubert Joly, 48, took the reigns at the parent company, the American giant Carlson, a world leader in hotels, business travel management, restaurants and marketing services. We met him a few days before his departure for Minneapolis, home of Carlson headquarters.
Hubert Joly, the French Touch at the American Company Carlson (in French)
La tribune | March 3, 2008
Today, this Frenchman becomes the CEO of Carlson, a family-owned American company. He is planning to increase the size of the group, currently operating in the hotel, business travel management and restaurant industries.
The Transnational | November 14, 2007
Carlson Wagonlit Travel since 2003 has aggressively pursued acquisitions across the world to establish a global network of corporate travel services, but the company's largest purchase, the 2006 acquisition of U.S. rival Navigant, took some time to digest. Now, hungry for more, the company has announced several recent moves in Europe and Asia, the latest reportedly being the acquisition of Swedish agency Ark Travel.
The limits of low-cost airlines (in French)
Decision Achats | October 1, 2007
Business travelers represent a quarter of low-cost airlines" clients. Companies" use of low-cost airlines, however, is more about seizing opportunities on certain flights or even a trend than a financial decision.
Chief Executive | June 2007
After years of helping companies and organizations trim their travel costs, travel management companies must now focus on the traveler, according to Hubert Joly, President and CEO of Carlson Wagonlit Travel. In the June 2007 issue of Chief Executive, he highlights the necessity of making business travel a more pleasant and productive experience for travelers.
Eco-Friendlier Travel (translated from German by CWT)
Beschaffung Aktuell | June 2007
What effects do business trips have on the environment? This is a question that travel managers and management boards are forced to ask themselves more frequently these days. Travel is on the rise, with trips within Europe alone expected to double by 2030. At the same time, the industrial nations signing the Kyoto Protocol have committed themselves to reducing their emissions.
3 Questions to Peter Brady (in French)
Voyages d'affaires | June 2007
Peter Brady, vice president Transaction Services, Global Product Management explains how Carlson Wagonlit Travel manages risks for business travelers in the face of epidemics and political unrest.
Negotiating better hotel rates (in French)
Decision Achats | May 1, 2007
Hotel spend represents on average 17 percent of corporate travel budgets. This is a purchasing category that is particularly difficult to optimize since the majority of employees tend to reserve hotels themselves without accessing the rates negotiated by buyers.
One-On-One With CEO Hubert Joly: CWT Readies Decision Support
BTN Online | April 2, 2007
Carlson Wagonlit Travel president and CEO Hubert Joly last week spoke with BTN editor-in-chief David Meyer and travel management editor Seth Harris about demand, service, savings, security, the Navigant integration and a new management information tool.
CEO interview: A focus on cost
FT.com | April 2, 2007
As president and chief executive of Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Hubert Joly heads one of those rare business phenomena - a Franco-American company.
Travel Agencies: More Responsibilities for Business Travel Agents (in French)
Voyages d'affaires | March 2007
Business travel agents are witnessing a revolution with new market conditions and major changes in corporate buying behavior.
Online Booking Expansion Powers Unilever's Global Data Efforts
The Transnational | January 24, 2007
Unilever first deployed KDS in the Netherlands. "We did not have a travel agency in the Netherlands until 1999; we used to have a KLM implant" as one of the last companies to have an onsite airline office, said Bill Doull, Unilever supply manager in Europe for non-production items.
Online Booking for Business Travel Really Takes off (in French)
Le Journal du Net | January 5, 2007
Carlson Wagonlit Travel saw its online bookings in Europe increase by 50 percent in the first six months of 2006 and the company estimates that Europe will catch up with the United States in two to three years. The director of the CWT Online Implementation Group sizes up the situation.
