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5 Tips for Implementing a New Travel Program

By Chesley Turner on May 1, 2017 4:00 AM

We sat down with Mary Barbagallo, Director of Project Management at World Travel, Inc. who oversees our Implementations team.

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A Flier's Rights

By Chesley Turner on April 17, 2017 4:00 AM

Voluntary vs. Involuntary Bumping

It's time to lay a little truth on you:

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You Don't Have to Be a Helicopter.

By Chesley Turner on April 10, 2017 5:00 AM

Keeping Travelers Informed

Where are your travelers?

Right now, in this very moment, who is on the road? Who’s in the air?

Topics: corporate culture Duty of Care General International Travel Risk Management Traveler Conversations WTI
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Stop the Madness!

By Chesley Turner on April 3, 2017 8:32 AM

Improve Travel Management with Trip Approvals

All those trips being booked, emails flying back and forth between travelers, arrangers and systems. How do you know your travelers are booking what they should be booking? How can you be positive your data is correct?

Topics: Approval Processes economy General travel policy Traveler Conversations Uncategorized
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Unused Tickets: Your Hidden Treasure

By Chesley Turner on March 13, 2017 10:52 AM

Unused Tickets. Depending on your travel-arrangements turnover, they may be an untapped treasure trove for your program.

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What Travelers Need to Know about TSA Pre✓®

By Phylicia Sierer on February 27, 2017 9:18 AM

Are you scratching your head and wondering what you can do to make traveling a little less painful for your travelers? For many people, one of the biggest pain points is getting through security screening. The lines are always long, and by the time you reach the front you have to take off your shoes, pull out your laptop and wait around (barefoot) to be called through the screener.

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The Real Deal with the REAL ID Act

By Chesley Turner on February 6, 2017 11:55 AM

The REAL ID Act isn’t hard to understand. But it is complicated.

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The Basics on Basic Economy: 1, 2, 3

By Chesley Turner on January 30, 2017 3:02 PM

They say that Basic Economy fares are a reaction to low-cost carriers. (Low-cost carriers - and their baggage policies - respectfully disagree.) But no matter the reason they were created, Basic Economy Fares are here.

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10 Ways to Encourage Program Compliance

By Chesley Turner on January 23, 2017 10:02 AM

Vinegar vs. Honey

You’ve run the numbers, you’ve cut the deals, you’ve created the perfect travel program for your company. Now how do you get all your employees to obey the rules?

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Business Travel Etiquette: We Are Not Animals

By Chesley Turner on December 13, 2016 11:37 AM

Hello, dear reader.

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