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Special Reports: Travel Buyers Think Tank

  • Travel Buyers Think Tank #30

    Corporate travel is in a constant state of flux with each new cohort of employees coming into the workforce.

    Sep. 22, 2025
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  • Travel Buyers POV #30

    In each issue of Business Travel Executive, the members of our Buyer Think Tank offer their individual thoughts on what’s hot, what’s cool and what’s coming next in managed travel.  The Think Tank is a team of eight veteran travel managers from programs that run the gamut in size and complexity – but each member…

    May. 20, 2025
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  • Travel Buyers POV #7

    In each issue of Business Travel Executive, the members of our Buyer Think Tank offer their individual thoughts on what’s hot, what’s cool and what’s coming next in managed travel.

    Jan. 9, 2025
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  • Travel Buyers Think Tank #29

    For corporate travel managers, feedback from travelers can be a wellspring of insights and a source of metrics to elevate the travel program and enhance the ROI on every travel dollar.

    Jun. 13, 2024
    Travel Buyers Think Tank #28

  • Travel Buyers Think Tank #28

    Loyalty points for travelers have been around for decades. Over that time, those simple programs have evolved into multi-headed hydras.

    Nov. 29, 2023
    Travel Buyers Think Tank #28

  • When Business and Leisure Don’t Mix

    In the world of buyer-supplier relationships, it pays to remember: Love means never having to say you’re sorry.

    Sep. 20, 2023

  • Domino Effects

    The lingering ripples of the pandemic travel upheaval will continue to shake up supplier contracts well into 2023

    Feb. 2, 2023
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  • Travel Buyers Think Tank #27

    The turmoil of the past three years has seen key players in corporate travel scrambling to stay afloat, cutting staff and budgets, and watching service levels deteriorate.

    Feb. 2, 2023
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  • Travel Buyers Think Tank #26

    With the effects of the pandemic fading, there’s a steady drumbeat of business travelers returning to the road – in many cases, literally. The result is a bounce in rental car demand, and a resulting rise in rates. Accident repair costs have soared as well, meaning insurance is a bigger piece of the pie.

    Dec. 7, 2022
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  • Who is Going to be Next?

    Someone’s missing from today’s business travel – tomorrow’s buyers

    Dec. 7, 2022
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