Yvonne Moya joined Randstad as its global travel manager just prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. She was tasked with globalizing the program. And she did it, but how she negotiated contracts and forged partnerships was unconventional to say the least. She spoke to BTN about how the pandemic changed her processes but not her goals. She sees innovation as the path forward, but also is pragmatic about what innovation can happen now and what travel managers will have to wait for. She spoke to BTN about her experiences, about her reaction to her new global TMC Egencia announcing it would be acquired b ..read more

Path Back to Business Travel is BTN's newest podcast miniseries. Listen to crack-shot travel managers talk about how they are handling their organization's return-to-travel strategies, what has changed about their travel program or policy, how their travelers are responding and when they expect travel volume to ramp up. Episode 1: Takeda Pharmaceutical Elevates the Travel Experience Global head of travel, meetings and events, aviation and fleet Michelle De Costa globalized Takeda's travel program during the pandemic, while maintaining about 20 percent of the global pharmaceutical company's 201 ..read more

Path Back to Business Travel is BTN's newest podcast miniseries. Listen to crack-shot travel managers talk about how they are handling their organization's return-to-travel strategies, what has changed about their travel program or policy, how their travelers are responding and when they expect travel volume to ramp up. Episode 2: Willis Towers Watson Defines New Ways of Thinking About Travel Business travel at risk management, insurance and advisory firm Willis Towers Watson slowed to a trickle during the pandemic. Global procurement director Emma Jones took the moment to reassess the purpose ..read more

BTN’s first series of podcasts, The Influencers, gets up close with the innovators and envelope pushers who most influenced the business travel sector in 2020. What are they doing now and what is their outlook as the industry recovers? BTN Editorial Director Elizabeth West interviews industry leaders who made big moves during the pandemic. Episode 1: Jamie Pherous, Managing Director, Corporate Travel Management Australia-based TMC Corporate Travel Management stretched its reach in 2020, making a big move into North America with the acquisition of Milwaukee-based TMC Travel and Transport ..read more

BTN’s first podcast series, The Influencers, gets up close with innovators and envelope pushers who most influenced the business travel sector in 2020. What are they doing now and what is their outlook as the industry recovers? BTN Editorial Director Elizabeth West interviews industry leaders who made big moves during the pandemic. Episode 3: Ralph Kaiser, CEO, UATP Airline-owned payment platform UATP stepped into the gap when corporates and airlines needed solutions to deal with the unused tickets/cancellation refunds that proliferated in the Covid-19 pandemic. UATP has done more than th ..read more

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