While business travel budgets have remained flat in many parts of the world, in Latin America business travel spending has grown at an annual rate of 7 percent. Brazil, which represents roughly 60 percent of total spend in the region, has grown at a significantly faster pace. Growth has been particularly pronounced as of late – 22 percent annually compounded over the last two years.
Hit the Ground Running
We delivered a new-and- improved GetThere Ground product last year, and now we are excited to announce a number of improvements.
Tags: Travel, Corporate Travel
Sabre Virtual Meetings is Growing
Sabre Virtual Meetings is expanding its network in a big way. Sabre Travel Network just announced a partnership with Regus, the world’s largest supplier of public high definition public video communication rooms. Through the Regus network, Sabre Virtual Meetings will offer real-time access to more than 1,200 public video communication rooms in more than 550 cities...
Tags: Travel, Corporate Travel
Meeting Travelers’ Expectations – and Our Own
So where exactly has 2011 just gone? If you’re like me, you’re wondering where the year has gone and drawing your attention to 2012 – shaping plans and strategies both personally and professionally...
Tags: Corporate Travel
Travelers are Customers, too
Being a business traveler sucks a lot of the time, doesn’t it? Not always, obviously. But I can’t remember reading many business traveler tweets or status updates celebrating a 6 a.m. airport check-in or proclaiming a smooth, friendly and hassle-free experience at security...
Tags: Travel, Corporate Travel
The Power of Policy
Policing travelers isn’t necessarily fun. Travelers can be a noisy bunch, especially when they don’t get their first choice of travel options. It is, however, critically important to the success of your program.
With the new Travel Policy Engine from GetThere, you have the ability to build more flexible rules that meet the needs of your program – and won’t necessarily put out your travelers – with relative ease.
Tags: Travel, Corporate Travel
Harman Makes Sound Decision with Expense Integration
Sally Abella, director of corporate travel for Harman International Industries, recently discussed the benefits of GetThere and the integration of the IBM expense solution. Lynnora Ruth, corporate travel manager for Harman in North America also comments.
Tags: Travel, Corporate Travel
Ground Your Travelers
GetThere Ground allows business travelers to book and pre-pay executive car services online in real-time, including limos, executive sedans and taxis. Employees can view and compare these point-to-point services on a single screen, and book any option with a...
Tags: Travel, Corporate Travel
Hold the Phone – Exchange Tickets Online
How do you get the most value out of unused airline tickets? Are you worried that your travelers are uninformed about how to exchange a ticket? GetThere Ticket Manager Exchange lets your travelers change their tickets, void trips and get refunds. All online, all without the need for expensive travel agency assistance...
Tags: Travel, Corporate Travel
Corporate Challenges in EMEA
We spoke with Jason Geall, GetThere director for EMEA, during the 2011 GetThere Summit in Phoenix, AZ about the issues corporate customers are facing in the region.
Tags: Travel, Corporate Travel
Elevating the Business of Travel
The theme this year at GBTA is Elevating the Business of Travel. GetThere is ready for the challenge with several of our most innovative product announcements ever. If you were at the Summit, you experienced the excitement firsthand. We expect even more buzz in Denver...
Tags: Travel, Corporate Travel
We Are the Architects of Innovation
GetThere represents more than just a great solution for our customers. We represent a strongly connected community of travel management professionals. At last week’s Summit, this community created a steady hum of excitement, camaraderie and information sharing across a wide range of corporations, TMCs, technology partners and the GetThere team. We created a buzz! And that buzz is resonating across the industry. Thanks to the hundreds of you who joined us!
Tags: Travel, Corporate Travel
Etihad Airways and GetThere Enter Strategic Partnership
Etihad Airways and GetThere have entered into a strategic partnership that will bring new value and reach to our customers by...
Tags: Travel, Corporate Travel
Next Time, Get There by Train
Living in Dallas doesn’t always make it easy to take a train when I’m traveling on business. But whenever I’m on the East Coast or in Europe I find myself using rail instead of flying. It isn’t some personal goal I have, taking a train when I’m in those locales, it happens mainly because it’s convenient, easier and in my opinion, better. The ability to...
Tags: Travel, Corporate Travel
Business Travel is Back but so are Cost Savings
The leaders in business travel expect business travel to increase. GetThere customers represent the largest global travel spenders and they gave a clear viewpoint of travel budget planning in this year’s annual benchmark survey. Seventy-six percent say they are increasing their travel budgets, a clear recognition of the importance of business travel...
Tags: Corporate Travel
Failure to Launch
New Coke—customers didn't want it. Ford Edsel—customers thought it was ugly. Apple Newton—customers didn't know how to use it. Each of these product launches were tremendous flops for well-established brands that tried to do something different and innovative. In their attempt to foray into new territory they forgot that more important than being innovative is listening to your customers. While GetThere is focused on delivering the newest innovations in travel technology, we also want to ensure we are delivering products that our customers want, like and can easily use. That is why our user interface design work is so important.
Tags: Travel, Corporate Travel
The Year of Brazil (in Corporate Online Travel)
GetThere has launched the first multinational sites in Brazil in recent weeks - on its new domestic content connections - and the excitement was everywhere at the recent LACTTE...
Tags: Corporate Travel
Travelers, Start Your Reviews
Whenever I stay at a hotel with my wife and kids (4 and 2), I always check out hotel information and reviews to make sure there’s a pool, the rooms are clean and...
Tags: Corporate Travel
Pragmatism in Travel Innovation
Nobody gets more excited about innovation than I do. At GetThere, we pride ourselves as inventors and leaders in travel management systems. But there is a certain level of pragmatism that must be applied to manage innovation...
Tags: Corporate Travel
The Evolution of Travel Management
We’ve come a long way since the Internet went commercial. The fundamental goal of the Internet was collaboration – first with the military and academic researchers...
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