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Meetings and events are powerful tools for sharing ideas, deepening relationships, and building strong team cultures. It’s no wonder that meetings and events accounted for nearly 40% of business travel spending in the U.S....

Managing a corporate travel program comes with a lot of tasks, including communicating with company travelers.  Knowing that employees are bombarded with emails, messages, meetings, calls, etc., it was important for us to build...

One of Spotnana’s core values is to build globally, serve locally. We embrace a global mindset and celebrate diversity as we serve customers around the world. As a result, Spotnana is deeply committed to...

2023 has been a pivotal year for Spotnana. We’ve come so far in such a short period of time that when I look back, it feels like several years of innovation were compressed into...

Choosing a new travel management company (TMC) is a complicated process for enterprise travel managers. With so many options alongside the complexity of managing the fragmentation of a global travel program, it can be...

With the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) New Distribution Capability (NDC) standard gaining traction in corporate travel, visionary leaders are embracing change to provide better experiences to business travelers. Spotnana has seen massive adoption...

Spend even a brief time in the business travel world and you’ll find yourself bombarded with a barrage of jargon and acronyms. TMC? BSP? GDS?  We call it the alphabet soup, and we don’t...

Traditional travel technology is defined by closed systems that are cobbled together to provide dated experiences to users. If you’re building a travel program, your choice of partners are usually constrained by which travel...

Online booking tools (OBTs) helped bring business travel into the internet age by allowing travelers to book business trips on their computers instead of via a travel agent or ticketing office.  What was groundbreaking...

In corporate travel, improving your travel program can be hard if you are working with partners using a dated technology stack. The benefits of modern technology make it easy to improve your travel program...

When business travelers have the ability to adjust their trips, they spend less time worrying about travel and more time on achieving your company’s business goals. Two-thirds of travel managers polled said agent call...

While it may be tempting to hide travel options from your employees that you don’t want them to book, we believe it’s best to present ALL options to keep employees from shopping around on...

Business travel is an exciting part of the employee experience, but travel managers must implement effective travel management policies so employees can enjoy successful trips.  Sometimes, decision-makers are held back by misconceptions about corporate...

Managing business travel is an old practice with a new set of demands. Today’s companies need to empower remote teams to meet in person, enhance business traveler experience, promote sustainability, and reduce costs amid...

Many business travelers plan their trip using an online travel agency (OTA) or directly on an airline or hotel website.  If your company’s employees currently book online however they want, though, it’s likely you’re...

It’s hard to imagine, but it wasn’t that long ago that business travelers only had one option when it came to booking a flight or a hotel room. They had to pick up the...

Delays and cancellations can make business travel frustrating for even the most grizzled road warrior. Travelers without the right support waste hours on the phone rebooking flights and finding hotel rooms when they should...

It’s hard for business travelers to navigate the complexity of a widespread flight disruption if they booked using an online travel agency (OTA) or directly with an airline. When dozens or hundreds of flights...

Travel management companies (TMCs) and online booking tools (OBTs) are crucial to every well-run travel program. Travel managers, though, are largely unhappy with the solutions provided by their existing partners. Spotnana partnered with the...

IATA’s New Distribution Capability (NDC) is a hot topic in corporate travel once again with American Airlines set to make 40% of its fares unbookable GDS EDIFACT-based booking channels in April. While many travel...

Some airlines are removing fares and packages from traditional corporate travel channels in order to gain more control over the pricing and distribution of their services. Recently, American Airlines announced it will remove access...

When you manage travel for a company, it’s essential that your travelers have access to the best service to help plan trips and navigate travel disruptions. Unfortunately, many corporations and suppliers make this difficult...

When business travelers ignore their travel policy and book outside of approved channels, it drives up costs and leads to a poor experience for your employees. This phenomenon in corporate travel is known as...

If you're managing business travel for your company, you know how challenging it can be to triage the constant stream of requests it takes to support your travelers. From the piles of paperwork to...

A looming recession and increased travel demand is making business travel more expensive. But that doesn't mean your business has to cut back on travel to keep costs down.  In this blog post, we...

When shopping for a travel management company, it's essential to pay close attention to how fees are structured. Traditional travel management companies typically have a complex menu of fees with dozens or hundreds of...

Business travelers are used to shopping around. They suspect that whatever platform they’re supposed to use doesn’t have the best inventory and pricing; usually, they’re right. Nearly half of visits to travel sites come from...

Building a travel program is usually a series of trade-offs and compromises for travel managers at growing global companies. Every country with an office needs its own instance of a travel management platform and...

There’s nothing that seasoned business travelers dislike more than a travel policy that doesn’t make sense for them. Your corporate travel policy affects not just your company’s bottom line and sustainability, but the experience your...

Returning to business travel can be stressful for travelers if they don’t have support at the moments they need it most. Your travelers want to know they can turn to someone for help at...

Every time someone travels for work, there’s one question that’s in the back of their mind: Am I really getting the best prices on my flight, hotel, and car rental? For travel managers and...

In an age of evolving travel restrictions and security concerns, uncertainty is a constant in business travel. How can you empower employees to get together and do their best work, while also protecting their...