Future
Covid-19 is Shaping the Future of Internal Business Travel
Beyond the impact on business travel, implications of COVID-19 are fundamentally changing how we work. Companies have found new levels of productivity by leveraging collaborative technology, which is replacing the need for many would-be business trips. Of course, business travel will return, and in addition to the essential travel happening now, revenue-generating trips will be […]
Getting Back to the Future
ExpertFlyer Hot Topics — Where the Rubber Meets the Runway Contributed by Jeff Berk, CEO, Tripkicks While visionaries like Bill Gates and Brian Chesky debate on what business travel will look like once it does return, and how soon it will come back, everyone agrees that it will be different. For business travelers (I’ll include former, current, and future […]
Tripkicks wins “People’s Choice Award” at BTN Innovate 2020
The annual BTN Innovate, hosted by the publishers of Business Travel News, Travel Procurement, The Beat, occurred last Thursday and Friday. With over 600 attendees, corporate travel and procurement professional from the world’s largest companies gathered together virtually to share best practices and discuss the future in areas including sustainability, preparation to restart travel programs, […]
Modern Traveler Experience
Traveler Experience (TX) has in recent years been a huge focus for the business travel industry. Before this year, TX discussions centered about perks, flexibility (more lenient policies), rewarding certain behavior, and yes – even bleisure! The team at Tripkicks was so inspired that we built a product around it. Although so much of our […]
Today’s Business Travel, Reimagined
We started Tripkicks because business travel is complex. There is a tremendous opportunity for technology and innovation to play a greater role in helping to improve corporate travel programs; to make business travel better. Initially, we focused on the largest ROI…rewarding travelers for making better decisions — incentivizing their ability to go above and beyond. It parallels […]
Top 10 Predictions for the Future
This is a time where the travel industry has more questions than answers. Despite that, there are two things that drive common consensus: 1) travel will return, and 2) it will be different. Will our societal adjustment to “WFH life” replace the need for certain trips, or excessive commercial office space? Perhaps. It’s also likely […]
5 Tips to Innovate your 2020 Travel Program
Business Travel is booming, and while growth may be down from 2019, costs continue to increase. As a travel manager, you’re likely faced with a growing list of critical responsibilities just to keep your head above water. It may be difficult to find the time to focus on innovation, but it doesn’t have to be! There […]
Travel Policy Exercise at SAP Concur Fusion
Tripkicks leads a travel policy exercise at SAP Concur Fusion Exchange. Source: SAP Concur Newsroom Last month our team participated in a great SAP Concur Fusion Exchange event in Houston, Texas. If you’re not familiar with Fusion Exchange, these are regular events that SAP Concur hosts around the world designed for its customers to participate in networking, […]
Insights from ProcureCon Travel
Source: SAP Concur Newsroom Tripkicks, an SAP Concur App Center Partner, shares industry insights from the ProcureCon Travel Conference Your travel policy says a lot about your corporate culture 36% of hiring managers report that candidates are asking for a copy of a company’s travel policy. Why is that? Well, much of the workforce, which is trending […]