Archive for the ‘Travel Technology’ Category
Christopherson Business Travel Launches TripIt Mobile Application
Christopherson Business Travel is pleased to announce the launch of their partnership with TripIt to provide TripIt’s award-winning trip management services and mobile application to all Christopherson travelers. TripIt was recently presented with the NBTA Innovation Award for Outstanding App and Christopherson is excited to make TripIt available to their travelers. TripIt will help Christopherson’s travelers [...]
Christopherson Receives Fast 50 Award
Last week Christopherson Business Travel was recognized, by Utah Business Magazine, as one of Utah’s 50 fastest growing companies, for the second year in a row. The recipients are recognized “for their innovative business tactics and their skyrocketing revenue growth.” We were all congratulated for demonstrating notable entrepreneurial spirit, innovative business tactics, and the ability [...]
TSA goes mobile
The TSA now has a mobile app. Find out wait times and what items you can bring on board. Visit http://blog.tsa.gov for more details.
In case you haven’t heard….
After a review of Avis Budget’s $1.33 billion bid by Dollar Thrifty’s board of directors, Dollar Thrifty turned down the offer. Letter by Dollar/Thrifty CEO Scott Thompson click on this link. http://www.dtag.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=71946&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1455976&highlight. Even though Avis’s offer is higher than the $1.13 billion dollar offer in place with Hertz, Dollar has decided to decline Avis’s offer. The [...]
Social Media Making Inroads for Managing Travel
Whether personal or job-related, corporate travel professionals are participating in more social networks than they did one year ago, and they are doing so at a higher rate, according to a Spring 2010 online survey conducted by AirPlus International. The recent exercise follows up on a year-ago survey also conducted by AirPlus, and included additional [...]
Helpful Travel Apps
Try these 5 travel apps. You will be glad you did! Open Table – Allows you to make meal reservations and also get food reviews. Yelp – Gives great reviews on just about everything related to travel. Trip Advisor – Gives unbiased travel reviews. This app is great when booking a hotel you have never [...]
Speaking of history….
Since we are celebrating our country’s history let’s take a look at some of our own…. Christopherson Business Travel…. on the move! Sales results 2002 – $79.9 million. Sales were over $200 million in 2009. Voice mail implemented April 2003 – The vote is in 75% of our clients surveyed said they would like us to [...]
It’s back – CLEAR – the Verified Identity Pass!!
I am so excited about the recent news involving CLEAR’s come-back now that the economy is beginning to recover and the long process of Alcear’s purchasing of VIP’s CLEAR assets from bankruptcy is completed. I loved this service!! Hopefully within a year to 18 months the airports that provided the original Clear service will follow [...]
What good are a million frequent flier miles if they expire before you can use them?
All of the major airlines except Continental have slapped expiration dates on their frequent flier miles, generally one to two years. Activity on the accounts — like flights or credit card awards — will prevent expiration. But even frequent travelers can be surprised when miles expire on an airline they don’t often fly. Some airlines, [...]
I would like to file a Report please…..
The Account Management team at Christopherson Business Travel is constantly being asked for help in ways to enforce compliance to travel policy guidelines and rules. We recommend travel data reports to accomplish this. Ever wonder who is always booking last minute, continually making changes, utilizing a favorite vendor when another might be less expensive? Want to make sure you are [...]