Archive for August, 2009

We’re the 21st fastest growing company in Utah

August 31, 2009 • By: Chad Maughan • Posted in: Travel News • No Comments

Christopherson Business Travel was named as the 21st fastest growing company in Utah by Utah Business Magazine at the Fast 50 event.


The Beauty of Full Service Travel

August 28, 2009 • By: Susan Moon • Posted in: Travel Management • No Comments

If text messaging while driving has been, or will be outlawed, do you think that means no laptop use while driving as well?  How many times are you driving in your car and you begin to create that mental list of things you need to accomplish, you know, the list that never actually gets written [...]


How HotelPrepayLogicTM saves you money

August 27, 2009 • By: Chad Maughan • Posted in: Travel Technology • One Comment

HotelPrepayLogicTM does more than catch incorrect billings on prepaid hotels, it prevents it! Here’s an example chain of events and how HotelPrepayLogicTM can save you money on your prepaid hotel transactions: Hotel punches in credit card number from the automatically generated fax (check out here for how the fax is generated and sent). They enter [...]


Halloween at Disneyland save $400

August 25, 2009 • By: Collette Peck • Posted in: Vacation Travel • No Comments

For a ‘scary’ twist on you next visit to Disneyland here’s a ‘frightfully good deal! Halloween Time at the Disneyland® Resort is coming! Spend all day playing in the Parks – enjoying special seasonal excitement, like the new Space Mountain: Ghost Galaxy and new nightly fireworks show- then spend the night in the middle of [...]


Introducing HotelPrepayLogicTM

August 20, 2009 • By: Chad Maughan • Posted in: Travel Technology • 2 Comments

A lot of our clients need to send credit card form of payment information to hotels for travelers who don’t have corporate cards. In travel speak this is called “prepaid hotels.” There are a lot of reasons our clients do this – contractor or interview travel, an employee doesn’t have enough personal credit to put [...]


Coming to the Skies this Fall

August 19, 2009 • By: John Millsaps • Posted in: Travel News • No Comments

As we are fast approaching the autumn travel season, the one where family vacations are over and it’s back to business travel, let’s take a look at what we can expect. This autumn I expect that we will see a continuation of the current trend of the airlines reducing capacity and slowing increasing the average [...]


Could You Be A Christopherson Andavo Client?

If you answer, “Yes, I want this service,” to any of the statements listed below, you should contact us immediately!! Have professional travel consultants available 24/7. Be able to book travel whenever and wherever. Have the flexibility and convenience to book a trip with an agent or through an online booking tool of choice. Provided [...]


Top Ten Tips on how Travel Managers and Travel Programs can gain from their new empowerment:

August 14, 2009 • By: David Russell • Posted in: Travel Management • No Comments

Seize the Day This could be the best chance you will ever have to persuade senior management to adopt your ideas on cost control.  Don’t Waste it. Make the business case Use simple dashboards to cost out how much your organization is spending on travel now and how much can be saved by each specific [...]


Holiday Travel

August 14, 2009 • By: Darlene Wiberg • Posted in: Vacation Travel • No Comments

Tis the season to start making plans for the holidays. Planning ahead can ease  stress and allow you time to enjoy the festivities of the holidays. Here are a few tips to make your holiday travel go smoothly: If you are flying, review the Transportation Safety Authority’s list of permitted and prohibited items for air travel. [...]


Christopherson Travel Offers Superior Service

August 13, 2009 • By: Tina Kelaidis • Posted in: Travel Management • One Comment

Expect great service when you call a Christopherson Travel agent.  Here is just a sampling of what our clients say about our travel agents: “Thank you for your INCREDIBLE patience getting his flights booked. I can’t believe how gracious you have been over this fiasco. We truly appreciate everything you have done. ”  (Heather) “She always goes [...]