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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
United Now Offers Mobile Check-In
United has installed mobile check-in at its four hub cities – Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington Dulles – plus Las Vegas, Dallas-Fort Worth and LaGuardia Airport in New York. Thirty more locations will be offering mobile check-in by summer Denver joins 43 other U.S. airports, plus Frankfurt, Germany in offering this service. In [...]
What is your Travel GPA?
How do you stack up in the travel market place? As a company did you meet your travel goals and expectations for 2009? Did you uitilize your hotel and car rental contracts to the fullest? How do you compare to companies of similar travel spend and patterns? What about compliance? Are your travelers adhering to [...]
My 1st experience with the advanced imaging technology at airport security
The last time I traveled in early September, the new full-body scanners were not in the Salt Lake City International Airport (at least not to my knowledge). When I encountered them a few days ago at TSA security check point in Terminal Two, I was pleasantly surprised. My curiosity being peaked, I checked out what [...]
TruValue
True value doesn’t come in just hardware. True value often comes in everyday things that we use to make our lives less complicated and cumbersome. I’ve noticed that true value is often over looked and those things of most value are often ignored, neglected, or we have not been informed of the value. This week [...]
Considerations when making changes to your travel policies for 2010
4Q09 is here and budgets will soon be reviewed again for 2010. If you are like most companies, you have cut your travel budget considerably this year and intend to stay as lean and mean as possible with most forecasts indicating increased airfares of 1% to 6%; hotels decreasing more; and rental cars increasing around [...]
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 [...]