TSA …. Get ready… Get set… Go!
Starting in May of 2009, here at CBT, we began gathering the new Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Secure Flight Passenger Data (SFPD) with each reservation and new traveler profile. Through this process, over ninety percent of our traveler profiles are TSA Secure Flight compliant.The TSA has now given a definite “effective date” for us to [...]
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 [...]
Christopherson moves up to #12 in BTN 2010 ranking
Christopherson is pleased to have moved up to #12 in the Business Travel News (BTN) 2010 Business Travel Agencies Ranking. Christopherson’s growth is attributed to the merger with Andavo Travel and the acquisition of new corporate accounts. Industry reports indicate the U.S. business travel spend was down over 20% in 2009 causing a challenging year for [...]
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 [...]
TSA Update ~ DELTA
May 24, 2010 – Delta Air Lines continues to work with the TSA to ensure ongoing compliance with TSA Secure Flight Passenger Data (SFPD) standards. Adherence with the required TSA Secure Flight Passenger Data standards is required for Delta and all airlines for travel to/from/through the U.S. effective November 1, 2010. Specifically, the regulation requires [...]
Christopherson Awarded 2010 Best of State
Christopherson Business Travel will be recognized on May 29 at the Utah Best of State Awards Gala in Salt Lake City, Utah. Christopherson has been named “Best of State” for the Travel Agency category within the Hospitality/Travel/Tourism section of the competition. The Best of State Awards recognize outstanding individuals, organizations, and businesses in Utah. The [...]
A Peek “Behind the Curtain” at the Coolest Mobile Travel Apps
Mobile computing is increasingly becoming an inexorable part of our every day lives. And travel is no different. As business and leisure travelers are trading schlepping their laptops for their Blackberries, iPhones or Droids in droves, a new wave of mobile travel apps are flooding the marketplace. Here’s a quick peep at 5 travel apps [...]
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 [...]
Shall I drive my own car… or rent one?
Owners, financial guru’s and sourcing managers, mileage reimbursement is a huge expense when employees drive their own cars for work purposes. Did you know that based on a reimbursement rate of $0.50 cents anything over 120 miles driven by using a personal car is more expensive than renting one? Companies both large and small that require their [...]