AmTrav Blog
Insights, tricks and tips to help you deliver a great business travel program & traveller experience for your organization.
The AmTrav 2017 List: Top 15 Business Travel Apps
The clever apps your fellow road warriors are chatting up make business travel easier than ever before. The likelihood you’re using travel apps depends on the year you were born. While one-fifth of Ba...
Travel Anxiety in the Age of Global Terrorism
The news out of Manchester and London over the last few weeks has refocused the media spotlight on the ever-present threat of global terrorism. As a frequent business traveler, you may have also reali...
Biometrics – The New Frontier in Airline Security
What do JetBlue, Delta, and Air France’s KLM have in common? Besides the obvious, these are all airlines that have begun experimenting with using automated biometric information as a means by which to...
The Electricity Challenge: Matching Outlets to Countries
In a perfect world, there’d be one universal electrical outlet and no need for a blog to navigate this strange territory. Rather, in a perfect world, Tesla would have won the AC/DC battle against Edis...
Airlines and Airports Making Big Summer Changes: How Will They Affect Your Travel Plans?
Just in time for the summer travel season, many of the major airlines and airports are making some seismic shifts in several areas that will affect most travelers. As with most changes, some are good,...
Staying Connected with Family During Business Travel is Possible – and Fun
Like it or not, business travel is a reality for many modern-day professionals. The problem is it can pose additional challenges — not to mention create stress — among working parents. Consequently, w...
Service Animals on Flights: Ferreting out the Truth
If you’re a frequent traveler, you have, undoubtedly, noticed a marked increase in the number of passengers traveling with emotional support animals. In most cases, this support is provided by a dog b...
Traveling Abroad? Make Sure the Travel “Bug” Is the Only One You Return With
International travel is an exotic crash course in human relations. There is simply no substitute for immersing one’s self in different cultures, being surrounded by new and dynamic people, food, music...
The New AmTrav is Here
Here at AmTrav, our goal is to make business travel easier. We believe in keeping a close eye on the ever-evolving travel landscape. We believe in listening to our clients. We believe that evolution i...