AmTrav Blog
Insights, tricks and tips to help you deliver a great business travel program & traveller experience for your organization.
The Future of Hotel Security
With the events in Las Vegas, the big (and big is an understatement) question is “what now” with hotel security. Hotel operators, government officials and security experts are all trying to crack a se...
How to Handle a Travel Crisis: What You Need to Know
There’s little doubt that business travel can be fraught with minor frustrations and occasional inconveniences. Delayed flights and lost luggage seem to be par for the course. There are circumstances,...
The 5 Haunted Hotel Destinations You’ll Want to Seek Out This Halloween
Although most of us would shudder at the thought of encountering a real, live ghostly apparition, there’s an entire population who relish the idea and travel the country seeking out the country’s most...
The Pros and Cons of Checking Bags for Business Travel
Let’s face it. You didn’t get to where you are in your career because you shy away from the tough decisions. From making the right hire to choosing which vendors and suppliers to use, you’ve got it do...
A Look Into the Changing Business Travel Landscape
There was once a time when business travel meant you booked a flight, arranged a cab (or limo) and checked in to a straight-up hotel. These days, however, “traditional” business travel means any numbe...
What Smart Companies Are Doing About Emergency Travel Policies
In June, NOAA.gov proclaimed this 2017 hurricane season would incur 11 to 17 named storms, which is more than the 30-year average for the Atlantic Basin. As Houston and Florida residents and companies...
How to Perfect Your Hotel Experience
Frequent business travelers know that hotel experiences can vary widely from the pitch perfect to the downright dreadful. While it is true that some of the factors impacting the quality of your stay a...
10 Travel Evolutions in 20 Years
While we can all wax poetic over greeting someone right at the gate as they disembarked the plane, or the ease of pre-9/11 travel check-ins, there are many ways in which travel has vastly improved in ...
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...