AmTrav Blog

Insights, tricks and tips to help you deliver a great business travel program & traveller experience for your organization.
Celebrating One Year of the Best Southwest Shopping & Booking Technology

Celebrating One Year of the Best Southwest Shopping & Booking Technology

Our friends at Southwest Airlines reminded us that it’s officially been one year since we upgraded our flight shopping, booking and change capabilities with Southwest’s New Distribution Capability (ND...

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Getting the hotel room and rate you need with AmTrav

Getting the hotel room and rate you need with AmTrav

Along with social distancing, face coverings, and meetings switching from in-person to virtual, one change that we’ve seen at AmTrav is an increase in hotel bookings relative to flight bookings. While...

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Why We Decided to Build Our Own Chat Platform

Why We Decided to Build Our Own Chat Platform

Like the proverbial tree that falls in the woods with no one around to hear it, what if we made a great enhancement to our travel platform but nobody even noticed? Could we still call it “great?”

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Room Blocks Are for Weddings, Not Business

Room Blocks Are for Weddings, Not Business

Hotel room blocks work really well for weddings. Room blocks offer a lot of flexibility, giving guests the ability to adjust their departure or arrival dates, or they can choose to stay elsewhere. Plu...

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Introducing AmTrav’s New Post-Trip Surveys

Introducing AmTrav’s New Post-Trip Surveys

One of the hardest tasks for a travel administrator or budget owner is to determine which trips are worth taking. Which trips are a great use of the traveler’s time and the company’s money -- the sale...

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Tired of Unused Tickets? No? Me Neither!

Tired of Unused Tickets? No? Me Neither!

A colleague shared some data with me today. It inspired me to share a story with you.

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How Amtrav Can Help, Even When You Book on Other Sites

How Amtrav Can Help, Even When You Book on Other Sites

When your company books travel through an AmTrav channel (e.g. a2b, chat, calling one of our travel advisors), you get certain benefits: we’ll apply your company loyalty programs and discounts; you’ll...

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Fast, Confident Travel Preparation: The AmTrav COVID Resource Center

Fast, Confident Travel Preparation: The AmTrav COVID Resource Center

Today we are launching a new COVID Resources Center webpage displaying current travel restrictions and supplier policies to help you and your team quickly and confidently prepare for travel. This page...

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