Business travel: less travel, more efficiency?
With a company, and therefore employees, under his responsibility, the businessman must always be on the lookout for new financing, new customers and new partners to help his business grow. However, business trips, or business travel in general, also generate expenses. Between plane tickets, car rentals, hotel rooms... the bill quickly becomes a hefty one!
Looking for new customers, meeting partners, finding suppliers, attending symposia or conferences are all reasons for a businessman to travel.
That's why more and more business people are turning to new technologies. But is it possible to limit travel, and therefore contact with customers and partners, in favor of new technologies (useful for long-distance business meetings)?
Limiting business travel: is it a good idea?
When you're running an international business, moving people and goods from one country to another is essential to your company's development.
However, most business people find that the majority of business trips they have to make are unnecessary, or even costly. According to some, the time spent in airports, cabs or public transport is time that is not put to good use... Time wasted in short, especially when you know that time is money.
If the economic aspect is also put forward, it is necessary to find an advantage to this inconvenience, namely the time spent on travel. It's all a question of organization. For those on long-haul flights, this is a good time to work and make progress on overdue jobs. It's also important to take advantage of business travel to organize and consolidate other business meetings.
Another cost-cutting alternative is videoconferencing. Sitting in an office, a meeting room, or telecommuting from home, it's possible to hold a series of meetings with customers, suppliers or partners abroad.
In the final analysis, limiting business travel isn't such a bad idea, as long as you know which trips are necessary and prioritize them.
Increasingly demanding businessmen
Being between two planes, managing staff, looking for the right deal, finding the right words to convince a customer... the daily life of a businessman is no picnic. That's why the most important criterion for business travel is comfort.
A number of elements have become indispensable for a business trip. These include an office, WI-FI, an adapter and printer, newspapers and a meeting room.
To meet these demands, some hotels have taken the lead. They offer facilities for business travelers with accelerated check-in, a digitized room key, and easy payment via app or credit card.
The same is true of the transportation sector, where things are getting easier all the time. The advent of the private jet has enabled this category of worker to spend less time in airports. Travellers avoid queues, flight delays and lost luggage, to name but a few inconveniences. Car rentals are also a huge advantage. You no longer have to wait for a cab, or take public transport to get to an appointment. Some agencies even offer chauffeur-driven services.
All these advances meet the main requirements of business travellers, which are comfort and time savings.
Solutions tailored to business needs
To meet the needs of business travelers, CTA Business Travel offers customized solutions, in particular through its VIP service.
Aware that some business trips require special treatment, the agency offers its services with the added bonus of discretion, one of the cornerstones of this VIP offer. Files are handled with the utmost discretion. What's more, this VIP service is not at all standard, and is adapted to the needs of each traveler. So it's totally customizable!
CTA Business Travel's VIP service offers travellers :
- A VIP welcome at the airport.
- Reservations for seats, meals and other special services.
- Transfers by limousine or other vehicle with driver at your disposal.
- Private jet and helicopter charters.
- Visa and insurance management.
- Hotel reservations with VIP service, tickets for events or shows, restaurant reservations, guide bookings, etc.
Privatization of a meeting room, conference room... to organize meetings with customers and partners.
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