Less business travel, more efficiency?
Looking for new customers, meeting partners, finding suppliers, attending symposia or conferences - these are all reasons for a businessman to travel.
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 travel also generates expenses. Between plane tickets, car rentals, hotel rooms... the bill quickly becomes a hefty one!
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 virtual 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 costly. According to some, time spent in airports, cabs or public transport is time 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 flights, it's a good time to work and get on with work that's behind schedule. It's also important to take advantage of a trip to organize and regroup other business appointments.
Another cost-cutting alternative is videoconferencing. Sitting in your office or even in your own home, you can hold a series of meetings with customers, suppliers or partners in different countries.
In the final analysis, limiting business travel is not such a bad idea, as long as you determine which trips are necessary and prioritize them.
Increasingly demanding business travellers
Being between planes, managing staff, looking for the right deal, finding the right words to convince a customer... the daily life of a businessman is not all rest and relaxation, quite the contrary. That's why the most important criterion when traveling 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 the needs of business travelers, with offers to suit all requirements
To meet the needs of business travelers, CTA Business Travel offers customized solutions, in particular through its VIP service.
Aware that some trips require a certain amount of care, the agency offers its services with the added bonus of discretion, one of the cornerstones of this VIP offer. Cases 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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