Plaza Premium Opens Heathrow Terminal 5 Luxury Lounge
A new, independent and luxury Plaza Premium lounge has opened in Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5, to rival British Airways‘ First Class offering. Waiting for a flight no longer has to be a harried experience, as all passengers can pay to access these luxury facilities. What Does Plaza Premium Lounge Include? The Plaza Premium lounge in […]
Exciting Growth Predicted For Business Travel Market
While much of Europe is still experiencing a period of economic stagnation, it has been predicted that the business travel market will continue to grow over the next five years. Last week Technavio produced its Global Business Travel Report and anticipates that there will be growth of around 5.1% between 2017 and 2021. Most of […]
Air France KLM Latest to Introduce GDS Surcharge
Air France has announced that it will introduce a surcharge for all flights booked through the GDS from April 2018. What Is GDS? GDS stands for global distribution system, a computerised system owned or operated by a company that enables transactions between travel industry service providers. It is often used to compare prices and features […]
Business Travellers WOULD use Hotel Loyalty Schemes if…..
Airline loyalty schemes are a well used perk for a large percentage of business travellers and frequent fliers, however hotel reward packages don’t have the same adoption. A new study has revealed that corporate travellers are open to using hotels’ own schemes, but only if they are personalised to the right level. Alpha Research and […]
Amadeus Selling Connect – Beyond Business Travel at the Cutting Edge
We pride ourselves on always staying at the forefront when it comes to travel technology. As a result, we have just implemented Amadeus’ latest booking and fulfilment platform, Amadeus Selling Connect, across our system. Amadeus is a world leader in travel technology. They have invested over €4 billion in R&D since 2004, operate in 190 […]
Business Travellers Are Not Favouring Uber
Uber is beginning to lose ground in the business travel market, according to new research released this month. The ridesharing app, which claims to provide “fast, reliable rides in minutes – day or night” was a hit with corporate travellers when it first took hold a few years ago. However it seems that, in the […]
Delta offers Comfort+ on Transatlantic flights – What does it include?
Delta officials have revealed that they will be offering Comfort+ fares to passengers booking onto their Transatlantic flights in the New Year. Already travellers can take advantage of the new fare category, when booking flights between North America and Europe, the Middle East and Africa if they are flying on or after January 22nd 2018. […]
Ryanair launches new Dublin – Naples, Stuttgart, Munich routes
Dublin airport is growing to strength to strength and has announced yet another group of new routes. Irish airport officials revealed this week that Ryanair will be operating flights to Naples twice weekly. It’s been a period of fast growth for the airport. They have created 20,000 new jobs in the Irish economy over the […]
New Aer Lingus Aerclub Benefits to Come From Loyalty Programme with Avios
Ireland’s premier airline, Aer Lingus has launched AerClub, a new loyalty programme for members. The first Irish loyalty scheme of its kind, Aerclub already boasts over 400,000 members and offers great rewards to travellers, every time they fly. Powered by Avios, fliers can collect points every time they travel with Aer Lingus and also when […]
Customer Survey: 94% of Beyond Business Clients Would Recommend Us To Colleagues
Beyond Business Travel recently conducted our annual customer service survey. We undertake this activity each year, to identify our clients’ habits, preferences and attitudes towards our services. Customer feedback is extremely important to the team here at Beyond. It provides us with insight that we can use to improve our business, our products and the […]