Happy Christmas from team BBT!
From all of our team here at Beyond Business Travel, we would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year. Our offices Christmas opening hours are: Tuesday 24th – 0900 – 1730 Wednesday 25th – Closed Thursday 26th – Closed Friday 27th – 0900 – 1730 Monday 30th – 0900 – […]
Fingerprint Collection of Chinese Visa Applicants
Following on from UK travellers requiring fingerprints for Chinese travel this year, in accordance with Chinese laws & regulations, the Embassy of China in Ireland launched the collection of fingerprints of all visa applicants. Please note that all applicants should submit their applications in person at the Visa Office of the Embassy and have their fingerprints collected. Visitors […]
Five Tech Trends that will impact Corporate Travel in 2020
Today it is a necessity to evolve from traditional approaches to continue to provide the highest-quality travel experiences as businesses need smarter business travel, through open and connected technology. At Beyond Business Travel we know businesses need solutions to decrease travel spend, manage costs efficiently and provide travelling employees with the best experience – one […]
Aer Lingus Introduce Free Digital Newspapers and Magazines
Aer Lingus has partnered with PressReader to bring digital newspapers and magazines to your flight for free. PressReader is a leading provider of digital newspapers and magazines with over 7,000 publications available around the world. Irish titles include The Irish Times, and Irish and Sunday Independent. Leading international publications such as Vogue, Rolling Stone, GQ and The […]
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines adds Cork to European network
From March 2020, Cork, Ireland’s second largest city will be served daily with a direct KLM flight from Amsterdam. The flights will be operated using Embraer 175 and Embraer 190 equipment, seating 88-100 passengers per flight. Cork will be the second KLM Irish destination, next to Dublin, and is the 93rd European destination to be served directly by KLM. To open Cork as a new […]
Cork Airport Aspire Lounge
Trish O’Leary, our Irish Head of Business Development, was checking out the fantastic facilities at the Aspire Lounge at Cork Airport this month. As the first Aspire Lounge to open in the Republic of Ireland, the Cork Aspire Airport lounge offers a great range of food and drink, including a few local Irish specialities, as […]
Beyond Business Travel – A new breed of travel management companies
The journey began for Beyond Business Travel in 2010 amid the recession. Now thriving on the cusp of its 10th successful year, offices in Belfast, Dublin & Cork, a turnover of £16million with plans to grow to £50million in 4 years; they have been described as a new breed of Travel Management Companies. It’s easy […]
Carbon Emission Reporting
We can all do our part to create a more sustainable future through carbon reduction, resource efficiency strategies and commercialising low carbon technologies. Using the insights gained through carbon foot printing, a baseline for strategy development can be established to identify significant carbon and cost reductions and in turn set targets. This can also […]
MD and Founder Edel Doherty wins “Business Woman of the Year”
The Women in Business NI, Business Woman of the Year 2019 Award was presented to MD and founder Edel Doherty, on Thursday 7th October 2019. Edel started the company in 2010 and the business has gone from strength to strength, now with more than 25 employees, offices in Belfast and Dublin and a turnover of […]
A personalised in-flight experience
Before we could access a world of entertainment when flying, in-flight entertainment was limited to whatever magazines and books we carried onto the flight. Now, in-flight entertainment has notably enhanced the experience of flying. Panasonic Avionics have ben utilising machine learning to build ‘NEXT Cloud’, a commercial aviation platform for building a modern digital cabin. […]