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THE REVIEW<br />
T H E L O W D O W N<br />
IN BRIEF<br />
Extra Clarity<br />
<strong>Travel</strong> management<br />
company Clarity has<br />
acquired Ian Allan <strong>Travel</strong>,<br />
giving the combined<br />
company a turnover in the<br />
region of £500million.<br />
Clarity CEO Pat McDonagh<br />
said its fellow TMC “has a<br />
real strength in the<br />
corporate, education and<br />
charity sectors and we<br />
believe that through both<br />
businesses we have the<br />
best talent, quality,<br />
innovation and solutions<br />
for our customers.”<br />
Marine growth<br />
BCD <strong>Travel</strong> and integrated<br />
maritime solutions leader<br />
Bernhard Schulte<br />
Shipmanagement (BSM)<br />
have sealed a new joint<br />
venture to create a<br />
specialised global marine<br />
travel services offering.<br />
<strong>The</strong> arrangement bolsters<br />
BCD’s expansion of its<br />
global Energy, Resources<br />
& Marine practice.<br />
Wider Radius<br />
TMC network Radius<br />
<strong>Travel</strong> has signed two new<br />
members: Incanto <strong>Travel</strong>,<br />
based in the Dominican<br />
Republic, and TOV <strong>Travel</strong>,<br />
based in South Korea.<br />
<strong>The</strong> network comprises<br />
over 100 agencies<br />
worldwide and manages<br />
more than $30billion of<br />
annual travel spend.<br />
Cost control revealed<br />
as buyers' top priority<br />
GETTING costs under control is currently the number one<br />
priority for travel managers, usurping traveller security at<br />
the top of the list, according to new research.<br />
<strong>The</strong> latest edition of the European <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Travel</strong><br />
Barometer from American Express Global <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Travel</strong><br />
showed data security was the second biggest priority, while<br />
traveller security fell to third. In fourth was traveller<br />
satisfaction, with 71% of businesses now measuring<br />
satisfaction levels compared to 56% in the previous year.<br />
Meanwhile, the report also forecasts an increase in<br />
business travel spend of 4.3% among European companies.<br />
In 2018, spend rose 3.8% year on year, 0.4% more than was<br />
initially predicted.<br />
"<strong>The</strong> challenge businesses face is balancing cost efficiency<br />
and effectiveness," says GBT’s Senior Vice President and<br />
Managing Director, International, Elyes Mrad.<br />
SLOW UPTAKE<br />
OF OFFSETTING<br />
OPTIONS<br />
FEWER than 1% of passengers<br />
choose to offset the carbon<br />
dioxide emissions associated with<br />
their flights – and that’s when<br />
airlines actually offer the option.<br />
Research by the BBC revealed<br />
that of the 28 major airlines it<br />
contacted, less than half offer<br />
passengers a carbon offsetting<br />
scheme and most of the airlines<br />
quizzed by the news organisation<br />
declined to report on take-up,<br />
“often saying their figures were<br />
too low to report”.<br />
40hrs<br />
Companies spend 40<br />
hours a month, on<br />
average, reconciling<br />
travel expenses and<br />
payment data according<br />
to a GBTA study<br />
LANDING<br />
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