Recent Issues

Business Travel Innovation 2023

One of the most critical skills a travel manager can possess is how to distinguish effective innovation now from the promise of future innovation. That skill will only grow more important as the industry turns a calendar page into 2024—with both established suppliers and managed travel industry startups introducing new products, platforms and services powered by the likes of New Distribution Capability, generative artificial intelligence, blockchain and other emerging technologies. Read BTN's coverage on how the industry and individual buyers are innovating now.

Smaller Spenders, Bigger Deal

Unmanaged, lightly managed, tightly managed... no matter what level of travel program maturity exists in at your small or midsize business, BTN's latest exploration of the SME market has strategies worth considering. Read interviews with your buyer and supplier colleagues, plus BTN's exclusive survey delivers insights into the broader SME travel management landscape.

Climate Actions

BTN's latest look at sustainable business travel practices compares 2023 data to the data we collected in 2021 on sustainable travel practices and plans.

Traveler Experience Index

Analyzing the methods today's travel programs use to support the full business trip lifecycle.

BTN Research Issue: TMC Reboot

Travel management companies look to 2023 to reinvigorate and reinvent. With finances on the upswing, they are investing to improve their products, services and technology stacks. BTN conducted two surveys, one of TMCs and one of travel buyers, to inform this special editorial research issue. In a series of reports, BTN explores how TMC priorities match travel buyer expectations.

The Future of Meetings

In-person meetings are back in a big way. But technology advancement for hybrid and virtual meeting platforms have changed the decision-tree for how (or if) to plan and execute in-person events and whether they also include hybrid and virtual participants. How companies will determine their go, no-go policies and establish preferred partnerships and workflows is still a developing practice. In this issue, BTN explores next-generation practices of sourcing, managing and guiding organizations to the future.

BTN's Corporate Travel 100

Travel Management Evolves

BTN's 2022 Salary Survey pegged travel manager compensation at its highest levels ever. BTN explores what's driving those salaries, how travel managers are advancing and why some travel management pros are still looking for better opportunities.

Shifting Balance: BTN's 2022 SME Report

The small and midmarket has returned to business travel more readily than larger enterprises. We know this—but do we know how our SME colleagues are managing their travel as we get moving in some tough times? SMEs have largely dispensed with Covid-19-related travel restrictions, but they are now facing elevated pricing and negotiation challenges. With travel as a necessity for small and midsize companies, BTN explores their strategies, outlooks and objectives in this special report. 

The Mechanics of Sustainable Business Travel

The travel industry has a mandate to reduce its carbon emissions. Corporate travel managers are working to do the same within their own organizations. As they come together in partnership, we build hope for a sustainable future. This BTN special online report can help advance those efforts.