Business trips are often associated with stress, long work hours, unhealthy food options and lack of sleep. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle on such trips is a challenge, but a bit of planning and effort can go a long way. Travelling for work can be an opportunity to prioritise wellness and self-care routines. In this...
10 Cybersecurity Tips for Business Travellers
As the world becomes increasingly interconnected and business travel becomes more frequent post-Covid, it's essential to keep your data and devices secure. Cybercriminals are always looking for ways to steal your private information and disrupt your business operations. Whether you're travelling for a meeting, a conference or working remotely, you can take simple steps...
The Rise of Bleisure Travel: A Balanced Approach to Reducing Employee Burnout
The world of travel is evolving, and so are our priorities when we hit the road. Once upon a time, business and leisure travel were two separate things. But nowadays, “bleisure”, which encompasses both business + leisure; might sound like just another buzzword, but the benefits go beyond just a clever portmanteau. We’ve unpacked...
Resilience, Obstacles and Kindness this Women’s Month
August is Women’s Month in South Africa, a time to celebrate and acknowledge the very many incredible women in our lives and communities. At Thompsons Travel, we are so grateful to be surrounded by diverse women of all cultures and creeds, whether as team members, partners, clients, or fellow businesswomen. We sat down with...
Why Business Travel should be Planned out Properly
Free up your Business Resources As one of the most significant spending areas for many businesses, business travel is a vital aspect that needs to be carefully managed with policy and structure. Partnering with a top travel management company frees up business resources and time, while delivering the travel function effectively, safely and to...
Loud & Clear: What your travellers need to hear
Corporate travel has always embraced innovative methods and tech to effectively communicate with its business travellers. Now with more people choosing remote work, it is even more urgent to communicate with our travellers. Are we providing them with what they need to know? Are our business travellers warned efficiently about covid travel changes? Are...
Travel Update: Seychelles Exempts Fully Immunised Visitors from PCR Tests [15 Mar 2022]
Effective March 15, 2022, visitors over 18 years, having received the first two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine including a booster dose after 6 six months since completing the primary series; will be considered fully immunised. Fully immunisation for visitors aged 12 to 18 years, necessitate the completion of only two vaccine doses. All...
Travel Update: South Africa’s Status Moves from Orange to Green for France [09 Mar 2022]
South Africa’s status relating to COVID danger from visitors entering the country has been moved from orange to green. This means fully vaccinated South Africans may travel to France without a test and unvaccinated South Africans can enter with a negative PCR test result done in the 72 hours prior to departure, or a...
Our Outlook for Business Travel in 2022
As we move into 2022, we asked the Thompsons Travel Management Team for their insights into travel this year, plus some helpful tips and advice. What is your outlook for business travel 2022? Sharon: The outlook remains positive, but the recovery remains highly dependent on vaccine roll out border restrictions and a normalization of...
Why Hire a Travel Management Partner
Are you spending hours looking for flights and booking accommodation for your company’s business travellers? Does organising transport or managing travel claims leave you feeling frustrated? If the stress of business travel planning is getting in the way of the regular demands of your job, you need a travel management partner. Whether it is...