IATA’S New Distribution Capability (NDC) is on everyone’s lips – from travel management companies to airlines. It’s set to affect the entire corporate and commercial travel ecosystem, but what impact will NDC have on your company’s business travel programme, and why should your corporate travellers even care about it? What is NDC? Introduced by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the NDC is...
Responsible Travel – Lead by Example
Travel and tourism is hailed as one of the world’s largest industries, but the increased movement of people puts a strain on communities and their environment. If sustainable tourism is the goal, responsible tourism is the process and attitude to achieve that goal. As an enthusiastic supporter of the TreadRight Foundation, Thompsons Travel takes...
Business Travel: The Benefits of Planning Ahead
When it comes to business travel, employers and employees both want trips to be seamless. While employers focus on the need for travel and its cost implications, employees have a different set of concerns and responsibilities and concentrate on preparation and execution. “To save time and money, employers should plan ahead, but the reality...
6 Tips To Explore A Destination While On Business
Although the prospect of travelling for business can be frustrating, it doesn’t have to be. It can be unnerving to travel to exciting destinations only to find yourself locked in a boardroom day-in day-out, but even with very limited free time, you can still make the most of your stay and get a true...
How To Make The Most Of Your Frequent Flyer Programme?
One of the few perks business travellers have for being on the road all the time, is that they manage to rack up quite a few miles allowing them to take a family break to an exotic destination for a much more reduced rate than normal. So, it comes as no surprise then that corporate travellers were less...
Corporate Travel Planning: Here’s How We Can Help You
If your travel planning is leading to lost productivity, last-minute expenses and unnecessary stress, you need to partner with a travel management company who will not only take care of all the details surrounding your trip but put your business first. “Without the right attention to detail, unorganised business travel can put the ultimate...
How to Beat Jet Lag
If you are a seasoned road warrior, you have undoubtedly been faced with jet lag at one time or another. Also called desynchronosis and flight fatigue, jet lag is a temporary disorder that causes fatigue and other symptoms as a result of air travel across time zones. It is a circadian rhythm sleep disorder,...