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Welcome to episode 6 of Absolute Clarity season 2! The number one travel management podcast brought to you by Clarity, the business travel experts!

In this episode, we welcome the head of key accounts at Travelodge, Sophie Lemm, into the studio to give us the inside track on Travelodge and why they are adapting their offering to business travellers.

We discuss their plans for further growth with a number of new locations on the horizon and why your feedback is so important to them.

We also discover the strangest things people have left behind during their stay and the random requests hotel staff are asked on a daily basis, before we find out Sophie's first, best and worst travel scenarios.

For more information about Travelodge please visit https://www.travelodge.co.uk or find them across most social media platforms.

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Welcome to episode 5 of Absolute Clarity season 2! The number one business travel podcast brought to you by Clarity, the business travel experts!

In this episode, we welcome Clarity account managers, Fraser Thomson and Matt Carter, into the studio to discuss how they maintain a good work / life balance while living life on the road.

From missing your children's first steps to keeping motivated while working from home, we get the inside story on what it means to be a great account manager from some of the best Clarity have to offer.

We also discover our guests first, best and worst travel scenarios, in our popular final segment!

For more information about Clarity please visit www.claritybusinesstravel.com

Don’t forget you can join the conversation on twitter by following @Clarity_BT and using the hashtags #AbsoluteClarity #HeartsMind

You can also email your comments, questions and concerns to [email protected]

Welcome to episode 4 of Absolute Clarity season 2! The number one business travel podcast brought to you by Clarity, the business travel experts!

In this episode, we welcome: Julia Fidler - Global Employee Experience Lead at MS Travel, Paul Casement - Sales and Account Director at Clarity and Louise Kilgannon - a consultant with award winning travel consultancy firm, Festive Road, to discuss employee engagement.

What makes an employee engage with their business? Will too many questions put them off? Will too few give you the information you need to better their experience?

From travel persona's to encouraging honest feedback and embracing social media, join our guests as they get under the skin of employee engagement to determine how businesses can encourage open dialogue and get the most out of their relationships.

We also discover our guests first, best and worst travel scenarios, in our popular final segment!

For more information about Festive Road please visit http://www.festive-road.com

For more information about Microsoft please visit https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/

Don’t forget you can join the conversation on twitter by following @Clarity_BT and using the hashtags #AbsoluteClarity #HeartsMind

You can also email your comments, questions and concerns to [email protected]

Welcome to episode 3 of Absolute Clarity season 2! The number one business travel podcast brought to you by Clarity, the business travel experts!

In this episode, we welcome Rami El Dahshan and Mark Croucher from Virgin Atlantic to wax lyrical about all things Virgin! From their exceptional levels of customer service to their desire to partner with small independent businesses, we go behind the scenes to truly understand what makes them tick.

We also get the inside information on their relationship with Delta and the recent Air France - KLM deal, before we discover Rami and Mark's first, best and worst travel scenarios! You won't want to miss this!

For more information about Virgin Atlantic please visit https://www.virginatlantic.com

Don’t forget you can join the conversation on twitter by following @Clarity_BT and using the hashtags #AbsoluteClarity #HeartsMind

You can also email your comments, questions and concerns to [email protected]

Welcome to our latest episode of Absolute Clarity, the number one travel management podcast from Clarity, your business travel experts.

On today's show we welcome back Will Murray, Product Manager for Clarity and newcomer Ben Cooper from Travel Risk Media, to discuss all things traveller risk and safety.

From the dangers of drug cartels to terrorist attacks, global travel brings with it a number of risks, but how effectively could your company handle things if their employees were located somewhere close to a global incident?

What would happen if members of your team were injured and stranded following a bus crash in remote Spain? We ask just how prepared is your company when it comes to duty of care?

We also find out more about Education Without Borders, an annual conference aimed at reducing travel risk in the academic sector. Now in its fourth year, the conference features some of the biggest names in travel risk and safety. Book your tickets at http://www.educationwithoutborders.co.uk

And in the final segment, our host, Kyle Daniels grill the guests on their first, worst and best travel scenarios.

For more information about Travel Risk Media please visit http://travelriskmedia.co.uk

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The number one business travel management podcast is back for its second season and we’re bringing some incredible guests along for the ride.

Following on from our successful first season, the host with the most, Kyle Daniels is back behind the mic to bring you a plethora of travel topics you need to know about and he’s not alone.

This season, we’ve got some of the biggest names in travel from buyers to suppliers gracing the studio, alongside influencers and experts in the business and travel world.

In the opening episode of season two, Kyle is joined by a couple of award winning travel and procurement consultants, Chris Pouney and Caroline Strachan*, alongside Clarity CEO Pat McDonagh to debate the difference between procurement with a small p and a capital P and whether procurement is part of the problem, or the solution, when it comes to travel management.

Season two also sees the return of popular segment, first, best and worst travel scenarios.

Absolute Clarity season two will begin on Wednesday 1st August, with a new episode being released every two weeks.

*Chris Pouney is an independent consultant and vice chair of The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply while Caroline Strachan is the managing partner and co-founder of travel management consultancy firm Festive Road.

http://www.festive-road.com

https://www.claritybusinesstravel.com

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Welcome to the season finale of Absolute Clarity!

It's been an incredible journey to get to episode 10 (technically 11 if you count the bonus episode!) and we couldn't have done it without our listeners, so thank you.

In this episode, our host Kyle Daniels invites three returning Clarity guests into the studio to talk about all things robotics and AI.

Clarity's CEO Pat McDonagh, Head of MI Darren Williams and Product Manager Will Murray, discuss:

* Darren's recent speaking engagement at ITM (seriously, what won't that man speak at?!)

* The role robotics and AI will play in the future of travel

* The recent Google I/O conference and driverless tech

* How Clarity are integrating AI into their upcoming product releases.

In our final first, best and worst travel segment of the season, Pat reveals the role a one eyed cat played in his career and why he's not a fan of 18-30 holidays...

And that's not all, as the episode is all about robotics, we ask the guests for their favourite robots from the big screen, with surprising results!

As always you can follow us @Clarity_tm, join the conversation using #AbsoluteClarity or contact us via email using [email protected].

We'll be back for season two in the Autumn, so keep an eye out for our new schedule coming soon!

Hi and welcome to episode nine of Absolute Clarity, the number one travel management podcast from Clarity, your business travel experts.

With GDPR set to launch in nine days time, we thought we'd jump on the compliance bandwagon and dedicate this week's show to GDPR.

Joining us on this week's show are two of Clarity's most knowledgeable experts on GDPR (and the only ones who aren't sick of talking about it, yet!!) Owen Coombes, group head of IT compliance and our head of marketing and communications, Alexandra Kington.

From understanding GDPR, to how Clarity have adapted to ensure best practice we guide you through the maze that is data protection and compliance while getting to the bottom of what people really want to know about GDPR.

Then, in the second half of the show, the guests discuss the most common questions facing businesses from the 25th May and beyond, including:

- Can I contact someone using the details on their business card?

- Do we still have to comply with GDPR if we're leaving the EU?

- Can I still purchase email lists? and more!

And as if that wasn't enough we round off the show with our first, worst and best travel segment!

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Hi and welcome to episode eight of Absolute Clarity, the number one travel management podcast from Clarity, your business travel experts.

Joining us on this week's show are Chris Townsend, Ben Wild and Abby Holland from What Marketing, a video content company specialising in travel.

From long-haul travel on a budget to top tips for travelling light, What Marketing gives us their experience when it comes to visiting the most exotic locations in the world.

We then find out more about our guests travel history in our first, best and worst travel segment. Find out who interviewed with legendary filmmaker, Robert Rodriguez's production company, who got caught in the middle of their own horror film, and why one of our guests will be reluctant before hopping on a minibus in Nepal again.

For more information about What Marketing, please visit www.what-marketing.com

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You can follow us, @clarity_tm and get involved in the conversation using the #AbsoluteClarity or you can email us via [email protected]

Hi and welcome to episode seven of Absolute Clarity, the number one travel management podcast from Clarity, your business travel experts.

Joining us on this week's show are Paul Carbonaro and Jason Keall from Air France - KLM to discuss their growing sustainability project and celebrate the 10th anniversary of CO2ZERO.

And that's not all, joining the rotating fourth chair is Clarity's own aviation enthusiast, and director of sales and account management, Paul Casement.

We then find out more about our guests travel history in our first, best and worst travel segment. Find out who was arrested and almost sent to war on a simple trip to Paris, and why one of our guests found out that three is definitely a crowd!

For more information about Air France - KLM please visit http://www.airfranceklm.com/en

As always, if you enjoy the podcast please like, share, rate and subscribe to us on your podcast media player of choice.

You can follow us, @clarity_tm and get involved in the conversation using the #AbsoluteClarity or you can email us via [email protected]