BTN Europe In Conversation With...

In the latest episode of BTN Europe's 'In conversation with...' podcast series, editor-in-chief Andy Hoskins speaks to Alison Rogan, global head of travel and expense at Barclays, and chair of the Institute of Travel Management.

Rogan discusses the trends to expect as corporates return to business travel, new levels of complexity, the evolving role of the travel manager, and the importance of transferable skills. 

The ITM chair also talks about the rising cost of business travel, increased scrutiny of trips and why negotiated deals based on 2019 numbers is a waste of time.

In the latest episode of BTN Europe's 'In conversation with...' podcast series, editor-in-chief Andy Hoskins speaks to Richard Adler, vice president sales UK & EU and strategic accounts, Millennium Hotels and Resorts. With more than 120 hotels across the world, Adler discusses the group's hopes for Q2, some tentative signs of recovery, hotel quarantine programmes, how new hygiene protocols could be here to stay, and why he believes the traditional RFP process is alive and kicking.

Karin Sheppard, SVP & manging director of Europe for IHG Hotels & Resorts, speaks to BTN Europe editor-in-chief about the hotel group's experience of the pandemic, hotel quarantine programmes, industry consolidation, why corporate deals are now about so much more than rates, and how investor interest in new openings points to a positive future.

In the latest episode of BTN Europe's 'In conversation with...' podcast series, editor-in-chief Andy Hoskins speaks to Pat McDonagh, chief executive of travel management company Clarity.

McDonagh discusses Clarity's adjustment to the Covid-19 pandemic, TMC remuneration models, the fallout from Brexit and his hopes for business travel's recovery for 2021 - in spite of what he says will begin with an 'abysmal' first quarter.

In the latest episode of BTN Europe's 'In conversation with...' podcast series, editor-in-chief Andy Hoskins speaks to Clive Wratten, chief executive of the Business Travel Association (BTA).

After a series of senior roles across the industry, most recently as CEO of TMC Amber Road and UK country manager for Etihad Airways, Clive took the helm at the BTA in September and was subsequently pitched into a year unlike any other.

Clive discusses the current condition of the TMC market, the measures required to really get business travel going, what volumes might look like by the end of 2021, and a whole lot more.

In the latest episode of BTN Europe's 'In conversation with...' series of podcasts, editor-in-chief Andy Hoskins speaks to Abby Penston, chief executive of the Focus Travel Partnership, a consortium of 60 independent, UK-based travel management companies with a combined £1 billion annual turnover - in normal circumstances. Penston talks about the challenging environment for TMCs, the evolution of service models and the desperate need for a Covid testing regime to help stimulate international travel.

In the first of a series of conversations with business travel industry leaders, Andy Hoskins, editor-in-chief of BTN Europe, speaks to Chris Galanty, CEO of corporate travel for the Flight Centre Travel Group, incorporating FCM Travel Solutions and Corporate Traveller.

As the travel industry takes steps towards recovery, Galanty talks about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Flight Centre’s corporate divisions, the action it’s taken to navigate through new pressures, and the changing face of corporate travel. He also discusses the need for urgent solutions to current quarantine regulations, traveller confidence and the future of TMCs.