Flipping the T

In the second part of our episode on Duty of Care with Tristan Lockie, Executive Director of Global Initiatives, we break down some of the finer points on what actually makes up duty of care for business travelers, including:

To learn more about duty of care and journey management by Travel and Transport, visit https://www.travelandtransport.com/journey-management/

Join us for this episode of the Flipping the T podcast as our experts discuss the challenges on the horizon for the upcoming hotel sourcing season and best practices on how to manage them.

Today's discussion includes:

2021 hotel programs has been a fairly hot topic since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The panel discusses questions like:

This episode of the Flipping the T podcast discusses duty of care for business travelers and how the concept has changed thanks to COVID-19. Topics discussed by Tristan Lockie, Executive Director, Global Initiatives and Josh Gunn, Head of Global Product and Digital Marketing include:

If those topics aren't enough, you'll want to listen to find out what duty of care concept Tristan compares to the Hydra!

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Often we think of human trafficking as being sex crimes, but it includes more than that. It includes forced labor and forced marriage. The actual definition of human trafficking involves the use of force fraud or coercing to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act. It is important that we identify all of the potential human trafficking elements that are out there. The International Labor Organization estimates that this multi-billion dollar industry affects about 40 million people around the globe and an estimated 25% of those being children. It is believed that COVID-19 and the situation that we are currently in has only exacerbated the human trafficking epidemic for children. One reason for that is the lockdowns can reinforce isolation, as well as the financial or housing insecurity of those children.

In advance of World Day Against Trafficking (July 30, 2020), Tami Reier and Amanda Greenwood discuss the human trafficking epidemic and what we can all do to help stop this global crisis.

There will be a large campaign aimed at getting people to understand the signs of what to look for in someone that might be being trafficked. A person being trafficked may display some or all of these signs:

It is not recommended that you get directly involved, because that not only puts you in danger, but it also puts the person that is being trafficked at risk.

In the US that hotline is (888) 373-7888, or you can text the word HELP to 223733.

Education and awareness are key. There are many websites that you can visit to learn more – see links below.

If this is a passion or of interest we advise you to get involved with an organization that really speaks to you and speaks to your heart. There are local national and global nonprofits that are offer support to survivors that would benefit from your time or resources.

Episode 5 of Travel and Transport's Flipping the T Podcast features a great discussion between Amy Buscher, Executive Director, Operations, Laura Pankoke, Senior Director, Account Management, and Scott Johnston, Senior Director, Product Management, all with Travel and Transport. The topic: pre-trip approval.

Amy, Scott, and Laura discuss topics explored in detail in a recent blog post called “We approve this message: Taking another look at pre-trip approval”, examining many facets of this important area of travel management, including trust, traveler engagement, communication, and more. This has become even more important now as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the world.

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Last episode we brought you part one of a conversation between Chantel Windeshausen, our executive director of global marketing at Travel and Transport, and Jami Hedrick, our executive director of account management. Today we feature the conclusion of that discussion. Chantel and Jami cover a number of topics, including the importance of the travel policy and the kinds of updates that will need to be made to it in order to prepare for when travel starts to come back.

Jami also provides her three takeaways that she feels are most important to get from our ebook. If you haven’t yet picked up the ebook, you can get that over at Insights.travelandtransport.com. It’s called The Ultimate Guide to When Travel Returns.

In this time of information overload – we’re seeing a lot of updates and opinions on COVID-19 everywhere – what should you take in? What should you focus on? Jami has some good thoughts about how she prioritizes the information.

Today we have the first of a two part discussion between Chantel Windeshausen, Executive Director, Global Marketing at Travel and Transport, and Jami Hedrick, Executive Director, Account Management.

We just released a new ebook, which you can pick up on our website, called The Ultimate Guide to When Travel Returns. Our intention with this ebook is to help you start to consider and make decisions around some of the key components of your travel program that could look very different in the future as a result of COVID-19.

In this podcast Jami gives us the background for this ebook. why it’s important, how it’s structured, and what you should be able to take from it. Be sure to stay for the end where she talks about what she feels may be the most important section of this ebook.

This episode of Flipping the T features Travel and Transport's senior vice president of human resources, Jim Winterscheid. Jim tells hosts Valeri and Chuck about the company's ESOP program, how Travel and Transport's culture and people have helped it persevere through some difficult times in the travel industry.

He also talks about the employee-launched TandT Strong Facebook group and how it has helped keep employee-owners connected all over the world during the COVID-19 pandemic:

"You have to do it via WebEx, you have to do it via Zoom, and you have to do it via Facebook, but the technology of society allows us to do that. Maybe it doesn't feel quite as alone as we're sheltered there, to know other people are going through this with us - to know that other people care and to know that other people are looking out for us also."

"I think it's indicative of the spirit of Travel and Transport - that we're all employee owners and know that we're all in it together, trying to make the best of what is a catastrophic situation. "

Jim also looks very good in a red suit and white beard, and there's something very special he's doing for employees and their families during this difficult time. Listen to find out what it is!

On the first episode of Flipping the T, we talk to Travel and Transport's senior vice president of account management, Nancy Rissky, about business travel management in the wake of COVID-19, including how the company is providing support to customers and employees during this difficult time.

COVID-19 has really taken its toll on the travel industry, so we'll be talking with Nancy about how we've been partnering with suppliers and customers to get through this unprecedented time together. Nancy shares her thoughts on how Travel and Transport customers are handling the crisis, how the company is assisting them, as well as what processes may need to change with regard to travel policies, duty of care, managing unused tickets, and more when travel returns.