Travel Matters February 2018

ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT THE SQUEEZE IS ON! FUN AND GAMES AT BTS SMEs & SBTs TO GO! www.travelctm.co.uk 18 | CTM INSIGHT WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU We value your opinions and ideas on the contents of Travel Matters. Please email marketing@eu.travelctm.com with any feedback on the magazine or any ideas you may have for future articles. CTM is showing off its lighter side at BTS this year. A hive of activities, games and challenges will greet visitors on to stand B620, from CTM and sister company ETM. A tech bar will sustain the more serious among you, wanting to discover what’s round the corner in terms of travel technology, while the company’s customary colourful cocktails will offer respite from the madding crowds at the show. Those SMEs who spend up to £750,000 pa on travel have the perfect self booking tool: one that keeps business travel simple, manageable and low cost. Called Lightning Lite, it is CTMs latest launch in its hi-tech armoury. Lightning Lite makes flight, hotel, rail and car hire bookings quickly and simply and maximises ROI with three tailored packages customised to travel spend. Choose Silver, Gold and Platinum for different levels of service depending on number of travellers and trips. All levels enjoy the same unlimited access to CTMs proprietary online booking tool, Lightning. For more information and a love demo, head to CTMs stand at The Business Travel Show. Short-haul comfort just got more cramped with BAs announcement last month that it is to install non-reclining seats on flights of up to four hours. It is a move which will allow BA to compete better with the low-cost airlines. The first “gentle recline” seats will be fitted into its 35 new A320 neos and A321neos, which will allow BA to fit an extra two rows of seats. Only one third of boards of airlines and a fifth at airports, have fully integrated cyber security into their business plans. This is the view of SITA, global IT provider, who says that there is room for improvement. “While cyber security is the number one priority for almost all airlines and airports, it demands more attention and must be higher on industry board agendas,” warned Barbara Dalibard, CEO of SITA. According to the company: are investing resources into major cyber security programmes or pilot programmes over the next three years. 95% of airlines 96% of airports Breaking! CTM has secured a deal with British Airways and Iberia to implement NDC with immediate effect and without CTM’s customers incurring the distribution technology charge.