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It all starts with your travel policy. Your corporate travel policy should include a pre-approval process. A clear and agreed policy (with a pre-approval process for employee ticket and accommodation purchases) will stop people jumping on the internet and making
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Travelling for business, especially when you’re heading off to a fresh destination can be both exciting and stressful. Here are ten ways to make it both successful and easy. 1: Plan ahead and give yourself time The key to successful
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arrangeMY is pleased to be a ‘Charity Centre of Excellence’ for UK business travel support. Why is this important? As a leading travel management provider, we have instigated this because we are proud to look after a number of big-name
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As a Procurement Manager you need to know that your colleagues are looked after by your contracted travel provider – and not compromising systems and themselves by booking their own travel. These reminders will help you reign in any ‘rogue
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If you’ve booked a trip or you’re in the middle of organising one, you’re probably wondering what impact Brexit, or a no-deal Brexit will have on your future travel plans. With customers feeling more concerned than ever, we want to
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A key challenge for procurement and category managers is lining up suitable organisations to tender. When it comes to TMC procurement here are a few things you can do, to ensure you have the right candidates. Having the right number
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In my capacity as up and coming chair of the HBAA accommodation committee, I was recently invited to join a group of buyers to discuss travel at an industry event hosted by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS).
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Despite the common misconception that business travel is an opportunity to go on ‘a bit of a jolly,’ the reality is long hours, lack of sleep and stress over travel arrangements. Frequent business travel can often involve the sacrifice of
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We know that you like to know a little bit about our amazing team members and what they get up to when not at arrangeMY HQ. As such, we grab one of our team quarterly for just 60 seconds and
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Here at arrangeMY, our expert team are here to make your business travel and venue finding requirements as simple and efficient as possible and we thrive on ensuring that everything, from transport connections, through to the little perks in your
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Get some rest before you go Getting up at 3am to catch a business flight can wreak havoc with our body clocks. Often upon arrival you are whisked off to a meeting and expected to network until the small hours,
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Whilst 2017 saw a rise in apartment rentals, luggage tracking and digital wallets, 2018 will bring about new and fresh ways to do business travel. Here, we take a look at the key trends to watch out for this year.
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Emirates passengers flying on its Boeing 777 can take advantage of refreshed interiors and new First Class private suites thanks to a multi-million dollar upgrade. Now boasting floor-to-ceiling sliding doors and design features inspired by the Mercedes-Benz S-Class saloon, the
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This month, our Venue Finding Coordinator, Dan Clay, runs through the seven most interesting facts about his life. I’ve been known to do a very accurate impression of Nelson Mandela. I love everything and anything flavoured with banana – milkshakes,
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India has been working with us for 2 years and has some advice on choosing the right day of the week for your meeting or conference. “When booking meetings and events, significant savings can be made simply by choosing a
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Guests at Premier Inn hotels will need to ensure that they carry a passport or proof of identity on them if they are a Non-UK or Non-Commonwealth citizen in order to successfully check in. The hotel chain adheres to the
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Congratulations to Lisa Chambers for winning our September competition for an overnight stay at Macdonald Manchester Hotel – the largest hotel in the city. Situated in the heart of Cottonopolis and adjacent to Manchester’s Piccadilly Station, the hotel boasts 338
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I spent a lot of years working in hotel management but I was also a tyre fitter and worked on the steel works in Scunthorpe. I served many famous people in my years in hotels, the most famous was probably
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For many business travellers, living out of a suitcase and moving from hotel to hotel can be tiresome. The homely touch is rarely found in chain hotels and the ability to cook a meal is almost non-existent. It comes as
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This month, our National Account Manager, Laura Dudley, runs us through some of the most weird and wacky facts about her life.   I was born on the day before Halloween and next year will be a milestone birthday. I
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Virgin Atlantic has become the first airline in Europe to offer passengers a full WiFi connection. Alongside partner Delta Air Line, the British airline will now provide up to 39 flights per day across the transatlantic with WiFi. The move
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  arrangeMY has successfully appointed Laura Dudley as National Account Manager, taking care of the expanding client portfolio. Laura joins arrangeMY from Genting UK where she was the Business Development Manager at Resorts World Birmingham, located at the NEC. With
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We are proud to announce a further development to our industry leading consolidated invoicing service. Managing Director Nick Scott explained: “Like all agents we do unfortunately have rare occurrences of venues not having our billing instructions correctly setup within their
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This month our Business Travel Consultant Ashley Holtom steps into the hot seat to let us in on the most interesting facts about himself. Tick box questions should be simple, but when someone asks me what my eye colour is
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A record number of hotels in the QHotels group have been awarded a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence this year following positive reviews from guests on the travel website. Eighteen hotels in the group received the title this year, three more
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This month we quizzed James Muckian on the most interesting facts about himself. James recently won Employee of the Quarter status thanks to his pleasant and helpful nature and speed in dealing with enquiries. Well done James! I have a
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As regular recipients of our newsletter will know, on March 31st this year, I walked out of the office for the last time as Chief Executive of the company we set up 27 years ago. I have been asked to start
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The arrangeMY Trip system has been given a re-vamp to make checkout even quicker for users. Search forms have been updated as part of the improvements, giving users the ability to move from left to right, whilst a consistent layout
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In the hot seat this week is our Finance Director, Gavin Poole, who will run us through some weird and wacky facts about his life. I represented England school boys at rugby when I was 15. I have wing walked
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It was with a heavy heart that we said a fond farewell to our Chief Executive and Founder Simon recently, after an amazing 27 years nurturing and directing arrangeMY. After breaking into the hotel industry at the tender age of
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  Our Business Development Executive, Allen Pointon, spares 60 of his precious seconds to help us get to know him more. 1.     I’m part man, part machine. 2.     As well as my business travel expertise, I’m a wall and floor
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  This month, as part of our ’12 Reasons’ campaign, we talk through the ‘what ifs’ and how arrangeMY’s emergency assistance will ensure quick and efficient problem solving in the rare event of something going wrong. Traveller safety is paramount
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  Business travel is set to increase in 2017, according to the seventh annual Business Travel Show forecast. It will, however, remain important for organisations to be as cost effective as possible when it comes to arranging their business travel.
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  We are pleased to announce that we have been selected as finalists in the M&IT Industry Awards. The prestigious industry awards bring together the various sectors of the business to measure market reaction in rewarding excellence of service. The Awards is
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  I would like to thank all of our clients for their continued business support during 2016, which has contributed to our ongoing success and growth. I’m particularly delighted that our feedback with ‘service’ and ‘customer satisfaction’ remains superb. I appreciate you
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  Every month we give you a reason why arrangeMY should be your preferred business travel specialist. This month, as we hit #5, we talk about our dedicated, flexible and personal approach to managing your enquiries. Our team of industry
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Our Group Reservations Business Travel Consultant, Ian, tells us a little more about himself in this month’s 60 seconds with. When I was a teenager, I had football trials with both Norwich city and Walsall. I can talk like Donald
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  As our 12 Reasons campaign reaches #4, we explain why our award winning online tool, arrangeMY TRIP, can make booking your travel arrangements easy and stress free. Wherever you are in the world, our free online booking tool allows
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  Whether you are a frequent flyer or only occasionally venture overseas for work, the experience will no doubt impact on your personal time and energy levels. We’ve put together some tips to help make air travel easier for you.
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  We explain why our airfare expertise will help you with your overseas travel arrangements in our ‘12 Reasons’ campaign. #3 – Our airfare expertise Business travel is essential to an organisation’s success, even in this modern day and age
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  We’ve looked at a few of the hotels from across the UK that have recently been refurbished and re-opened. Clayton Hotel Chiswick, South London With a £21m extension and refurbishment programme, which has focussed on the communal areas, a
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