ROI of Business Travel
Spring is about to be sprung, but it’s also when we’re coming up to the next financial year and boards are looking at how much we spend on travel. Many will inevitably be thinking “Boy, this is expensive” and at Meon, we get that. Our experience tells us there are reasons why finance directors are […]
Travel Buyer’s 2024 Wish List: NDC, Optimised OBTs, and Beyond!
Alright fellow travel enthusiast, I’ve just inhaled the 2024 ITM Trending Survey and let me tell you, it’s got some juicy nuggets for you. So buckle up, grab your metaphorical cuppa, and prepare to dive into the minds of savvy business travel buyers. What’s top of mind for these discerning jet-setters? Top billing goes to […]
How to Make the Most of Your Travel Management Partnership
Gone are the days when travel agencies simply handled your bookings. Today’s Travel Management Companies (TMCs) offer a whole range of services that go way beyond the basics. They’re like your travel buddies, guiding you through a world of strategic supplier negotiations, keeping you safe and sound on your journeys, promoting sustainability, guarding your data, […]
Is It Time to Embrace Managed Travel?
Hey there, fellow entrepreneurs. If your company is on the growth trajectory, you’ve likely handled your team’s travel in-house so far. But guess what? There comes a moment in every company’s journey when the sheer excitement of business expansion starts to tangle with the complexity of travel arrangements. Yep, you guessed it – things can […]
Fly Me To The Moon
Billionaires have form! The original G.O.A.T Howard Hughes held the title from 1947 for building ‘Spruce Goose’, the world’s biggest aeroplane, right up until 2019, but nowadays, billionaires are moving from planes to rockets. Elon Musk has SpaceX, Jeff Bezos Blue Origin and local hero Richard Branson has given us Virgin Galactic. They all get […]
Our Survey Says…
We were delighted with the response to our survey in December and I want to thank you for participating whilst appreciating you have many other work pressures to juggle! Whilst there is inevitably work to do to push our service to even better heights, we refuse to be complacent nevertheless and I am pleased to […]
Meon Valley Travel’s Commitment to Net Zero
As part of environmental betterment, there are two choices, carbon neutral or net zero. Carbon neutral is where you pay to offset as much of your footprint as possible and net zero obligates you to mitigate 95% of your carbon footprint by not creating it in the first place, allowing only 5% offset thereafter. We […]
Points Mean Prizes
Points, as they used to say on TV, make prizes, and right now is a very good time to examine how you play the frequent flier game. Why? Well because soaring airfares caused by tight capacity and rising oil prices currently mean those reward miles are worth a hell of a lot more than they […]
Five Minutes with Daniel Price, CEO and Co-Founder at Jyrney
Our Five Minutes with… this month is with Daniel Price, Co-Founder and CEO of Jyrney. What’s your role and how’s it going? I’m CEO and co-founder of Jyrney. We started the business just before lockdown – it wasn’t the best timing to deliver a global travel platform three weeks before global travel stopped completely, but […]
Listen to our interview with Guy Snelgar, Global Business Travel Director at The Advantage Travel Partnership
James Beagrie sits down for Five minutes with Guy Snelgar, the new Global Business Travel Director at the Advantage Travel Partnership. Listen to their chat below: Transcript James: What’s your title Guy? Guy: I’m Global Business Travel Director. James: Global Business Travel Director at the Advantage Travel Partnership. Guy: That’s right, yeah. James: It’s a […]
