Corporate Travel Still Doesn’t Get Mobile Booking or the Sharing Economy
Photo Credit: Corporate travel professionals at year's GBTA Convention in Denver wrestled with the ramifications of industry consolidation and shifting traveler behavior. Skift / Andrew Sheivachman
Skift Take
While corporate travel management companies are still playing catch up to the leisure space when it comes to the sharing economy and online booking, it seems like their executives have realized the scope of the problems they face and are looking to increase the pace of innovation going forward.
As more travel management companies have looked to more fully accommodate the needs of business travelers and provide a wider range of travel options, including the sharing economy, 2016 has becoming something a pivotal year for corporate travel.
Looking past recent news releases looking to peg the travel management company as finally connecting with Airbnb and Uber in a serious way, conversations during the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) Convention 2016 showed just how far corporate travel lags behind on elements of the leisure travel experience that most travelers take for granted.
The corporate travel ecosystem is still playing catch up to the leisure space in many respects, whether it's fully embracing the sharing economy, providing an easy mobile tool for business travelers to book their travel on, or dealing with the realization that a travel services company is not a technology company at heart.
Here are four takeaways from this year's GBTA Convention.
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