From executive transfers and all-inclusive retreats to smarter train bookings, discover services making business travel easier from start to finish.
Business travel may be part of the job, but for the assistants arranging it, there’s rarely anything routine about it. Every journey involves timings to coordinate, preferences to remember, budgets to manage and the inevitable last-minute change to navigate. The right travel partners can make all the difference – taking away the friction and ensuring executives, teams and guests get where they need to be comfortably, efficiently and on time.
Our Business Travel edit explores four services designed to make the journey smoother, from executive transport to corporate retreats and rail bookings.
Executive transport with Blacklane
For executive transport, Blacklane offers a flexible chauffeur service designed around the demands of modern business travel. Its chauffeur-by-the-hour option is particularly useful when schedules are fluid or multiple meetings need to be covered, while a straightforward online account gives EAs and PAs an easy way to arrange and manage bookings.
Keeping festive schedules moving with a chauffeur by the hour
At the busiest time of year, executive support professionals manage diaries that shift constantly. Additional meetings and events often running into the small hours means more travel, and schedules that constantly shift and evolve. Booking separate A-to-B journeys for every appointment can leave executives waiting for cars – and assistants rebuilding the day around transport.
Blacklane’s chauffeur-by-the-hour service offers a flexible alternative. A chauffeur remains available for an agreed period, supporting multiple drop-offs and pick-ups throughout a day. That could mean travelling between offices, restaurants, parties, hotels and airports without booking a new vehicle each time.
For PAs and EAs, the benefit is control. Travel can be planned around the executive’s schedule, while changes are effortlessly managed and itineraries evolve without multiple re-bookings. The car also provides a confidential space between engagements and the guest can prepare for a meeting, take a call or pause before the next event.
During the winter months, when diaries are full and the weather can add an additional layer of complexity, having a personal chauffeur on stand-by helps keep everything moving. Executive support professionals can keep track of bookings via Blacklane’s dedicated bookers portal, where recent enhancements include a new journey booking and editing flow.
More information: Blacklane for corporate bookers
Corporate retreats and events with Club Med
But business travel isn’t always about getting from A to B. Sometimes it’s about giving people the opportunity to step away, recharge and return feeling valued. Club Med brings that philosophy to corporate retreats, incentives and conferences, with all-inclusive packages designed to take care of the details while giving teams time to relax, reconnect and enjoy their surroundings. After all, a successful event shouldn’t simply fill a diary – it should leave an impression.
Making corporate event planning simpler: The Art of Free Time with Club Med
For Personal Assistants and Executive Assistants, organising a successful company event often means managing multiple suppliers, budgets, deadlines and stakeholder expectations. Here at Club Med Meetings & Events we simplify the process by bringing everything together in one premium all-inclusive destination, helping organisers reclaim their most valuable resource: time.
With over 60 resorts worldwide and decades of expertise in corporate events, we offer a seamless all-inclusive solution for conferences, incentives, leadership retreats and team-building programmes. Accommodation, meeting facilities, dining, activities and entertainment are all included, simplifying planning while providing clear budget visibility.
Our recent projects have included a 700-delegate international conference hosted at Club Med Magna Marbella and more exquisitely an exclusive charter experiences aboard our iconic Club Med 2 sailing yacht.
Supported by your dedicated Meetings & Events team from venue selection through to on-site delivery – we are here throughout the entire process, ensuring your event runs smoothly, efficiently and stress-free.
This is our new brand promise ‘The Art of Free Time’: creating space for organisers and guests alike to focus on meaningful connections.
Your Event. One Partner. Endless Possibilities.
More information: Club Med Meetings & Events
Make every business journey work harder
Whether you’re arranging a single executive transfer, managing travel for a team or planning an incentive designed to reward and re-energise, our Business Travel edit puts the focus firmly on making every journey work harder – for you and for the people you support.
The article was first published in PA Life magazine’s Winter 2026 Issue.
