Are you looking for a business travel management partner for your company now that lockdown is being eased? The PA Life Recommended Supplier Directory is home to dozens of trusted providers ready to help. Our list of agencies covers everything from full travel management services, through to chauffeurs, helicopters and private planes – There’s something […]

Created in direct response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Sussex-based company Locate Global has adapted its Incident Management Platform for comprehensive crisis communications, specifically to enable key workers safety and support the Health Care sector. Locate was developed primarily as a Travel Safety platform providing duty of care to travellers, allowing companies to monitor their travellers […]

By Gary Holmes, Travel Consultant, Not Just Travel The transport Secretary Grant Shapps has agreed the credit notes can be given to people who have had to cancel their holiday due to Corona Virus – however, if people are insisting they want their refund, holiday companies are obliged to reimburse the customer in full. Virgin […]

by Alan Price, employment law expert and CEO of BrightHR As an extension to the current rules on self-isolation, a new requirement will see people having to spend 14 days in quarantine after travelling into the UK from another country. This measure is expected to come into place from 8 June 2020, despite receiving criticism […]

By Terry Farthing, Managing Director, London Jet Charter Quarantine regulations are due to start June 8th meaning that anyone arriving into the UK will have to self-isolate for 14 days or face penalties. Whilst there is a shortlist of people exempt for this ruling, dozens of travel companies have contacted the home secretary to request […]

Register for the next PA Life Virtual Meet Ups taking place on Monday, June 1st, which include guest speakers and activities tackling issues at the forefront of our minds as we emerge from lockdown: Business Travel and Team Building. We’ve teamed with our friends at Fruitful Events and London Jet Charter to create two great […]

While technology can help with customer service, there’s no substitute for personalisation, says Arbitrip’s founder and CEO Benny Yonovich… Recently I was talking with my friend, a fellow entrepreneur, about the service industry adage ‘they may not remember what you did or what you said, but they will remember how you made them feel’. The […]

Already planning for a life beyond lockdown? Looking for a business travel management partner for your company? The PA Life Recommended Supplier Directory is home to dozens of trusted providers ready to help. Our list of agencies covers everything from full travel management services, through to chauffeurs, helicopters and private planes – There’s something to […]

Limo Plus continues to be run by the two founders David and Jo-Ann Ramos who started as a chauffeur and controller in August 1997.  By continuing to make our business private and personal to us means we can make it private and personal to the clients.  We have a positive can-do attitude and surround our […]

TBR Global Chauffeuring has partnered with carbon offsetting provider Carbon Footprint to further enhance its commitment to the environment. Through the partnership, TBR will offset all carbon emissions from its vehicle operations and services across the globe, contributing to a global portfolio of carbon offsetting initiatives including; tree planting in the UK and Kenya, reducing […]

Half of Brits think ALL travel to and from the UK should be stopped in a bid to halt the spread of coronavirus. A study of 1,000 UK adults found almost a third are ‘very concerned’ about the virus, with 73 per cent worried about elderly relatives or those considered to be ‘high-risk’. Just under […]

The world’s most popular business travel destinations are revealed by comparethemarket.com research, which looked at business travel insurance policies sold and ONS flight data collected. Each destination was given a combined score out of 10 based on popularity. While some business destinations are also popular with holidaymakers, others may be less visited by leisure travellers. Comparethemarket.com also looked at what these business hubs offer their visitors, including the cost of a hotel and the local […]

We caught up with Winged Boots, personalised travel management agency, to pick the team’s brains on why outsourcing your travel requirements is actually cheaper than booking online… Organising travel is a lot like cooking… we can all do it, but few can do it well. It takes practise to perfect; mistakes are easily made, and […]

Travelodge has been around for 35 years, making it a well established brand BUT not one that many people REALLY know. It’s grown and changed almost unrecognisably since it became Britain’s first budget hotel chain in 1985 – we bet it’s not the Travelodge you think you know… 572 hotels in the UK  Over 43,000 rooms of which […]

60 per cent of buyers who responded to a Business Travel Show survey admit they do not have an ethical travel programme. While 28 per cent plan to introduce one, one quarter believe it’s simply too costly and 8 per cent have no intention to disrupt the status quo.  Of the 39 per cent whose […]

Capita Travel and Events says its clients and their travellers are benefitting from easy bookings, enhanced wellbeing and cost savings as a result of new solutions added to their suite of technology (iris) in 2019. The iris suite features communications to influence booking behaviours; the iris:go mobile app providing travellers access to their accommodation, air […]

The number of corporate travel buyers forecasting bigger budgets for the year ahead is at a five-year high, according to annual research conducted by the Business Travel Show. 41% of buyers polled said they would have more money to spend on travel in 2020, compared to 33% last year.  The volume of buyers predicting an […]

A third of people in the UK have felt ill or suffered from a lack of sleep as a result of travelling for work. The news comes from a survey carried out by Capita Travel and Events in support of its Unnoticed Impact of Business Travel report, which explores how the UK workforce feels about the culture of […]