BCD Travel发布差旅经理可持续选择五步指南
BCD Travel发布差旅经理指南，提出通过五个步骤影响旅客可持续差旅选择：选定一个决策点、找到决策时刻、将指引嵌入预订流程、衡量结果、学习调整。指南引用BCD调研数据：34%旅客将供应有限和信息不足列为可持续选择的障碍；50%差旅采购方使用在线预订工具消息，但仅28%旅客记得看到过。指南还提供90天试点路线图，分三阶段推进。
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BCD Travel News Hub BCD's Tripsource embeds sustainability into the booking experience
BCD Travel announced on Sept. 17, 2026 that Tripsource, its open, intelligent travel platform, embeds sustainability across the travel program. Travelers, arrangers and agents can see relevant CO2 information and guidance during planning and booking, and organizations can display and collect a carbon fee at the point of sale. The platform offers insights and AI analyses to benchmark performance and optimize sustainability strategies. BCD's survey of travel buyers found 56% cited improved technology, including online booking tool capabilities, as a top influence on sustainable business travel; meanwhile 31% of travelers said they normally lack flight emissions information when booking.
BCD Travel RSS BCD Research: Sustainability Goals Fail to Shift Traveler Behavior
BCD Travel's 2026 research highlights a gap between corporate sustainability ambition and travel-program action: 86% of surveyed travel buyers said their company has published sustainability goals, but only 47% reported travel-related goals; 61% of travelers knew of company sustainability goals, but only 33% knew of travel-related ones. 59% said sustainable-travel communications happen never or rarely. The report argues that carbon reporting alone does not change booking behavior and that sustainability should be embedded into travel policy, approval, booking, communications and supplier management, focused on a few measurable priority behaviors.
Business Travel News Thrust Carbon Adds Pre-Trip Briefings to EngageAI Tool
Thrust Carbon has added a pre-trip briefing capability to its behavioral change tool EngageAI, which it launched earlier this year. The feature can reach travelers a day or two before departure with trip-specific policy guidance such as per diems and expense rules, plus destination information including traffic, weather and rail status that could affect the travel experience. EngageAI launched in January to steer travelers toward more economical and sustainable options. The company said it is now working to add traveler-specific messaging into the briefing based on data such as travel history and expense habits.
SAP Concur Blog SAP Concur: CSR and Business Travel Sustainability
A SAP Concur blog post examines corporate social responsibility (CSR) in business travel and expense management. It cites a Morgan Stanley survey in which more than 80% of companies see financial opportunities aligned with sustainability goals and 79% expect higher revenue. SAP Concur's 6th Annual Global Business Travelers Research Report found 27% of employees would decline a business trip due to environmental impact or inability to choose sustainable options. The article also notes 36% of travel managers struggle to meet sustainable travel expectations without adequate budgets, and about 27% of business travelers say their company cut back on allowing them to pay more for sustainable opti…
SAP Concur Blog SAP Concur survey: how AI could transform business travel
SAP Concur's Global Business Travel Survey found 88% of business travelers globally took unanticipated steps in the past 12 months due to unexpected challenges, with 38% spending extra time on the road and 36% incurring extra expenses. 64% of travel managers want AI to automate at least some responsibilities, and 95% of business travelers would consider AI-powered automation. The survey also found 95% of Gen Z and 92% of millennial travelers are uncomfortable using AI-enabled booking tools, versus 83% of Gen X and 68% of baby boomers.
SAP News Concur Search SAP Concur research reveals five challenges for business travel in 2024
SAP Concur's survey of 3,750 travelers and 600 travel managers identifies five challenges for business travel in 2024: 88% of travelers were forced to make last-minute changes due to unexpected delays, cancellations, or re-routing, and 80% add booking buffers; safety and political or social concerns are top reasons travelers decline trips; the trade-off between sustainability and cost; unequal access to travel opportunities; and the need for AI solutions and education.
SAP Concur Blog SAP Concur Unveils New Experiences for Concur Travel
At the GBTA Convention, SAP Concur announced a major evolution of Concur Travel, introducing a new end-to-end booking experience for air, hotel, and car rental on Sabre GDS from U.S. point of sale, with Amadeus and Travelport+ planned for 2024. The new experience emphasizes a consumer-grade UX, NDC content integration, sustainability options, and seamless integration with Concur Expense.
SAP Concur Blog Take the Pain Out of Travel with Clear Policies
An SAP Concur blog post argues that without clearly spelled-out policies, employees cannot know what is reimbursable, so clear and adaptable travel and expense policies are critical. It cites research showing 100% of travel managers expect to change policies in the coming year, 94% of business travelers plan greener travel steps over the next 12 months, 72% of companies say automated T&E improves response to business challenges, and 34% of businesses adopting T&E automation saw fewer reports rejected over receipts. It advises formalizing policies covering flights, lodging, food and entertainment while building in flexibility.
SAP Concur Blog 3 Ways T&E Can Contribute to Utility and Energy Company Sustainability
An SAP Concur blog post says utilities and energy companies can embed greener practices in financial and administrative processes beyond grid investment and clean energy, with travel and expense management as one opportunity. It offers three paths: reduce paper waste through digital expense reports and automated data ingestion; provide sustainable guidelines and guardrails, citing an SAP Concur survey of 1,000 business travelers finding 88% are willing to take actions to reduce their environmental impact when traveling for business; and measure success, with travel carbon emissions reporting by employee, department or route.
SAP Concur Blog Financial Times Series with SAP Concur: Adapting to Change That Never Stops
A SAP Concur blog post introduces three articles published in partnership with the Financial Times examining travel and expense trends. It says the pandemic, geopolitical unrest, and economic uncertainty have made change the new normal; hybrid work has largely worked well, with SAP Concur COO Cathryn Reiner saying it provided an opportunity to think about new ways of managing spend. Travel has returned but is different, with budgets approaching pre-pandemic levels and companies possibly sending fewer people or taking longer trips; sustainability is increasingly important; and productivity and efficiency are paramount, especially for small and medium-sized businesses squeezed by costs and a…
SAP Concur Blog 2023 Trends to Watch in Travel and Expense Management
A SAP Concur blog post introduces its e-book, Foresight 2023: 4 Trends in Travel and Expense Management, outlining predictions for the months ahead. It says the overarching theme is that companies will continue to invest in digital solutions to achieve goals from savings to program flexibility to sustainability. It cites Alexander Bant, chief of research at Gartner Finance Practice, saying CFOs are increasingly looking to the long-term benefits of digital investments, including automation, that can permanently reduce the cost of doing business. It lists four trends: the promise of digital tools, flexibility as paramount, purposeful travel, and the growth of integrated reporting.
SAP Concur Blog SAP Concur Announces 2023 Innovation Award Winners
SAP Concur announced five 2023 Innovation Award winners at its Fusion conference. Standard Chartered Bank condensed its T&E policy from 67 pages to a two-pager and uses Concur User Assistant by WalkMe to advise employees of flight carbon impact; Merck deployed SAP Concur solutions in over 75 countries and issued 40,000 payment cards in 10 months; Gallagher rolled out across six regions in two weeks; Acquis won the Partner Innovation Award; PwC Italia reduced travel-related CO2 emissions by 53% since 2019.
SAP Concur Blog SAP Concur Survey: 94% of Business Travelers Plan to Reduce Travel's Environmental Impact
SAP Concur's fourth annual Global Business Traveler Survey of 3,850 business travelers across 25 markets found 94% plan to take steps over the next 12 months to reduce their business travel's environmental impact, including combining trips (40%), prioritizing non-air options (34%), shorter distances (32%), greener hotels (32%), avoiding layovers (31%), and using public transport (31%). 92% want sustainability information in booking tools. Younger travelers place greater emphasis on sustainable travel. SAP Concur partners with Thrust Carbon and CHOOOSE for carbon management, and TripIt offers a carbon footprint feature.
SAP Concur Blog IDC Report: Eight Market-Changing Developments in T&E Management During the Pandemic
A SAP Concur blog cites IDC's Worldwide Travel and Expense Management Software Market Shares 2020 report, listing eight market-changing developments during the pandemic: increased uncertainty, rising expectations for sustainable travel, growth in non-travel expenses, prevalence of virtual meetings, improved API integration, NDC enabling airline personalization, digital payments simplifying spend control, and connected data speeding decision-making. The report says a modern financial solution is essential to weathering uncertainty.
SAP Concur Blog Like Finding a Needle in a Tech Stack
This article discusses key factors in selecting travel and expense management tools, emphasizing the importance of user experience. It notes that modern tools should auto-fill expense reports, incorporate AI, sync with ERP, and support safe, sustainable travel. Tools must also provide real-time spend visibility and adapt to evolving payment methods and user needs.
SAP Concur Blog SAP Concur Survey: Sustainable Travel Spending and Emission Reduction Goals
A SAP Concur survey shows 76% of U.S. travel managers say their company has updated travel guidelines or policies in the past 12 months to focus more on sustainability. 89% of business travelers consider sustainability important to their company, and 88% are willing to take steps to reduce their environmental impact, including taking fewer but longer trips (40%), staying in a greener hotel (40%), using public transportation (33%), and more. Gen Z and millennials are especially willing. SAP Concur has partnered with Thrust Carbon to help companies calculate travel emissions and set carbon budgets.
SAP Concur Blog SAP Concur: Making Business Travel Sustainable and Profitable
SAP Concur published a blog post introducing SAP's Climate 21 program, which aims to help enterprise customers understand and minimize the greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint of their operations. The article notes that business travel can account for more than half of a non-manufacturing organization's carbon footprint and provides a method for calculating travel emissions by multiplying EPA emission factors by distance traveled. It also cites the Paris Agreement goal for European countries to reduce emissions by 55% by 2030 and a survey finding that 94% of Generation Z consider a company's social purpose when deciding where to work.
SAP Concur Blog SAP Concur Study: 98% of Organizations Willing to Commit Additional Funds to Sustainable Travel
A SAP Concur blog post cites an EMEA-focused study finding that 98% of organizations said they are prepared to commit additional funds to sustainable travel over and above their current travel management budget. However, one-third of corporate travel decision-makers say it is difficult to put their sustainability aspirations into practice, and 28% say they are aware of the issues but unsure how to effect change.
SAP Concur Blog Sustainable Business Travel: 59% of Decision-Makers Want It, Few Can Implement
A SAP Concur blog post cites a survey finding that 59% of corporate travel decision-makers feel passionately about greener travel programs but find it difficult or are unsure how to implement them. It also cites the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment of 2022 saying climate change will soon cost the UK economy £26 billion per year, and notes COP26 announced that businesses of a certain size must publish net-zero plans.
SAP Concur Blog SAP Concur: 95% of Corporate Travelers Willing to Get Back on the Road
SAP Concur cites a June 2021 Wakefield Research study of businesses with fewer than 1,000 employees, finding that 95 percent of corporate travelers are willing to get back on the road for work and 81 percent are concerned about their careers if travel does not pick up in the next 12 months, and outlines how Concur Travel automation helps control costs, support sustainable travel, and keep travelers safe.