business travel in comment and analysis
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Comment I live close to London that I could travel in regularly, however I do not travel in often because I am penalised for not having an oyster card, and because I don't travel in often enough I don't want to have an oyster Card with funds stuck on it... [15 Nov 2007]
Editor's Blog: Around the world in 80 minutes?
Comment I was at the World Travel Market show yesterday to talk about business travellers and wi-fi - which is why on my first official outing as silicon.com's new editor I was wandering between the stands featuring rain forests and exotic fare set up by... [14 Nov 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.07.07
Round-Up If you have to leave the safety of your office, with its warm, familiar vibe and worn but comfy chair, you can find out how to make business travel more bearable by checking out the top business travel tips from silicon.com staffers and our... [20 Jul 2007]
Mittu Sridhara
CIO Profile Mittu Sridhara is responsible for product strategy and delivery as well as integrating technology acquisitions at Sabre Holdings, which provides IT services to the travel industry and whose own retail brands include Travelocity and lastminute.com. [06 Jun 2007]
Paul Coby
CIO Profile The crisis in the travel industry, along with the competition from no-frills airlines, left BA "standing over the edge of the precipice", Coby has admitted. Coby's much-used motto is "there are no IT projects, only business projects" and it is an... [06 Jun 2007]
Gerry Pennell
CIO Profile Pennell quickly rose from director of ICT development and delivery and then IT director for CFS to become CIO of the Co-operative Group - which also includes its grocery stores, travel and pharmacy businesses - in 2005. [06 Jun 2007]
Will's Web Watch: Let the train take the strain
Comment Will Sturgeon explains why business travel by train within the UK is a far more beneficial and enjoyable experience than flying, thanks in large part to the installation of wi-fi on many routes. When flying: Time to travel to Heathrow from home... [04 Jun 2007]
Upwardly Mobile: There's no workplace like home
Comment Anyone who has the privilege of working from home will not only testify to their greenness - less travel means less carbon - but also improved work-life balance and flexibility. My most recent Upwardly Mobile column dealt with environmental issues... [17 May 2007]
From CIO to consultant: Top tips for cutting the red tape
Comment Most of the expenses are relatively small amounts for travel, food and entertaining. Welcome to the world of bureaucracy that is the curse of the small business. Here are my top tips for how to beat the red tape, start a business for next to... [19 Apr 2007]
From CIO to consultant: The first month
Comment Arranged for you by the company travel agent? With the main costs out of the way, it was time to look at the extras, I had to arrange my own travel insurance - back online where I paid £33 for a full year's cover. [20 Mar 2007]
Fair Wi-fi: Consumers getting raw deal
Comment Though I travel with my laptop, there was no way I was going to pay that sort of money. Hotels are, of course, in the business of making money but there is a fine line between helping the bottom line and extortion. [20 Feb 2007]
Leader: Roaming rates - more work needed
Leader The view is that business travel isn't a choice, almost any time it takes place, and businesses are hit harder than most. At the UK Communication Management Association last week, a remark on roaming rates still being too high for UK business... [14 Feb 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.02.07
Round-Up And while you're in a business travel frame of mind.any chance we could interest you in a survey? Perhaps while staying in the UK Gates may have come up against the same problem many business travellers encounter at UK hotels - extortionate charges... [02 Feb 2007]
Leader: Why we need 'Fair Wi-fi'
Leader It's also unfair for hotels to pitch themselves as business travel destinations and yet fail utterly to understand one of the most important requirements of their customers. Business travellers now rely upon connectivity and a culture in which... [30 Jan 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: A crack in the wi-fi stupidity dam?
Comment Hopefully we will see this extended to coffee shops and hotels later but already there are travel tip sections and more. London hotels are notorious throughout the international business community for their outrageous charges for wi-fi and LAN... [05 Dec 2006]
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