Thinking on business travel, membership, and financial governance.
Perspectives from the CCB team on corporate hotel management, African business travel, and the future of managed travel programmes.
Why Africa's corporate hotel market is the world's best-kept cost reduction opportunity
The gap between publicly available hotel rates and negotiated member pricing in African markets is larger than in almost any other region. Here's why — and what organisations can do about it.
The real cost of unmanaged hotel spend: what finance teams aren't seeing
Most organisations underestimate their true hotel spend by 15–25%. Here's why — and what a managed programme changes.
Why the relationship model outperforms the platform model in corporate travel
Technology platforms promised to make corporate travel self-service. But for most organisations, they created new problems without solving the old ones.
Six questions every CFO should be asking about their organisation's hotel spend
If you can't answer these questions, you don't have visibility. Here's how to get it — and what to do once you do.
What business travellers in Lagos, Nairobi, and Accra actually want from their hotels
We surveyed 400 African business travellers. The results challenge most assumptions about what corporate travel programmes should prioritise.
Duty of care in African business travel: what your obligation actually requires
Most organisations believe duty of care is a policy document. It isn't. Here's what it actually means — and how a managed membership fulfils it.
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