The environment where businesses operate has changed, the way people work has changed, where we work from and the way we manage businesses has changed. When we think about the reason why we travel for business, the purpose, and the resources we count on are also differently sized. The challenges we face as professionals need to be overcome with a different approach and adapting to the new market conditions require new solutions.
Oombla’s travel management perfectly complements existing employee engagement activities or team programs. This article will show you how travel management with Oombla Travel works like no other.
Traveling, in general, is different now due to factors that go beyond our individual control. However, we all need to adapt in order to grow our businesses. Business travel is now much more purpose-driven than it was before. The reasons we go on business trips are pretty much the same: to connect with customers, to develop partnerships, or to engage with peers. While organizing a business trip, still implies the same stages, currently we also need to:
- Carefully review the departure, transit, and arrival travel conditions,
- Properly plan the trip considering safety-first options,
- Book services with high-hygiene standards.
This requires ongoing consultancy from someone who is willing to go above and beyond.
That someone is a business travel agency or travel management company (TMC) – the organization you choose to entrust with the safety and well-being of your employees while they are on the road performing their job.
A different type of travel management
In post-pandemic times, small and mid-sized businesses need to adjust to a very different marketplace. Reduced mobility budgets, fewer business trips, a greater focus on traveler well-being over cost savings, all on top of more scrutiny on the benefits of face-to-face meetings. Each item presents new challenges that require a brand-new new approach.
Traditionally business travel was viewed as a fragmented activity for making bookings and paying invoices. Sometimes even without accessing the much-needed predictability to optimize expenses or transparency over the real costs. The Oombla Travel way is about delivering travel solutions to current needs with flexibility, full transparency, that are always aligned with the goals of your company. Our subscription plan delivers on a wide range of needs and services, from simple bookings to expenses optimization.
A highly flexible approach ready to meet the new expectations
of Travel Managers, HR Managers, Finance Managers, and business travelers alike
Choosing the right travel management company is a decision based on specific terms that vary from company to company. Finding the right fit often comes down to which travel partner best understands the business’s needs, influences and objectives from:
- travel cost savings to employee welfare,
- sustainability to duty of care obligations,
- self-booking to post-booking support,
- advance purchase to risk management,
- finding the best itinerary to setting time for relaxation.
However tough the assignment or complicated your needs, the Oombla Travel team can make the complex, simple, by going above and beyond. In fact, we get along with the complicated particularly well. We dare you to test our different approach.
People are the reason
When managing their travel program, companies want something more than a supplier that sends an invoice. A business travel program is nowadays about taking care of employees while they are out of the office. Organizations of all sizes are looking now for travel providers that treat their needs with high attention to detail and that are always willing to go the extra mile for making things work.
Travel management is about the people, not only about the processes
Business travel shouldn’t be about a transaction or transaction fees. Managing business trips for your employees is about managing all the elements needed in keeping the employees happy and giving them an experience that is in line with your culture and your values. At the same time, the travel program must deliver the same objectives as all other human resources-related activities within an organization.
As a premium business travel provider, Oombla Travel is managing mobility for companies and individuals for whom mobility is business-critical and who need a tailored approach for the well-being & safety of their employees. With a combined expertise of more than 50 years, the Oombla Travel Team sets to be a different kind of TMC and challenges the status quo businesses are used to dealing with. At Oombla we believe that change is good and it can give us the fuel needed to make things better.
A growing business needs a travel management agency that supports its travel program so that it can scale and evolve. An agile organization needs a business travel management solution that can be tailored for each department and with travel options presented transparently.
As a people-oriented company, Oombla Travel can provide everything
an organization requires an efficient mobility program, but also what travelers need as individuals
Business Travel Design
More and more of today’s consumers are in search of a personalized experience. Let’s face it, we live in an experience-based economy, so as humans, we all want something customized, something that fits our needs entirely. This also applies to the experience employees are having when traveling for business.
Why shouldn’t you have your travel management services tailored for your organizations’ needs?
The tens of years in managing business travel have taught us that a company’s people are the most important asset as they are the engine that keeps things moving.
We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all solutions. We adapt our travel booking services to your specific company or personal needs, so you receive the customer experience you deserve.
We listen to your specific needs, suggest options that are most convenient to you, and adjust your business trip services to achieve the goal you set out to. We’re all about creating happy travelers. We add a human touch that other types of travel agencies cannot. We have built our services around the business traveler needs, and we have made it in a transparent way.
Our job isn’t finished once we’ve finalized your itinerary. We will keep in touch with relevant information before your departure and assist you with last-minute changes during your trip. Finally, we will follow up with you when you’re back home.
Are you the owner of a small or medium-sized business? Do you travel quite often for your business? Do you need to ramp up the way you handle travel for your employees? Oombla Travel can help with that! Oombla is a travel management agency that is specialized in booking all you need for your business trips. With Oombla Travel, you will be able to manage your trips more efficiently than ever before.
Let us show you how you can redefine business travel for your team. Contact us.