“Masters of Travel” Board to Seek Solutions in the New Era of Corporate Travel

Hospitality group Accor will bring together 10 leading businesses from across Europe to host its 2023 “Masters of Travel” advisor y board meeting on 9 and 10 May 2023

The advisor y board was established in 2021 to create a vision for business travel and corporate meetings post-pandemic The panel will connect European business leaders responsible for corporate travel from across 10 industries and senior executives from Accor to explore corporate priorities in the new era of business travel

Delegates will attend from leading firms across multiple sectors, including the technolog y industr y, legal, energ y, engineering, FMCG, Pharmaceuticals and professional ser vices Executives from the UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain and Poland will come together in Belgium at the Le Louise Hotel Brussels, par t of the MGaller y collection

The Carbon Footprint of the event has been calculated using Accor’s Carbon Calculator and the carbon offset via cer tified carbon credits Carbon credits are an investment in emission reductions to drive the transition to a low-carbon economy

Topics for discussion at the event will include environmental social and governance (ESG) as an ongoing key focus for corporate travel organisers and the hospitality industr y The group will also look at the smar test ways for corporates to manage payments; issues around the increasing propensity for business travellers to blend work and leisure trips; and how hospitality companies can better suppor t business travellers through loyalty programmes

Sophie Hulgard, Chief Sales Officer, Accor and Co-Host of Masters of Travel commented: “The world of corporate travel is still changing quickly and both clients and hospitality businesses need to learn how to adapt to the new demands and priorities of organisations and business travellers The Masters of Travel event has been invaluable in shaping our thinking around business travel and it is crucial that we continue this dialogue in order to fully understand what businesses are thinking and work collaboratively to create solutions that meet their objectives

The board will share its findings, insights and actions as par t of a series of three repor ts Accor will develop in the coming months, focusing respectively on leisure travel; business travel; and MICE