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Foreign exchange guru, David Kerns, reports for Business Destinations
Beyond boarding
For sheer brazen, bare-faced Pinocchio-style whoppers, the travel business is the undisputed champion. Stuart White looks for some truth in an industry of lies
Businesses are losing on international payments
Charles Purdy reports for Business Destinations in the art of finding a good exchange rate for you business
Business travel: The art of bargaining
What can hard-pressed businesses gain from the fact that we are all travel agents now, combing budget websites for the best deals in trains, planes and automobiles?
Communication breakdown, it’s always the same
Stuart White files his report after six sweltering hours in a non air-conditioned Athens hotel room, sitting by a phone as unresponsive as a statue of Buddha, waiting for a call to London to be connected
Has Davos helped beat the credit crunch?
This year’s forum is the most significant in its history. David Neville Williams experiences Davos
Balancing the books
Filling in expense sheets – the most tiresome administrative task – is nothing if not troublesome and tedious
Reward points; what’s the point?
Getting rid of air miles and reward points is a tricky endeavour, and invariably thankless, says Stuart White
The incredible sulk
It was the sight and sound of an angry mob besieging a baggage information desk at Chek Lap Kok airport in Hong Kong that finally convinced me: less really is more when it comes to airline luggage. But is it really possible to make a business trip HBO (that’s Hand Baggage Only)?
The quiet revolution
Kyong Yu, Chairman of the Wireless Broadband Alliance looks at how WiFi technology is subtly changing the face of business on the move
Family folly
It’s not all high-class luxury in the world of business travel. Sometimes you have to take a holiday, and that’s where the work really starts. As Stuart White can attest
On a wing, without a prayer
Is there any clearer encapsulation of the angst of our globalised age than being stuck in a metal container at 30,000 ft in a seat next to someone with smelly feet? Stuart White doesn’t seem to think so