TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY
Trip.com & Etihad | April 25, 2022
To commemorate Earth Day, Trip.com and Etihad, the UAE's national airline launched a month-long Travel with a Smaller Footprint promotion, in which Trip.com users booking selected Etihad flights may get their carbon emissions offset for free.
Between April 22nd and May 22nd, the sustainable promotion provides Trip.com users who book Etihad tickets with the 'carbon-offset' tag a free carbon offset on their travel. The campaign debuts in Singapore, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, and Ireland, with more APAC markets to follow, including Malaysia, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, and Australia.
Hundreds of Etihad flights will be marked with the 'carbon-offset' badge on Trip.com sites. In keeping with this year's Earth Day theme of "Invest in Our Planet," a commensurate investment will be made in recognized sustainable projects to offset the carbon emissions of selected flights, as calculated using the ICAO Carbon Emissions Calculator. The Katingan Petland Restoration and Conservation Project in Kalimantan Province, Indonesia, and the Cordillera Azul National Park REDD+ Project in central Peru will receive offset investments from Trip.com users whose flights are featured in this campaign. Both of these projects are aimed at preserving the environment and restoring habitats. Visit Etihad's Corporate Conscious Choices webpage to learn more about carbon offsetting and the initiatives that this campaign supports.
Trip.com consumers will be able to fly knowing that they are making an impactful investment to offset their journey as a result of this campaign.
"Trip.com is committed to providing travelers with more sustainable travel options. Through our collaboration with Etihad, who have a strong commitment to sustainable travel, we are able to offer free flight offsetting to Trip.com users around the world for this exciting campaign, We are eager to collaborate with partners, like Etihad, to educate travelers and partners on sustainability."
-CT OOI, Director of International Air Ticketing Business, Trip.com Group, on the latest cooperation between Trip.com and Etihad.
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AIRLINES AND AIRPORTS
IDEMIA | November 27, 2020
Digital Travel Credentials make traveling between air terminals and aircrafts a more charming encounter and reinforces traveler trust in air terminal administrations and frameworks. On 10-11 November 2020, at the ICAO virtual meeting, IDEMIA showed with an aircraft partner its advancement innovation capabilities to introduce a completely operational arrangement, bringing DTC to life.
Leveraging its Mobile ID solution and passenger stream assistance arrangements, IDEMIA recreated a traveler DTC for check in and shrewd boarding. Travelers can speed through all air terminal touchpoints because of quick and super secure biometric distinguishing proof. IDEMIA's DTC treat private information with a similar security level concerning paper identifications.
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BUSINESS TRAVEL
healthtrust | March 04, 2022
HealthTrust, a national group purchasing organization (GPO) and performance improvement authority for healthcare, has teamed with Onriva to offer member organizations a next-generation corporate travel planning and booking marketplace. Members opting into the marketplace will have access to the widest selection of airline, hotel, and car rental options at the best overall value in the travel industry. The marketplace includes linkage to legacy corporate expense management systems and gives users full visibility to travel spend with enhanced reporting and 24/7/365 dedicated customer support.Member organizations that are affiliated with HealthTrust or its family of GPOs – AdvantageTrust, CoreTrust, and Valify Solutions Group – can utilize the marketplace. HealthTrust specializes in performance improvement for acute care hospitals and health systems.
AdvantageTrust serves non-acute locations including ambulatory physician practices, surgery centers, long-term care, and alternate care sites, as well as not-for-profit agencies. CoreTrust is a commercial GPO for private equity firms, their portfolio companies, and large organizations. Valify Solutions Group is a non-exclusive GPO dedicated to managing purchased-services expense. There is no cost for members to join and access the complete travel ecosystem that includes more than two million suppliers and is integrated with all major online travel agencies and resellers.
“As restrictions from the pandemic are relaxed, business travel is building momentum at a time when inflationary pressures necessitate new and innovative ways to manage expense in this critical category,The travel marketplace provides an unprecedented level of value through preferred pricing, broad selection, and a dynamic user interface that was previously unimagined. No matter their size, member organizations adopting this solution can achieve a potential 30% in travel savings.”
-Michael Berryhill, COO of HealthTrust.
In designing a one-stop booking platform and developing strategic relationships with suppliers, we are disrupting the decades-old status quo of the business travel experience,” said Vajid Jafri, founder and CEO of Onriva. “We are proud to align with HealthTrust and help members extract maximum value when planning and booking travel, both domestic and international.
About HealthTrust
HealthTrust (HealthTrust Purchasing Group, L.P.) is committed to strengthening provider performance and clinical excellence through an aligned membership model and the delivery of total spend management advisory solutions that leverage operator experience, scale and innovation. Headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., HealthTrust serves over 1,800 hospitals and health systems in the U.S. and the United Kingdom and more than 57,000 non-acute provider locations including ambulatory surgery centers, physician practices, long-term care and alternate care sites.
About Onriva
Onriva is a one-of-a-kind travel marketplace that brings together the entire business travel ecosystem. Launched in 2021, the company touts an impressive line-up of industry elite board members and executive leaders that have enabled the company to emerge onto the scene with more than 3,500 small and medium-sized companies representing more than $3 billion in travel purchasing volume.
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