FCM Travel Solutions

Business travel is growing again as a new generation of travellers and travel buyers comes to the fore. One of the main factors in this growth has been the sector’s adoption of technology. But in a changing world, that technology has to meet the needs of a changing business traveller demographic.

Stockholm is home to many start-ups and considered the most digitally connected city in the world. It was the birthplace for both Spotify and Skype and is probably eclipsed only by Silicon Valley and the San Francisco area in attracting tech stars. That means business travel. Lots of it.

The global financial crisis that began a decade ago dramatically dampened demand for business class air travel, possibly for good, but are we on the verge of a renaissance? Some seem to think so. Airline association IATA regularly reports on the proportion of traffic that travels in premium classes. After 2008, that figure fell to around 5-5.5% and has remained there ever since. Premium class is far more important for some markets than others. It accounts for around 15% of the traffic across the North Atlantic and 25.7% of revenues, according to IATA. Premium classes between Europe and ...

Emirates to launch a daily service to Edinburgh One of the world’s most renowned airlines will arrive into Edinburgh later this year with the launch of an Emirates service to Dubai.The daily service will begin on the 1st of early October and will be operated by an Emirates Boeing 777-300ER in a three class cabin configuration, with 8 private suites in First Class, 42 lie flat seats in Business Class and 304 spacious seats in Economy Class. Flight EK023 will depart Dubai daily at 0955hrs and arrive in Edinburgh at 1450hrs, while the return flight EK024 will depart Edinburgh at 2015hrs and arrive in Dubai at 0640hrs the next morning. Seamless Connectivity & Global Network Edinburgh will become Emirates’ second destination in Scotland after Glasgow and its 8th in the United Kingdom after the airline starts its daily service to London Stansted i...

FCM’s parent company Flight Centre Travel Group has been recognised as on of the UK’s Best Workplaces for the eighth year running. Climbing six places from 2017, Flight Centre was placed at 18th in the rankings published by Great Place to Work®. The Great Place to Work Institute UK is part of the world’s largest consultancy specialising in workplace assessment and optimisation. This means it has unrivalled insight into what makes an organisation’s employees tick and how leaders can improve their business performance by understanding and improving their workplace culture. This year...