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Transparency will yield visible profits.

Publication: Business Travel News
Publication Date: 06-OCT-03
Format: Online - approximately 955 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Approaching my third decade in the travel industry and having just returned from my 30th trip by air this year, I know travel needs to be nearly invisible, like sending an overnight package, instead of a stress-laden process that can make an eternal optimist become jaded.

This industry has gone through a number of difficult periods, some of which were beyond out" control, but there are areas that can be improved if we focus on the true "customer." I remember back fondly to the days when people in first class acted as such, and usually dressed up for the occasion. Compare that with the current period, where I have to strip down to my socks, remove my belt, wallet and sometimes my watch, in order to get past the second round of security checks. After 60 flight segments in nine months, you...

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