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What do Brexit, NDC and Northern Rail have in common? They’re all things that will change the travel landscape in 2019. Welcome to episode 11 of Absolute Clarity season 2! The number one travel management podcast brought to you by Clarity, the business travel experts! Today’s show is brought to you by our Hearts and Minds manifesto, download your copy today - www.claritybusinesstravel.com/hearts-and-minds We’re back! After a holiday hiatus, Kyle is joined in the studio by a trio of Clarity directors including CEO Pat McDonagh, Commercial Director Sue Chapman and Operations Director Steve Riley to discuss the hot travel topics of 2019. From the fallout of Brexit to the emergence of NDC adoption, the travel landscape will be forever changed in 2019, but will it be for the better? Our guests give their opinion on the biggest stories and how Clarity are adapting to the changes with a plethora of new products aimed at improving the customer experience. We then find out what changes our guests are most looking forward to in 2019. Don’t forget you can join the conversation on Twitter by following @Clarity_BT and using the hashtags #AbsoluteClarity #HeartsMind You can also email your comments, questions and concerns to podcast@claritybt.com Please like, share, rate and subscribe to us using your podcast player of choice.

Welcome to episode 10 of Absolute Clarity season 2! The number one travel management podcast brought to you by Clarity, the business travel experts! Today’s show is brought to you by our Hearts and Minds manifesto, download your copy today - www.claritybusinesstravel.com/hearts-and-minds It's the final episode of 2018 and we wanted to do something special! Instead, we invited Clarity's CEO Pat McDonagh, personal trainer and former Emirates cabin crew member, Ben Westhead, and National Operations Manager at Clarity, Nicky Duffy on to the show to make Kyle feel bad by talking about health and fitness! From running in Hyde Park to breaking sinks doing press ups in a hotel room, today's guests discuss their top tips for staying fit and healthy while travelling. We also get the inside track and the best way to butter up cabin crews for a cheeky upgrade and why you shouldn't try and get one over on an air steward! We then find out the final first, best and worst travel scenarios for 2018 from Nicky and Ben. Don’t forget you can join the conversation on Twitter by following @Clarity_BT and using the hashtags #AbsoluteClarity #HeartsMind You can also email your comments, questions and concerns to podcast@claritybt.com From all of us here at Absolute Clarity, we hope you have a merry Christmas and a happy new year and we'll see you in January 2019!

Welcome to episode 9 of Absolute Clarity season 2! The number one travel management podcast brought to you by Clarity, the business travel experts! Today’s show is brought to you by our Hearts and Minds manifesto, download your copy today - www.claritybusinesstravel.com/hearts-and-minds In this episode, we welcome Lisa Occleshaw and Darryl McGarvey from SAP Concur into the studio to talk about expenses and why so many people are failing to claim back what is rightfully theirs! Lisa and Darryl guides us through their time at SAP Concur and why they believe they have the best expenses tool in the business. We also hear some horror stories from companies who are getting it wrong when it comes to expense policies and why men claim more than women! We also discuss the recent study from Barclays which shows that employees are losing £962 million a year in unclaimed expenses. All this and the first, worst and best travel scenarios. For more information about SAP Concur please visit www.concur.com or find them across most social media platforms. Don’t forget you can join the conversation on twitter by following @Clarity_BT and using the hashtags #AbsoluteClarity #HeartsMind You can also email your comments, questions and concerns to podcast@claritybt.com We’ll see you in two weeks for the final show of the year!

Welcome to episode 8 of Absolute Clarity season 2! The number one travel management podcast brought to you by Clarity, the business travel experts! Today’s show is brought to you by our Hearts and Minds manifesto, download your copy today - www.claritybusinesstravel.com/hearts-and-minds In this episode, we welcome AirSwift's procurement manager, James Lloyd, and Clarity's maestro of data and MI, Darren Williams on to the show to discuss the benefits of using a travel management company and why cutting costs doesn't always equal savings. Following their recent implementation of a travel management company, AirSwift are still finding their feet when it comes to weighing up the costs of business travel. Darren, James and Kyle get into the importance of data when planning your travel programme and why Clarity's new Go2Insight tool is making big waves in the industry. All this and the first, worst and best travel scenarios. For more information about AirSwift please visit www.airswift.com or find them across most social media platforms. Don’t forget you can join the conversation on twitter by following @Clarity_BT and using the hashtags #AbsoluteClarity #HeartsMind You can also email your comments, questions and concerns to podcast@claritybt.com We’ll see you in two weeks!

It’s that time again, welcome to episode 7 of Absolute Clarity season 2! The number one travel management podcast brought to you by Clarity, the business travel experts! Today’s show is brought to you by our Hearts and Minds manifesto, download your copy today - https://www.claritybusinesstravel.com/hearts-and-minds In this episode, we welcome Jane Harrington and Steve Riley, the respective directors of HR and operations at Clarity alongside founding manager at recruitment consultancy firm Marmion Recruitment, Mohsin Hanif into the studio to discover how to get the best performance out of your staff. From managing workload, offering flexible working and prioritising mental health, we look at the changing landscape of the workplace and how employers can gain valuable buy in from their employees. And that’s not all, we also discuss the recent upheavals for Northern Trains and just how far is too far when it comes to the daily commute. We also find out what our guests think about pets in the workplace. All this and the first, worst and best travel scenarios. For more information about Marmion please visit www.marmionrecruitment.co.uk or find them across most social media platforms. Don’t forget you can join the conversation on twitter by following @Clarity_BT and using the hashtags #AbsoluteClarity #HeartsMind You can also email your comments, questions and concerns to podcast@claritybt.com We’ll see you next week!