The Lufthansa Group and Airbus have signed an agreement for a corporate fare with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The ‘Sustainable Corporate Value Fare’ is now used by Airbus for all Lufthansa flights taken by its employees within Germany. The Lufthansa Group business fare enables passengers to offset up to 30% of the CO2 emissions calculated for their individual flight through the use of SAF in flight operations. Businesses can also invest in larger quantities of SAF through SAF bulk deals.
Advito, the corporate travel and sustainability consulting group, and BCD Travel Hotel Solutions have appointed two senior leaders in their EMEA team. Karine Francoual becomes Senior Director Sales, Hotel Solutions, and Juliette Thorpe Senior Director Sales, Channel Partner and Relationship Management. Francoual, a French native based in London, has more than 20 years of commercial experience across B2B travel and global markets and most recently worked as a freelancer providing consulting services. Before this she was Commercial Business Development Director at CDS Groupe. Thorpe, a fellow French native also based in the UK, brings almost 20 years of experience in corporate travel, spanning strategic sales, client relationships, project and partner management. She has held senior roles at SilverRail, HCorpo, GBT and Egencia.
hubli, the global platform for managing meetings and group accommodation, has launched EasyPay, a new virtual card payments solution developed in partnership with fintech leader Conferma. Designed to tackle long-standing inefficiencies in group and event payments, it enables corporate travel and events teams to seamlessly issue virtual cards for each booking, giving companies greater control and transparency while ensuring venues are paid on time.
