Chris Pouney

My thoughts on the challenges (and opportunities) on implementing a PTA approach to improve your policy compliance.

Travellers come in all shapes and sizes and the quicker we realise this the better

Dynamic pricing is very much standard practice among suppliers today. Chris Pouney explains what it is and what it means to buyers...

As we acclimatise to 2016, there are interesting questions for travel buyers around the evolution of travel spend. I particularly like some of the ideas around what is referred to as ‘choice architecture’ by UK-based industry veteran Chris Pouney, partner at Nina & Pinta. The concept is around how buyers should be carefully designing and constructing their travel policies through the architecture of choice.

Postgraduate students and travel industry experts discussed the opportunities and challenges posed by the so-called sharing economy during a special creative dialogue at University College Birmingham.

On-the-go gear and on-the-road people – in many ways, business travel and wearable tech are natural fit, as Mark Frary explains

A short video introducing Project Neema and the project goals from the development team, Chris Pouney (SSC), Monique Swart (ABTA) and two of the project sponsors Amadeus and Diners Club.

It is not as simple as saying ‘I’m going out to tender’. It can be a complicated business, but there is a knack to running a successful tender, as was debated at a recent industry event hosted by ABTA. Words by Kim Cochrane.

My thoughts on how the travel industry can better prepare for the rising influence of Procurement.

In a career spanning more than 20 years, including 7 years heading travel for a major global financial organisation, Severnside Consulting Ltd (SSC) founder Chris Pouney observed that global travel programs often fail to be fully implemented in the Middle East due to a lack of understanding of the political, cultural and technological landscape. He also noted a lack of independent research available to Travel Managers, who are often based outside the region.

In early 2012, SSC stated its… Show more

In a career spanning more than 20 years, including 7 years heading travel for a major global financial organisation, Severnside Consulting Ltd (SSC) founder Chris Pouney observed that global travel programs often fail to be fully implemented in the Middle East due to a lack of understanding of the political, cultural and technological landscape. He also noted a lack of independent research available to Travel Managers, who are often based outside the region.

In early 2012, SSC stated its intention to deliver an in-depth research paper to investigate best-in-class travel management in the Middle East. A key part of this study was an in-depth benchmarking exercise conducted with 20 major global organisations representing a travel spend of >$3BN.

In partnership with sponsors Amadeus, Premier Inn and Travelport, and endorsed by industry body ACTE (Association of Corporate Travel Executives), the paper was launched at the ACTE Global Conference in Rome in October 2012 to the worlds leading travel executives.

'Sahar' meaning 'New Dawn' in Arabic, perfectly describes the opportunities for managed business travel in this region. Show less

Are we ever likely to see a standardisation of hotel inventory in terms of rates showing inclusive or exclusive of VAT for the UK?

Severnside Consulting Founder Chris Pouney asks : when will global companies embrace business travel in the Middle East?

VEBSU is set within the wider global economic crisis where European countries face a fall in employment levels as a result of financial collapse and recession. Economic forecasters indicate that recovery could be relatively jobless meaning the importance of self-enterprise will grow aligned with the need to utilise e-commerce, e-services and e-marketing.

The VET partners all specialise in common service sector areas of food and hospitality, sport and wellbeing management, and tourism… Show more

VEBSU is set within the wider global economic crisis where European countries face a fall in employment levels as a result of financial collapse and recession. Economic forecasters indicate that recovery could be relatively jobless meaning the importance of self-enterprise will grow aligned with the need to utilise e-commerce, e-services and e-marketing.

The VET partners all specialise in common service sector areas of food and hospitality, sport and wellbeing management, and tourism. Early partner discussions identified that the necessary infrastructure to equip VET staff with the business skills, knowledge, business start up networks and business information/e-resources, required to meet VET student and graduate needs to set up their own businesses, are currently not in place in the VET partner context.

The aims and objectives of the VEBSU project will be to transfer business start-up information, e-resources, models of business facilitation and networking skills to a new audience of VET staff, students and graduates. Show less

Corporate travel expert, Chris Pouney, teams up with Business Travel Forums

How travel buyers can ensure they receive world class account management to support their travel program.

With sweeping cuts hitting the public sector, and travel budgets in particular, what can hard hit buyers learn from the experience of the Private Sector?

A ground breaking research paper looking at business travel in Sub Saharan Africa in conjunction with the African Business Travel Association (ABTA). Scheduled for publication in October 2014