For corporate managers, understanding the notion of duty of care in the context of corporate travel is essential for ensuring compliance and establishing a sufficient business travel safety policy for company employees. So, before sending them off to their next corporate adventure with a carry-on bag in hand, set aside the time necessary to comprehend the big picture around duty of care and what it means for employers.
Are you the Nervous Traveler? The Tech Enthusiast? The seasoned and experienced Road Warrior? Shep put together a list of the most common types of business travelers. Which one are you?
Shep CEO and Co-founder Daniel Senyard was honored among 15 other leaders in the corporate travel space for his contributions to the evolution of modern business travel through Shep, an employee-focused open booking tool for business travel. Shep's mission is to bring low touch travel management to the unmanaged.
We know—there’s more to business travel than just packing luggage and planning a trip to a set destination. There’s a sense of excitement, efficient execution of company policies, and also a lingering fear of flying. So, how safe is flying? Shep researched and compiled flight safety stats for the 2018 business traveler that may help settle the concerns of that fearful traveler.
If there’s one niche group that has paved the way to a new type of corporate culture, it is the Millennial generation. Whether they are traveling overseas or trekking through sought-after destinations, Millennials born between the years 1980 and 2000 have become today’s movers-and-shakers in the business world. For employers, understanding the needs, expectations, and habits of this unique generation is essential to establishing a sufficient company travel policy.
Shep Founder and CEO, Daniel Senyard will join Travel Tech Con 2018 as a judge in San Francisco this June. Senyard will join other leaders and innovators in the travel technology space for three days of pitches, demos, and collaboration surrounding the future of travel.
The very first issue of Airplane Mode by Shep, our monthly newsletter geared towards savvy, tech-forward business travelers. Each month Airplane Mode will deliver the latest in travel technology, corporate travel innovation, and travel trends.
Ellen Keszler, former President of Travelocity Business, will join Shep's board of directors. Keszler will advise our Austin-based startup on best practices and strategies when offering business travel solutions to small to medium-sized businesses.
This is the story of how luck, networking, preparation and being at the right place at the right time got me onstage at SXSW with no notice, to pitch Steve Huffman, the CEO of Reddit and co-founder of Hipmunk.
Shep was selected to participate in MassChallenge Texas’ 2018 accelerator program. The company was one of over 520 startups to apply for the four-month accelerator located in Austin, Texas, and will join 84 other startups from across the state and around the world.
