Absolute Clarity

Welcome to the number one travel management podcast, Absolute Clarity. Today, we’re joined in the studio by actor, Liam Blundell, film director, Pete Butler and Photographer and university lecturer, Junior Lloyd, as we talk about travel in the arts. What’s it like to run a travel budget on a film set? Do actors push the boundaries with their travel? Does a British accent in America really open doors? We find out all this and more on this week’s episode. We also discuss their involvement in Clarity’s latest video, The journey, showcasing the traveller experience using our award-winning tech and service. And finally, we discover our guests' first, best and worst travel experiences in our popular final segment. Don't forget, you can get involved by tweeting us @Clarity_BT using #AbsoluteClarity Want to watch The Journey? Follow this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A5FrEW7bto If you enjoy the show, why not like, share and subscribe! We'll see you in two weeks.

Welcome to the latest episode of the number one travel management podcast, Absolute Clarity. On this week’s show, we welcome international best-selling author, Damian Hughes, into the studio to talk to us about his latest book, The Barcelona Way and how something as simple as culture can make a big difference. When Pep Guardiola joined Barcelona in 2008, no one knew he would go on to be one of the greatest managers in their history, winning 14 of 19 possible trophies in his four-year stint. But how did Pep turn a mismatch of superstars into football’s greatest success story? One word, culture. We discover the importance of culture, why your business needs to identify its own and how to manage a toxic one. Also, don't forget to stick around for the first, worst and best travel experiences in our popular final segment. For more information about Damian Hughes, please visit http://www.liquidthinker.com/ Don't forget, you can get involved by tweeting us @Clarity_BT using #AbsoluteClarity If you enjoy the show, why not like, share and subscribe! We'll see you in two weeks.

Welcome to the latest episode of the number one travel management podcast, Absolute Clarity. We welcome Chris Orme, Sales Director at Travelodge, and Suzanne Barnes, Head of Land Product at Clarity, into the studio to talk all things hotels and why Travelodge aren't the biggest fans of heavy-duty machinery. From hotel programmes to ad campaigns, we get the inside story on the history of Travelodge and how they came back from near collapse. We then discuss our favourite Travelodge ad campaigns and why one got them in a lot of trouble! Chris then talks Brexit and how Travelodge is preparing for the inevitable conclusion to the country's biggest saga. Also, don't forget to stick around for the first, worst and best travel experiences in our popular final segment. For more information about Travelodge, please visit www.travelodge.co.uk. Don't forget, you can get involved by tweeting us @Clarity_BT using #AbsoluteClarity If you enjoy the show, why not like, share and subscribe! We'll see you in two weeks.

Welcome to a special edition of Absolute Clarity, the number one travel management podcast! Today, we’re joined in the studio by Pat McDonagh, CEO of Clarity, and Rob Slawson, the new Director of Sports Travel at Clarity to discuss some huge news! That's right, Clarity has launched a Sports Travel division, staffed by the former Thomas Cook Sports team! Join Pat, Rob, and Clarity Sports' Business Development Manager, Andrew Boyle, as they discuss the weeks leading up to the collapse of Thomas Cook, how a deal came together between Clarity and the Thomas Cook Sport team and what it means for the future of the business. Clarity Sport is now one of the market-leaders in elite team travel. Go behind the scenes on how they got there! So, there you have it. Clarity Sport is now open for business. Contact andrew.boyle@claritybt.com to find out more! For more information about Clarity, please visit www.claritybusinesstravel.com. Join the conversation on twitter @Clarity_BT or email us your feedback to podcast@claritybt.com If you like the show, please consider rating us on your platform of choice and sharing it with your audience.

How would you feel if you were told you had six months to live? Who would be in the room with you? What would you say? Two years ago our Head of Special Projects, Kate Wolstenholme, sat in a consultancy room and was diagnosed with stage four cancer. Luckily for Kate, a Macmillan nurse was in the room who helped put everything into perspective. On this special episode of Absolute Clarity, we welcome cancer support charity, Macmillan into the studio as we listen to Kate's story. From the initial prognosis to the continued support for Kate and her family, Macmillan has been there every step of the way. This is just one of the many reasons they have been our charity of the year for two years running. For more information about Macmillan and the amazing work they do to support cancer patients and their families, please visit macmillan.org.uk For more information about our new Change the Game campaign, please visit claritybusinesstravel.com/change-the-game/ to download our companion rule book! For more information about Clarity, please visit www.claritybusinesstravel.com. Join the conversation on twitter @Clarity_BT or email us your feedback to podcast@claritybt.com If you like the show, please consider rating us on your platform of choice and sharing it to your audience.

On this week's episode of Absolute Clarity, Kyle is joined in the studio by Clarity's Head of Marketing, Alexandra Kington, to discuss Clarity's new Change the Game campaign. We're then joined by Creative Bid Writer, Gareth McCann, to talk to us about the bid writing process. From humble dreams of acting to a love for the written word, Gareth describes the role of a bid writer and why he’s never satisfied with the end result. We then discuss Gareth’s recent crusade against buzzwords in Bullsh*t bingo! Can we get a high-level overview of this? Maybe we can take this offline? Do you hate buzzwords? I guarantee you don’t hate them as much as Gareth. We share the buzzwords we love to hate and break them down to their simplest form to sift through the bullsh*t and give it to you in plain English! We then discover Gareth’s first, best and worst travel scenarios in our popular final segment on the number one travel management podcast. Does he really name his honeymoon as his worst? You’ll have to listen to get the full story! For more information about our new Change the Game campaign, please visit https://claritybusinesstravel.com/change-the-game/ to download our companion rule book! For more information about Clarity, please visit www.claritybusinesstravel.com. Join the conversation on twitter @Clarity_BT or email us your feedback to podcast@claritybt.com If you like the show, please consider rating us on your platform of choice and sharing to your audience. Every little helps!

On this week's episode of Absolute Clarity, Kyle is joined in the studio by Lynda Wood Shepperd, Vice President of Managed Services at Yoh. Lynda spent the beginning of her career in the North West of England working with some of the biggest recruitment firms in the UK before relocating to the United States. After 20 years on the other side of the Atlantic, Lynda talks us through the cultural differences of working and travelling in America. From happy hour to the joys or domestic flights, we take a literal trip along sidewalks paved with gold and the companies that benefit from it. We then discover Lynda's first, best and worst travel scenarios in our popular final segment on the number one travel management podcast! For more information about Yoh, please visit http://www.yoh.com/ For more information about Clarity, please visit www.claritybusinesstravel.com. Join the conversation on twitter @Clarity_BT or email us your feedback to podcast@claritybt.com If you like the show, please consider rating us on your platform of choice and sharing to your audience. Every little helps!

On this week's episode of the podcast, Kyle welcomes Alexandra Kington, Paul Mayo and Neil Wainwright-Farrar into the studio to debate maternity and paternity leave and whether we, as a society, can do better. From shared parental leave and adopting to emergency fostering, our guests have done it all, but are they being supported, and can businesses do more for the parents at their companies? Debate, laughter and tears, this episode of the number one travel management podcast has got it all! For more information about Clarity, please visit www.claritybusinesstravel.com. Join the conversation on twitter @Clarity_BT or email us your feedback to podcast@claritybt.com If you like the show, please consider rating us on your platform of choice and sharing to your audience. Every little helps!

On this episode of the podcast, we're performing an autopsy on Clarity Travel's recent acquisition of Ian Allan Travel with Pat McDonagh, Pat O'Neill and Jane Harrington. Get the true thoughts and feelings from those in the know on the latest big news in business travel as we dissect the acquisition from initial talks to final stages over the course of six months. For more information about Clarity, please visit www.claritybusinesstravel.com. Join the conversation on twitter @Clarity_BT or email us your feedback to podcast@claritybt.com If you like the show, please consider rating us on your platform of choice and sharing to your audience. Every little helps!

Oh hi, sorry I didn’t see you there. Come on in and put your feet up. You’re just in time for the latest episode of the number one travel management podcast, Absolute Clarity! On today’s show, Kyle sits down with the CEO of ITM, Scott Davies, to discuss their recent conference. From inspirational speakers to a record number of attendees, this year’s ITM conference exceeding all expectations and Scott takes us behind the scenes on what it took to put it together. We also get the inside scoop on ITM’s new podcast series, The ITM Podcast, and why Clarity has such a close connection to it. All this and more on the latest episode of Absolute Clarity. The Institute of Travel Management (ITM) is dedicated to supporting and developing all those involved in corporate travel. Established in 1956, they are proud to represent over 4,000 business travel buyers and suppliers across the UK and Ireland. For more information about ITM, please visit https://www.itm.org.uk/ Don’t forget you can join the conversation on Twitter by following @Clarity_BT and using the hashtag #AbsoluteClarity 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.

Are you sitting down? Good. Because it’s time for the latest episode of Absolute Clarity, the number one travel management podcast brought to you by our long-suffering host, Kyle Daniels! On today's show, we welcome Rachel Young and Jamie Herrett into the studio as we get the inside scoop on Air France – KLM. From saving the environment to saving you money on your travel, we learn more about BlueBiz and why your business needs to know about this incredible scheme! We also talk about their C02ZERO initiative, the joint venture with Virgin Atlantic and why their new CEO, Benjamin Smith, has hit the ground running. All this and the first, best and worst travel scenarios on the number one travel management podcast! For more information about Air France-KLM, please visit https://www.airfranceklm.com/en Don’t forget you can join the conversation on Twitter by following @Clarity_BT and using the hashtag #AbsoluteClarity 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.

What do you get when you combine two losers with the busiest lady in training? The latest episode of Absolute Clarity! On today's show, we welcome back Neil Wainwright-Farrar alongside Damar Training’s Jeanie Logan, to talk to us about apprenticeships, the soul-crushing feeling of defeat, and just who is Neil's 'work wife'. Following their recent losses at The People Awards in London, Kyle and Neil give us their unfiltered opinions on why they failed to bring home the gold and who is the bigger loser. We then chat to Jeanie Logan to discover what sets Damar Training apart from the competition and why they enjoy working with Clarity. We also go behind the scenes of the new travel standard and what it means for the future of talent in the industry. All this and the first, best and worst travel scenarios on the number one travel management podcast! For more information about Damar Training, please visit www.damartraining.com Don’t forget you can join the conversation on Twitter by following @Clarity_BT and using the hashtag #AbsoluteClarity 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.

It's that time of the week, the release of the latest and greatest from Absolute Clarity! On today's show, we welcome Alice Linley Munro Travel Manager at Oil Spill Response and Kirk Lee, Business Development Manager at Clarity into the studio to discuss why traveller wellbeing is a lie. We discover the latest trends that no one in the travel industry is talking about, why travel wellbeing fails at the first platform and what we would invent with own Kickstarter campaign. So join us and find out which of us would benefit from a clone, who was asked three questions that changed the way they view their business and why one of us got too familiar with passengers on their morning commute. All this and the return of the first, best and worst travel scenarios on the number one travel management podcast! For more information about Oil Spill Response Ltd and the work they do, please visit https://www.oilspillresponse.com Don’t forget you can join the conversation on Twitter by following @Clarity_BT and using the hashtags #AbsoluteClarity 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.

We’re back for season 3 of Absolute Clarity featuring new guests and topics aimed at providing invaluable insight into the business travel industry. Brought to you by our host, Kyle Daniels, nothing is off limits on the number one travel management podcast! After a long hiatus, we’re back with a bang as we invite Rami El-Dahshan, Head of TMC sales at Virgin Atlantic, and Jane Harrington, Group HR director at Clarity to the studio to get the inside scoop on employee wellbeing and hidden disabilities at their respective companies. From making people cry at interviews to Jane’s strong opinions on pets in the office, we go behind the scenes of the interview process at Clarity and Virgin Atlantic, before learning about Virgin’s hidden disabilities scheme and why they’re putting the needs of the customer first. We then debut a new final segment as we ask our guests for their most game changing piece of advice before answering questions sent in from the audience. Today’s episode is brought to you by Jurys Inn and Leonardo Hotels, for more information please visit www.leonardohotels.co.uk For more information about the assistance that Virgin Atlantic offers, please visit https://flywith.virginatlantic.com/gb/en/prepare-to-fly/mobility-medical-assistance.html Don’t forget you can join the conversation on Twitter by following @Clarity_BT and using the hashtags #AbsoluteClarity 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.

It’s National Apprenticeship Week and what better way to celebrate than with a cheeky bonus episode of Absolute Clarity! We’ve invited four guests into the studio to tell us all about apprenticeships at Clarity and why we’ve invested so much into the future of our people. Joining our host, Kyle Daniels, in the studio today are; Nicky Duffy, National Operations Manager, Neil Wainwright-Farrar, Learning and Development Manager and two Junior Business Travel Consultants in Sydney Howard and Josh Smith, both awards nominated apprentices who have excelled at Clarity over the years. From pay to performance, we go behind the scenes of Clarity’s apprenticeship programme, sharing stories and life lessons aimed at informing the next generation of apprentices. We then debut a new final segment fit for future career planning, you don’t want to miss it! Today’s episode is brought to you by our Hearts and Minds manifesto, download your copy today - www.claritybusinesstravel.com/hearts-and-minds Don’t forget you can join the conversation on Twitter by following @Clarity_BT and using the hashtags #AbsoluteClarity #HeartsMind #NAW2019 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.