Category - Travelling With Vision

31
Dec

Close the gaps on duty of care for your road warriors

By Brian Robertson Travel budgets have not escaped the scrutiny of resource companies under pressure to cut overhead costs. And while activity across the board may have slowed up to a point, there will always be a need to send staff offsite. In-house procurement specialists are trained to look for the best possible travel options […]

31
Dec

Canadian hotel room rates on the rise

With Vicki Masters, Vice-President, Corporate Operations We’re so used to hearing about the falling loonie – here’s some news about something that’s rising. Unfortunately it’s a key cost of your corporate travel budget:  hotel room rates. According to the Hotel Price Index, more travellers plus higher consumer spending and strong currency fluctuations have all contributed […]

31
Dec

6 tips to ensure your travel programme is a success in 2016

As we begin a new year, the business travel sector is full of 2016 forecasts… so to carry on that theme here are six tips the GBTA has provided on making sure your programme is a success in 2016: Make sure you have all the data To build a complete data set, you will also need the […]

30
Dec

Top Travel Destinations for 2016

As 2015 draws to close many of us reflect on the year that has been and set our goals for the brand new year. Typical resolutions include spending more time with family, improving health and of course our favorite here at Vision, travel!   If you are one of the many who are looking to […]

14
Dec

Recipe: Botswana Chicken Pie

SERVINGS 12 For the filling 3 1⁄2
ounces onions, sliced thinly 1⁄4
cup butter 1 
apple, peeled and diced 1 
lb cooked chicken, chopped 2 
teaspoons hot chili powder 1⁄2
cup currants 2 
tomatoes, diced salt, to taste 1 
egg yolk whisked in 1 tbsp water For the dough 4 
cups all-purpose flour 1 
pinch baking soda 1 […]

14
Dec

Travel by Train

In the past 50 years or so, train travel in North America has been somewhat lost compared to air travel. But it’s nice to see that more Canadians are coming around to the joys and conveniences of travelling by train. For one reason it seems a lot less stressful than air travel which can involve […]