Absolute Clarity

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!