Helping frontline healthcare workers safely distance

Now, more than ever, our communities are deeply grateful for the incredible work of healthcare workers all over the world

HEALTH remains front of mind for many of us amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, more than ever, our communities are deeply grateful for the incredible work of healthcare workers all over the world. Sacrificing so much to help those recover from the virus, many of these professionals have had to safely distance themselves from their families and even travel, to provide support where it’s needed most.

As a global travel management company, we wanted to do what we could to help so we quickly developed the

Egencia Helping Healthcare travel program with the generous support from thousands of hotels. Through the program, healthcare can quickly and easily access discounts for hotels around in the world, should they need to self-isolate away from their loved ones. It means they can focus on treating patients with the disease and know that the logistics of getting to a hospital and finding a place to stay is being handled by a dedicated team.

Apollo, a web-based platform that matches healthcare professionals with hospitals and other facilities in need of extra staffing due to COVID-19, are already using this program to look after their staff. “Our healthcare workers are integrating into a new hospital and understanding new patient demands, all while being away from home. It’s comforting to know that the logistics of travel and lodging will all be handled by a dedicated team specifically for them”, said Dr. Jon Lensing, CEO of Apollo. “In this current ever-changing landscape with so many medical professionals requiring travel, it’s even more meaningful to be working with a team like Egencia that’s equally as excited about our company’s mission as we are”.

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