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• Sustainability Terms: What do net zero, carbon neutral and other sustainability terms mean?
  Sustainability is a growing emphasis in the corporate world and in the business travel industry. But companies throw around many different sustainability terms that may be difficult to understand or differentiate from one another. Here’s a brief guide to sustainability terms and what they mean in the context of business travel. Sustainability In simplest terms,Read […]
• How to Get Over Your Fear of Flying
  Wondering how to get over your fear of flying so you can travel for work? Try these ideas. Traveling for work has a glamorous reputation, one that includes piling up frequent flier miles, sitting in first-class, and lounging before flights in private airline clubs. But, for some Travelers, flying isn’t glamorous at all. It’s terrifying.Read […]
• Create a Travel Management Workflow That Works
  Follow this travel management workflow process to maximize the return on your investment in business travel. Business travel exists to deliver results for the organization: more clients, more sales, a higher level of collaboration, etc. But too many companies get bogged down in a travel management workflow that isn’t efficient and doesn’t support business travelRead […]
• Travel and Tourism Make a Huge Impact on the Global Economy
  A new study shows just how much the loss of travel and tourism hurt the global economy during the pandemic — and how travel and tourism’s return is helping. It’s no surprise that many communities around the world thrive on travel and tourism dollars. There are resort towns and other popular vacation destinations that wouldRead […]
• Why JTB Values Industry Conventions
  Attendance at large industry conventions are opportunities to meet new people and introduce new services — as well as opportunities to support your industry. Attendance at industry conventions understandably plummeted when the pandemic first started, and many were cancelled altogether. But there remains value in attending conventions and expos, which is why these types ofRead […]
• 5 Ways to Travel More Responsibly for Work
  When you travel more responsibly for work, you help your company save time, money and stress. Business Travelers and the organizations they represent are partners that share the same goal. Both parties want to bring value to the business, and there are small things Travelers can do in pursuit of that aim. Travelers should alwaysRead […]
• Meet Kieran Ingham-Burroughes: Supporting Business Travel Cost Savings for Clients
  The JTB Business Travel team is made up of committed professionals from diverse backgrounds who work in countries around the world. We regularly introduce different members of the team here on the Waypoint Blog. This month, we’ll visit the United Kingdom to introduce you to Kieran Ingham-Burroughes, who works as a Global Client Development Manager.Read […]
• What is Essential Travel? When to Fly and When to Click
  The definition of essential travel has changed in recent years. Here’s a guide to help you decide when to travel and when to go virtual. Cost containment is top of mind for Travel Managers and the companies that they work for. While the corporate world has returned to business travel, travel budgets have not bouncedRead […]