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The relationship between work and travel once revolved around client visits and business development. Now, thanks to the increase in remote work, internal meetings are an emerging driver of business travel. It’s become conventional wisdom that COVID-19 forever changed the relationship between work and travel. As the pandemic has subsided and business travel has resumed, thereRead more

Fatigue and burnout are real when you spend each day in a home office. To survive working remotely, workers have started booking hotel rooms for a day and using other creative approaches to boost energy and motivation. In March 2020, many companies asked employees to work remotely until the pandemic subsided. Almost 2 years later,Read more

Balancing duty of care and travel risk management is more a priority now than ever before. How can you strike the perfect balance while also keeping your employees happy? Duty of care and travel risk management go hand in hand. All companies have a duty-of-care responsibility to their employees, no matter where they are workingRead more

Participating in a hotel program gets your hotel or chain in front of more businesses and more potential guests. Hotels in popular business travel destinations are constantly fighting with each other for market share. There are moments when nearly all hotels in a city are full, like during a big conference, but individual properties needRead more

Q3 and Q4 are the perfect time for your company to make changes that drive greater return on investment from your business travel program. Fall is here, and doesn’t it feel nice? Just one year ago, companies that rely heavily on a thriving business travel program were grounded for the most part. There was noRead more

Sept. 21 is the International Day of Peace, a day for us to celebrate the human spirit and find ways to treat others with respect.   We celebrate the International Day of Peace each year on Sept. 21. This special occasion, declared by the United Nations, is meant to set aside 24 hours for “strengtheningRead more

Flying is a staple of business travel. But how will the future of aviation transform the flying experience? We’ve come a long way since the Wright Brothers first took flight at Kitty Hawk. In 2019, the last “normal” travel year before COVID-19, business Travelers accounted for 464 million business trips. While business travel accounts forRead more

What will travel in 2021 look like? Will we go back to the status quo, or have we entered an entirely new travel landscape? There’s been nothing normal about business travel since the COVID-19 pandemic started circling the globe in early 2020. Thankfully, due to better testing, better care and the availability of COVID-19 vaccines,Read more

As corporate leaders look at the business travel landscape, geopolitics and risk management are among the most pressing issues. What does the future hold for geopolitics and world travel? And specifically, how will geopolitics affect travel risk management? The travel industry has been through a lot in the past 18 months, dealing with a pandemicRead more

Both leisure and business travelers have had one question in mind: When will it be safe to travel again? You can now send your team members back on the road confidently — if you have the right COVID-19 rebound plan. There’s been nothing close to business travel as usual since March of 2020 when COVID-19Read more