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There are ways for small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) to participate in sustainable business travel practices, too. The sustainability conversation is all around us. Everyone is “going green,” and that includes organizations that are now focusing on sustainable business travel practices. According to a recent Deloitte survey, 31% of companies have pledged to reduce emissionsRead more

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 more

The return of in-person meetings and the increase in corporate offsite events and retreats create a strong outlook for the future of travel. What is the future of travel? And, more specifically, what is the future of business travel? The answer to that question in 2020 and early 2021 was much more uncertain than itRead more

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

We’ve all gotten a taste of digital conferences and other online gatherings in the age of COVID-19. But how will the digital vs. in-person meetings debate be settled after the pandemic? Throughout 2020 and the start of 2021, professionals around the world attended their fair share of Zoom meetings. This was done out of necessity,Read 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

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

The pandemic has nixed many in-person gatherings over the past year. Use these tips to maximize the experience if and when you choose to attend virtual events in 2021. A lot of things that were different in 2020 continue to be different in 2021 — conferences and other events included. Last year, many events movedRead more

As the ways we meet and work change, virtual meetings are become more inclusive and allowing for greater intention and more engagement. Virtual meetings are a fact of life for professionals around the world. Gatherings large and small that once took place in everything from conference rooms to amphitheaters now take place on Zoom orRead more