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DIY Car and Train Booking App Could Ease Transportation Inflation 

Smart Meetings

Do you sometimes wish you could book the most reasonably priced rental car by clicking a few buttons on your phone? The travel management company CWT just added car rental and train booking to their app and website to give travelers more independence in making their reservations at a time when travel costs are reaching historic highs. .

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Should Planners Track Their Group’s Carbon Footprint?

Smart Meetings

We surveyed our global customer base at the end of 2021, and an overwhelming 87% expressed that they would like information provided to their employees at point-of-booking to help reinforce responsible travel choices,” said Erik Magnuson, vice president of product management, travel content and connectivity.

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2020 Virtual Event Trends

Endless Events

Without question, personalized content is more effective a Demand Metric Study from 2016 found that 80% of people found personalized content more effective than content that hasn’t been personalized.” . 2020 Virtual Event Trend: A Continued Focus on Sustainability. Sustainability cannot be an afterthought.

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2020 Event Trends – How Will the Industry Evolve?

Endless Events

Without question, personalized content is more effective a Demand Metric Study from 2016 found that 80% of people found personalized content more effective than content that hasn’t been personalized.” . 2020 Event Trend: A Continued Focus on Sustainability. Sustainability cannot be an afterthought.

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New Research: Looking Beyond Bookings to a Sustainable Events Industry

DCI

A closer look, however, reveals a few considerations that destinations and their venues should have on their radars as we move away from the pandemic and into a more safeguarded and sustainable events industry. DCI has worked with IACC since 2016 to produce its Meeting Room of the Future study. Sustainability for Greener Meetings.

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Direct Booking Success: How Hilton, Marriott, La Quinta, and More Hotels Boost Direct Sales

AltexSoft Travel

Hotels have been experiencing a surge of direct bookings during the pandemic. Yes, while the overall number of bookings dropped due to COVID-19, hotels’ brand.com websites became the third most popular booking channel , in some cases even surpassing Expedia traffic. Direct booking strategies for hotels. Why is that?

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‘Events Are the Thinking Machine of the World’

Convene by PCMA

Paul Dickinson, a pioneer in the field of sustainability reporting, speaks in early October at the first Convene 4 Climate conference in Barcelona. We have a limited window of time to effect the profound change in our landscape that is needed for the sustainable future of business events. Technology can fix it — hurray!’