Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2021

With business travel slowly making its way to pre-pandemic levels, Kayak is aiming to make the return to travel booking easier. When travel came to nearly a full stop in 2020, it gave us an unexpected runway to think about the future of business travel,” said Steve Hafner, CEO of the online travel agency (OTA).

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

International travel grew gradually in 2021 after the quarantine of 2019, yet 2022 has seen a huge spike. With more countries opening their borders and lifting Covid restrictions, 2022 international travel has increased exponentially since 2019 and progressing towards pre-pandemic numbers.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 16, 2021

A recovery it is, as Visit Anaheim in California confirmed the city has 55 events for the second half of 2021. Some of the booked events include VidCon , Specialty Advertising Association of California, Evolution of Psychotherapy and American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. million in tourism occupancy tax for the city.

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ETC Corporate

OCTOBER 28, 2021

2 in 3 Europeans plan to travel in the next six months, building on the confidence restored over the summer. Intra-European trips overtake domestic travelling: 55% of short-term travellers prefer to visit another European country. Eager travellers are more open to short-term trips.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 16, 2022

There simply aren’t enough cars to meet corporate demand,” says Sesilia Kalss, senior consulting manager of Global Business Consulting for American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) in the company’s latest white paper, Business Travel in 2022. The Travel Manager’s Role Is Changing. Travelers Need Confidence.

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ETC Corporate

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Almost 70% of all surveyed Europeans plan to travel by the end of January 2022. Of those with short-term travel plans, over half favour visiting another European country and 35% plan to travel domestically. The COVID-19 vaccine remains an essential prerequisite for traveller confidence and booking behaviour.

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ETC Corporate

JUNE 17, 2021

70% of respondents have travel plans in the next six months, with half wishing to visit another European country. The majority of Europeans surveyed (72%) intend to travel between June and September, while another 16% are eyeing autumn travel. Only 15% remain uncertain, and 15% are not willing to travel.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In 2020, Covid-19 was the chubby kid that sat on our seesaw, ruined our fun and crashed incentive travel into the ground. Question: When will be the magical moment that sparks the tipping point for the return of incentive travel ? The third quarter of 2021 was the tipping point. Individual Travel Rebounds Faster.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The opening day of IMEX America 2021 at Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas was humming with people just happy to be back together. Destinations International Large Market Roundtable outlined initiatives to establish Destination Booking Agreement Guidelines to create certainty for all parties. “We Reduced greenhouse emissions by 36.1%

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

We’ve all found ourselves adapting to a new world and a new travel industry, especially travel planners,” said Glynn who is outgoing president of SITE Global, the association for incentive planners. Guest safety has become a focal aspect of incentive travel planning. Listen to the whole Incentive Trends conversation on demand.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 18, 2022

Hilton CEO Chris Nassetta attributes the growth of business travel, as “bookings for company meetings strengthened each month of the quarter.” Marriott CEO Tony Capuano notes the continued demand for leisure travel as the source of improved earnings in Q2. Net income was $678 million, up from $422 million in Q2 of 2021.

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SITE

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

We’ve been following up with some of the corporations on our panel and received this wonderfully inspiring email from one of them highlight how incentive travel is alive and well … “Just completed the survey and thank you for resending and allowing me to include my input. So far, so good. Great news.”

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The MICE Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

To promote sustainable travel within the city, free public transport tickets are provided for attendees who book their hotel stays through Stuttgart Marketing. This setup reduces transport emissions and encourages attendees to use sustainable travel options. Pro Tip: Book exclusive after-hours access to elevate your event.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Since June, however, borders that had closed in March of last year have begun to open back up for business travel. While tourism has not yet resumed in full, international destinations are developing plans to reopen to tourists in the final months of 2021 and at the start of new year. border openings. Here’s an update.

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Motivation Excellence

DECEMBER 18, 2023

We’ve had a lot to talk about over the last four years in our incentive travel industry! 2023 was packed with programs that had to be rescheduled from 2020 and 2021. And they apply to single travelers, as well as incentive groups. travel, as projections will continue to trend to record numbers for travelers.”

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

We’ve all found ourselves adapting to a new world and a new travel industry, especially travel planners,” said Glynn who is outgoing president of SITE Global , the association for incentive planners. In each section, Glynn and Eidsvold offer analytical observations: Incentive travel is returning, however slowly.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 13, 2022

Speculations circled overhead at the pandemic’s genesis that the business travel industry ought to fear an irreparable nosedive. ” The white paper, released in mid-May, highlighted the pivotal role business travel is poised to play in building business back. Read More : 7 Business Travel Trends Set to Shape 2022.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Editor’s note : This Week in Travel (TWT) is your essential guide to smoothing the road from here to there for your attendees and yourself. ride for most travelers. Maintains Title as Most Powerful Travel and Tourism Market. In its latest Economic Trends Report, the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has ranked the U.S.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Editor’s note : This Week in Travel (TWT) is your essential guide to smoothing the road from here to there for your attendees and yourself. ride for most travelers. Maintains Title as Most Powerful Travel and Tourism Market. In its latest Economic Trends Report, the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has ranked the U.S.

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Traveler's Q

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Companies just need to book the best business travel destinations, as shown by their $269.3 billion spending on corporate travel in 2021. Business travel will reach 483 million trips by 2026, and cities worldwide are adapting to welcome more travelers. The city attracted $28.70

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 6, 2024

The event went fully virtual in 2021 and was staged as a hybrid event in 2022 in Denver. Read More: Best Practices for Visas and International Travel Cowan pointed to a confluence of factors constricting the number of international attendees, including extended visa wait times and denials , inflation and exchange rates. “We

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Smart Meetings

MAY 18, 2023

People are happy getting back to reclaim their life and their joy and people are traveling. Travel is something people are prioritizing. While these drawbacks have not yet put a dent in leisure travel demand, if this trend continues, travelers will reach a breaking point and some airline brands may be damaged.”

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Smart Meetings

MAY 26, 2022

Editor’s note : This Week in Travel (TWT) is your essential guide to smoothing the road from here to there for your attendees and yourself. This week, the CDC raised their assessment of travel risk for monkeypox from level one (practice usual precautions) to level two (practice enhanced precautions). Key findings include.

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ETC Corporate

JULY 8, 2021

Intra-European trips are expected to account for over 80% of Europe’s travel in 2021. Travel demand is expected to pick up considerably in the second half of 2021, though international arrivals will still remain 49% below pre-pandemic levels in 2021. We therefore believe that safe travel is possible this summer.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Editor’s Note: This article is the second part of Smart Meetings December 2021 issue Dash of Smart column. . was greater not only than compared to March 2021 (7.2), but more than pre-pandemic (7.6). There has also been a shortening of booking windows almost throughout 2021. An Automated Future .

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 17, 2021

More precisely, it is discretionary travel that is permissible again for the first time since the pandemic. Travelers need to upload proof of vaccination and travel details at least 72 hours prior to arrival using the Canadian government’s ArriveCAN app , whether coming by air or land.

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ETC Corporate

AUGUST 10, 2021

ETC will showcase a multitude of European destinations through their hybrid EUROPE pavillion at ITB China 2021. Latest Chinese market data reveals sentiment of majority for travelling abroad is warming up. A new model of more conscious and slow travel is emerging.

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Dana Communications

MARCH 14, 2022

The past two years have taken the travel sector on a wild ride—from brutal decimation in 2020 to the renaissance of the road trip in 2021 to the growing, but guarded, optimism of today. Remember the late spring/early summer of 2021? Keeping up with travel mandates—which can and have changed overnight—is complicated work.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 6, 2022

“Coming back from IMEX 2021 , I truly feel like a veteran, doing things so I don’t burn out again. ” “I found that my entire audible library was just business books, books on creativity and on finance,” he adds. ” As is often the case, Will chimes in with a book recommendation.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 30, 2022

B2B travel management platform CWT recently launched a point-of-sale carbon footprint indicator for its myCWT mobile and web app, as part of the company’s $100 million investment in its myCWT platform. “We Together with our partners at CWT, we have made a giant leap towards delivering this for business travelers around the world,” he said.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 14, 2021

Here’s what you need to know for planning purposes before you take off this summer—and likely for the rest of 2021. This is partly because of an increased interest in domestic travel due to cautionary attitudes towards air travel and varied restrictions on travel abroad. So, what’s a traveler to do? The Workaround.

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Dana Communications

JANUARY 17, 2022

When the global pandemic that started unfolding in 2020 shifted all of our lives dramatically, it fueled a wellness crisis—physical, mental and spiritual—in addition to putting the brakes on travel and resulting tourism revenue. First, let’s note that wellness itself is one of the key travel trends for 2022.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 19, 2022

Editor’s note : This Week in Travel (TWT) is your essential guide to smoothing the road from here to there for your attendees and yourself. Florida Tourism has released Quarter One (January to March) results for travel to the state in 2022. increase over Q1 2021. increase over Q1 2021. Visitation was 1.4%

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

For many, however, the bracing weather of the holiday season also comes with travel plans. Just for you, tourism bureaus and hospitality professionals are hanging holly, preparing their spaces to host events and—beginning Black Friday and Cyber Monday—sales for holiday business travelers. Book at a discount any stay from Nov.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 26, 2021

It’s late January in 2021. Covid-19 continues to disrupt meetings and travel. Managing up to 15,000 international delegates each year meant that, in 2020, half of those meetings on our books were postponed. In 2021 ICMSA celebrates 55 years of operation. There is a New York blackout. When it’s 9 a.m. in New York.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Editor’s note : This Week in Travel (TWT) is your essential guide to smoothing the road from here to there for your attendees and yourself. The percentage of fliers who were “satisfied” was 82% of those surveyed in 2021 and now, 80% in 2022. Delta Air Lines Tightens Restrictions on SkyClub, Raises Fees.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The good news is that the attraction could hold even more widespread appeal as classic and up-and-coming acts are being booked in more stadiums than before the pandemic. The largest, tallest and freshest venue on the Strip, Resorts World Theatre opened June of 2021. Synchronicity. The theater boasts 5,000 sq. Easy Incentives.

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