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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Dana Communications

APRIL 4, 2024

The golden rule of traveling was always to book early, and the earlier the better. Jump ahead to today’s world of flexible work schedules and mobile-savvy globe-trotters and you’ll find that more and more people are choosing to book shorter, spur-of-the-moment trips on the fly. The more the better.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 18, 2025

Meeting and event planners are creative, detail-oriented professionals responsible for organizing everything from corporate conferences and trade shows to weddings and incentive travel. Optimize Your Online Presence Most meeting planners begin their search for suppliers online.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

JULY 12, 2022

Let’s look at what’s happening in spending on travel and restaurants, then cover our recommendations on the best tips for weathering this volatile time. How Views on Travel Spending Are Changing. We all saw travel decrease dramatically in 2020 as flights and bookings were canceled due to COVID-19.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 4, 2025

Sign up for the monthly Behind the Bookings newsletter here The Importance of Data in Event Marketing When you track ROI, you can see which marketing efforts are working and which ones aren’t. Without proper measurement, it’s impossible to determine which marketing efforts drive bookings and which merely consume resources.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 6, 2024

As always, Smart Travel is here to keep you in the loop on the latest cant-miss travel news. Dream Yacht Worldwide Shares Trends, 2025 Predictions Dream Yacht Worldwide (DYW) says its research reveals that early bookings, short-haul vacations and destinations beyond the Caribbean are among the top travel and sailing trends of 2024.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 30, 2024

Welcome to Smart Travel, our weekly column where we share our latest tips and tricks to stay up to date on the can’t-miss news in travel. Today, we explore top travel apps and services, can’t-miss pricing for those planning a South American getaway, new international airline routes and more.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 14, 2025

Stronger Recall: Print ads drive a remarkable 77% higher brand recall compared to digital, making it more likely your audience remembers your hotel when its time to book. This trust boosts your hotels reputation and builds customer confidence in making a booking. Additionally, print has longevity.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 22, 2022

When touching down in a foreign country, the first thing many travelers do is connect to the airport’s Wi-Fi to get caught up on news, posts and messages they missed in the air. However, NordVPN , a virtual private network provider, urges travelers to think twice about cybersecurity. Disable Automatic Network Connections.

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Motivation Excellence

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Department of State has travel warnings out for two prime locations for spring break revelers: The Bahamas (level 2) and Jamaica (level 3). Joe Reise, Motivation Excellence Director, Travel Purchasing, Planning and Supplier Relations, shares several tips to travel safely no matter the location. Buy travel insurance.

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Travel Daily News

AUGUST 16, 2022

Personalized booking results shave more than a minute off each online booking.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 6, 2024

While the annual meeting focuses on sharing scientific abstracts in person, an online virtual education department covers education courses and a virtual professional development conference in the fall is where reporting on health outcomes is the centerpiece. Still, Cowan is booked in Canada two more times for future years.

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Travel Daily Media

MAY 30, 2023

The post Arival launches guide to help experience companies grow online bookings appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Arival, a global leader in the tour and activities industry, launched a new guide aimed at helping tour operators choose a booking system.

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AltexSoft Travel

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

An average traveler starts researching before they even have a particular destination in mind. This also means that online travel platforms have an opportunity to affect the final decision if their proposition is very attractive. What’s the current travel market demand? travel aggregators and metasearch engines.

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Hotel Engine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Booking a business stay for yourself or your team? Online travel agencies (OTAs) are a popular option, with good prices and a huge inventory of hotels to choose from. LPNs focus on providing tools and customer care that’s more suitable for businesses’ travel needs. Online Travel Agencies.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The Events.Hilton.com site is being enhanced to allow planners with groups of up to 35 attendees to book meetings online. Hilton has announced plans to roll out a direct-booking tool for small, simple meetings in early 2024. Companies in the program will have a customized booking website and receive discounted rates.

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SITE

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Massive congrats to SITE Germany’s Patrick Patridge on the publication of his book, Incentive Travel for a New World. Here’s what else you need to know: The Covid crisis and its caesura have had traumatic impacts on the worlds of work and travel. This book covers a wide variety of topical subjects and themes.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 20, 2024

Massive societal shifts have taken place within the world of corporate travel. Despite discussions around the future viability of business travel, the reality is that in-person interaction will win out over virtual every time.

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Travel Daily Media

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The post Innovating corporate travel programs for their business travellers appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. New report from GBTA and Deem examines the balance between employee travel satisfaction and corporate cost and policy objectives, and the role innovation can play.

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Hotel Engine

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

What’s the first thing you do when choosing a hotel to book? Online review sites are a go-to tool for many of us seeking to assess hotels, restaurants, attractions and anything else we may be thinking of spending money on. Where Online Reviews Help. Where Online Reviews Can Go Wrong. How Travel Sites Vet Reviews.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

2022 is in the books, folks. With hybrid events, attendees can choose between attending in-person or online. You only have to book one venue and deal with one set of dates. The switch to local events is better for sustainability because attendees don’t have to travel as much. So, what can we expect in the new year?

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 10, 2023

Booking Insights Destinations International presented its 2023 Showcase and also made an announcement that it would be forming a “strategic alliance” with Groups360 , the technology company that offers online booking strategies for meeting planners and connects group travel organizations and hoteliers.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 13, 2022

Read More: NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference Starts with Hopeful Vision of Return to Travel. IHG has had steady growth over the past few years, even in the face of the pandemic hitting the travel industry especially hard. The Road to 6,000.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Too many event registrants are booking outside hotel blocks — an issue discussed during three PCMA roundtable conversations over the past year. When only two out of five of your registrants book their housing within the designated room block, you know you’re trying to work with a flawed industry model.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 29, 2022

The recent surge in “revenge travel” has been met with burnt out staff and slow service. Travel restrictions are being lifted around the world , drawing in even more tourists from abroad and more professionals to events. Sure signs of a well-maintained online infrastructure are consistent updates and attentive customer support.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

OCTOBER 21, 2021

When someone decides on a destination for their next vacation, they’ll turn to Google or travel sites to plan the details — where they’ll stay in that city, what activities they’ll do, etc. Destination marketers should take advantage of the moments when potential travelers are searching for things to do, places to stay etc. Age ranges.

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Travel Daily News

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The possibility to book meeting rooms online benefits all stakeholders involved in the event sales process.

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Travel Daily News

APRIL 10, 2023

DUBAI – Wego has emerged as the #1 travel app for flight search and booking in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region with a year-over-year (YOY) growth of over 157.7% This data was gathered by analyzing the download rates of 1,062 travel apps that offer flight and hotel search capabilities.

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Sojern

MARCH 17, 2021

Google recently announced the release of a ‘Free Booking Links’ module that allows Hotels and Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) increased visibility in Google Travel. For hotel marketers, this change is good news, as it means there is a new source of free direct bookings that complements your existing metasearch campaigns. .

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Traveler's Q

JUNE 8, 2023

This is where the role of a travel agent comes in handy. A professional travel agent is specialized in creating customized itineraries for clients, meeting their specific travel needs. In this fast-paced world, having a reliable and experienced travel agent to take care of your travel arrangements can make all the difference.

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Hotel Engine

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Booking accommodation for a large group? But Hotel Engine is on a mission to radically simplify trip management, and we’re already revolutionizing group travel. In this article, we’ll provide 8 tips to help you book the perfect stay for your team. Sometimes you need to book last minute. We know: it can be complicated.

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Motivation Excellence

MAY 25, 2023

I like how detail-oriented the programs are and have noticed how much effort and time is put into each and every aspect of making sure all our programs run seamlessly, whether it’s an online merchandise program or in-person travel program. The effort and expertise behind every detail amazes me. What do you enjoy doing outside of work?

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Hotel Engine

OCTOBER 4, 2022

When it comes to booking travel, businesses have many options these days. It may be tempting to go with an all-inclusive option that also offers the ability to book flights and rental cars. more…) The post How A Hotel Specific Booking Tool Saves Time And Your Bottom Line appeared first on Hotel Engine.

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Leonardo

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In today’s online booking landscape, hotels need to do everything they can to stand out. For example, people searching for travel information want intel from someone with direct experience with the area. Working with a trusted partner makes it easy to launch a website that meets search engine and user experience best practices.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

There was a 71% increase in online searches for sustainable goods — plus, public concern for the environment has grown by 16% since 2017. Instead of booking one colossal event annually, that draws thousands of people, adopt a satellite sustainable event model. Sustainability is a hot-button issue for consumers around the globe.

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Dana Communications

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

from 2023 to 2030 But we (and surely you) are most interested in the role AI plays – and will continue to play – in travel marketing. So we’re breaking it down… Customer Experience Travel providers have brought chatbots onto their teams to handle a host of interactions with customers and potential customers at every stage of the journey.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 18, 2022

Both are unique, as far as I know, in that the in-person and online participants are the same people ! 1—In-person attendees participate in an online session! During the session, all the in-person participants had an online experience, followed by an in-person retrospective. The online portion felt eerie….

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