Advanced Travel and Tourism

JUNE 25, 2024

When the data speaks loud and clear, no crystal ball is needed to predict short term travel trends. All indicators point to a busy summer and fall 2024, as any concerns about traffic jams, air travel headaches, or overcrowding doesn’t seem to be detering Americans from enjoying their vacations. airports.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 26, 2021

“It is therefore imperative that we are inclusive ,” says Gloria Guevara, president and CEO of London-based World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). We look forward to seeing these guidelines make real change within the workforce,” Guevara says, adding that providing accessible travel is both a social imperative and a business opportunity.

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inVOYAGE

APRIL 2, 2025

Often the journey is just as important as the destination, and where better to experience this than in a country where futuristic bullet trains meet traditional rickshaws and suspended mono-rails in a seemingly parallel universe. Incentive Idea: Book a private evening cruise with live entertainment, gourmet sushi, and sake pairing sessions.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 15, 2025

The way people travel is evolving, with traditional boundaries between business and leisure becoming increasingly blurred. Enter bleisure travel a hybrid trend where professionals combine work commitments with leisure experiences, forging a new category of traveler. trillion by 2033, according to Hotel Tech Report.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

For the latest in can’t miss travel news, we cover levitating trains, travel market projections, the ultimate flight experience and more. Wondering what your business travel expenses might look like in 2025? Read what the CEO of Global Business Travel Forecast has to say. Business Travel Startup Reaches $2.1

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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

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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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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The MICE Blog

MARCH 27, 2025

Held in Amsterdam, this event for the Alliance of Independent Travel Agencies (AER) brought together 500 travel agencies and 400 specialized tour operators, with a large portion focused on sustainable travel. The focus was on addressing current tourism challenges and providing targeted training for participants.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

And, like more than a few train stations of its kind, it is still finding new ways to delight and welcome modern groups—from casual visitors to meetings-minded professionals. . There is a real sense of nostalgia for that time when just traveling was a big deal on its own.”. Louis: There is a Magic. Just as St. There is a magic to St.

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The MICE Blog

JULY 8, 2024

Just under an hour by train from Zurich, Lucerne offers a quintessential Swiss experience, complete with top-notch infrastructure for business events. Arrival The biggest travel hack for Switzerland is the Swiss Travel Pass. We took the cogwheel train from Vitznau directly to the final station, Rigi Kulm.

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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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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Calendar year 2024 is already forecasted to show a healthy increase in group rooms nationwide, largely due to the number of meetings that had been on the books in 2021, 2022 and 2023 that were postponed or re-scheduled into 2024. Inflated rates were accepted by the leisure market traveling in distressed times.

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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. Some may be trained to perform high-skill tasks on certain days. Technology Creates New Staff Roles.

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Travel Daily Media

AUGUST 12, 2024

The post Richard Barrow has been announced as an ‘Extraordinary Travel Festival Speaker’ appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily Media. The organisers of the Extraordinary Travel Festival are pleased to announce a new speaker, Richard Barrow. Richard is long-term expat British expat.

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AltexSoft Travel

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Train travel is in a disadvantaged position in our world. After dominating transport for over 100 years , railways no longer hold the competition with air travel. One of the most interesting differences between how air and train transport operate is the role technology takes in each. Lack of railway cooperation.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 23, 2023

Using a simple downloadable A-Way WeGo App, meeting professionals can utilize the on-demand group transportation service by quickly booking a reservation. Reservations are required, yet groups can enjoy comfort and amenities while reducing carbon emissions by traveling in groups.

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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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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Lotte Hotel Seattle was named winner of Travel + Leisure ’s World Best Awards in 2023. Groups will receive private indoor instructions, and then move on to an on-water experience facilitated by a trained coaching team. The Curtis Hotel comic book themed seating area. Credit: Community Rowing Inc Hotel Commonwealth has 12,500 sq.

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Travel Daily Media

AUGUST 23, 2022

The post HSMAI Academy to hold a revenue & digital training workshop from 14-15 Sept appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The two-day revenue and digital hotel training workshop program, specific to hotels and resorts, will be to be held for the first time in Phuket.

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AltexSoft Travel

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

One million dollars invested in airfare annually — not long ago this figure was cited as a benchmark for businesses to start seeking help from a travel management company or TMC. Modern technologies make travel administration cheaper and simpler. When and why it makes sense to implement managed travel. post-trip reporting.

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Motivation Excellence

AUGUST 12, 2021

Though travel has been rebounding from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Delta variant threatens to rewind some of that progress. Despite new complications, the travel industry has awakened and many of us have revived our plans! Proof of vaccination opens up more destinations and helps travelers avoid lengthy quarantines—and illness.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Limitless Minds offers training through “neutral mindset training,” which is “a high-performance strategy that emphasizes judgment-free thinking, especially in pressure situations. Groups can book private tours of the space, as well. Additionally, Lake Nona is powered by automated shuttle creator Beep.

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AltexSoft Travel

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

In 2020, the travel industry found itself among the sectors hardest hit by COVID-19. American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA) reported a 75-percent cut in revenue across travel agencies versus 2019. What is a host travel agency? Optionally, they even may serve the needs of corporate travel.

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Motivation Excellence

AUGUST 27, 2019

Have you ever asked (or answered) the question, “Should we outsource our corporate incentive travel program?” We know how time-consuming organizing a large incentive travel program can be. From strategy and planning to booking flights to negotiating contracts, there is a lot on the line. Saves You Time. Ready for the Unexpected.

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Travel Daily Media

JULY 17, 2024

The post Oslofjord Convention Center in Norway appoints RMS Cloud to automate bookings appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily Media. We don’t have the luxury of spending time training staff on our systems so it was essential that the software we chose was extremely user-friendly.

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AltexSoft Travel

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Large or small, every flight booking business must have two key processes in place: booking and ticketing. To consumers, booking a flight and receiving an e-ticket may seem like a single, seamless step, but for the business providing the service they’re actually two distinct and equally important steps.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Another new initiative aimed at rebuilding the association middle management pipeline is ReadyMe, which provides a combination of virtual and in-person training to nurture resilient leaders building on ASAE’s Conscious Inclusion strategy designed to fill the gaps of DEI training. “We

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AltexSoft Travel

DECEMBER 19, 2019

This is the place we would show time travelers, to illustrate how the world and our values have changed in 100 years. Although in the twenties, air passenger travel was more of an attraction than a necessity, the construction of an airfield was important for the future growth of the route network. Let’s find out. Pullman in 1865.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 15, 2024

AI Event Tools Ruled The conference kicked off with announcements of new AI integrations—acquisition of Reposite AI sourcing, integration with FeedomPay for hotel reservation tokenization and a partnership with AMGiNE for automated business travel management. “AI

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Smart Meetings

MAY 17, 2021

The emcee should generally not be an executive, a vendor or anyone who is not a trained public speaker. Even before the pandemic, corporations were taking a harder look at travel and entertainment expenses and demanding that conference attendees return to the office with actionable learnings. The Best Speakers. For more information. .

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MeetingsNet

MAY 23, 2022

While it could be a mostly symbolic gesture from top business leaders, news from the Davos conference might represent something truly meaningful in the realm of sustainable events—especially given the results of a recent business-traveler survey.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Business travel and meeting bookings are increasing despite continued challenges across the globe. The travel industry will continue to recover from the global pandemic and other challenges in 2023. Here are three trends in travel that Convene editors believe also will impact business events and those working in the industry.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Guest-room availability, labor markets, and costs are the major factors that will affect individual and group business travel over the next year. Opening day of the Global Business Travel Association’s annual meeting in Orlando last week saw the release of the GBTA/CTW 2022 Business-Travel Forecast. Image courtesy of GBTA ). •

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AltexSoft Travel

AUGUST 18, 2021

Read on to know how to approach the airfare prediction problem and what we learned from our experience of building an price forecasting feature for the US-based online travel agency FareBoom. There are two main use cases of flight price prediction in the travel industry. A search engine of your own travel platform. Data gaps.

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Business Traveler USA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

As the pandemic cut ridership on the train system to a crawl last year, the state-supported national rail entity has been busy ramping up reasons to step aboard with hard-to-resist promotions, new service, new train service and new lounges. trains to some 500 destinations in 46 states. Amtrak is always on the move.

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ADMEI

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Even the most meticulously planned events can fall prey to natural disasters, a pandemic, vendor cancellations, and keynote speaker travel delays. Will travel routes be affected? Contracts : Are your contracts with venues and vendors solid? What is Risk Management? Is another expected? Are you protected if things change?

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