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Incentive Travel 2025: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities

Smart Meetings

Why free time, authenticity and immersion are redefining program inclusions What are the latest trends emerging for incentive travel 2025 and beyond? Lucky for planners, incentive travel is growing. Attendees are still looking for cultural points to be included in an incentive program when attending an incentive experience.

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Smart Travel: MICE Industry’s Positive Impact on Business Travel, Wynn Resorts’ Bigger Better UAE Plans Revealed, Indigenous Tourism Booms and More

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and China Drive Business Travel Recovery A new report by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) predicts business travel spending will reach a new height of $1.5 and China, whose business travel markets have expanded 13.4% trillion by the end of 2024. trillion by the end of 2024. Key players are the U.S.

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Smart Travel: Safest Airlines Revealed, National Geographic Unveils New Expeditions, the Upcoming Global Tourism Resilience Conference and More

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Fear nota top travel site just released a list of the safest airlines to help you fly with confidence. A leading group travel company has put together some amazing itineraries youll want to check out. A leading group travel company has put together some amazing itineraries youll want to check out. ” Booking is open now.

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Smart Travel: Saudi Arabia MICE Industry Booms, American Airlines Shuts Down Group-Jumpers, $65 Billion Needed to Address Coastal and Marine Tourism Climate Issues

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Tired of Group 5 airline travelers jumping the line and stealing your overhead space? As always, Smart Travel is here to catch you up on the industry’s must-read news. American Airlines has gifted passengers an early holiday present this year in the form of new technology to shut down group-jumpers. of leisure and meeting spaces.

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Pop Culture Tourism: Why Many Travelers Pop In For A Visit

Dana Communications

Google the definition of pop culture or popular culture. Take this one from vocabulary.com : “The music, movies, TV shows, and other media that the majority of people consume are known collectively as pop culture. In the 1970s, pop culture included disco music and Star Wars. It’s… a lot.

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Deeper Dive: The Duplexities of Dupe Travel

Dana Communications

We believe, thanks to dupe travel, you can. At Dana, we blogged about dupe travel in 12 Travel Trends Making Moves in 2024. Some of the worlds most heavy-hitting travel media giants are on board too. Dupe travel destinations are all around us. Although its been said (and sang!) You can get what you want too.

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Smart Travel: New Alaska Airlines Rewards Coming, New Campaign Attracts Tourists to Japan’s ‘Hidden Gems,’ Uber Considers Expedia Takeover and More

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We’re here to catch you up on all of that, plus a potential takeover riling up the travel sector, the latest on World Travel Awards’ global competition and how Jamaica is celebrating new improvements to tourists’ travel experiences. A new tourist campaign is working overtime to catch your eye. Vincent and Grenadines, and Manila.

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