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Carpocalypse: How to Prepare for Rental Car and Rideshare Price Surge

Smart Meetings

Chip manufacturers largely switched from making auto chips to making the kind that were in demand mid-pandemic, like those that power laptops, cell phones, home appliances and gaming systems. However, rental car companies can’t revive their inventory fast enough to meet demand due to those microchip shortages you’ve been hearing about.

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CWT Study: Business Travel Costs Are Still Going Up, Slightly

Smart Meetings

In 2022, the average global ticket price rose to $749, a rise from its 2019 level of $670, which the study has attributed to the continuing shortage of pilots, a dearth that is expected to grow to 34,000 by 2025, and supply chain issues affecting manufacturing, maintenance, repair and overhaul of planes. Consolidate and compromise.

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Facial Recognition And Events

Endless Events

Panos proposes a very tempting scenario: “Imagine the following, you also have a large screen, model somewhere in the venue. We are manufacturing because they have specialized hardware inside. And this can be in a different point of interest. Panos assures that when it comes to Zenus, privacy isn’t a problem.

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Incandescent Light Bulb Ban: What This Means for Homeowners

Redfin

Businesses can no longer sell inefficient bulbs after August 1, and manufacturers haven’t been allowed to produce inefficient bulbs since January 1, 2023. The DOE recently proposed significantly higher efficiency standards, pushing the requirement to 120 lumens per watt. What happens next?

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Incentive Travel and Meetings in Dubai

Brightspot Incentive Events

The country itself is an active player in the larger global economic story being a leader in key economic sectors ranging from industries such as healthcare, financial services, information technology, construction and manufacturing, trade and logistics, education, and of course tourism and events.

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Dubai Overview for Meetings and Incentive Travel

Brightspot Incentive Events

The country itself is an active player in the larger global economic story being a leader in key economic sectors ranging from industries such as healthcare, financial services, information technology, construction and manufacturing, trade and logistics, education, and of course tourism and events.

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Ready for Takeoff?

Business Traveler USA

All parts of the aviation industry – airlines, aircraft manufacturers and airports – have emphasized its importance. The proposed facility will yield about 26 million gallons per annum. By now, most regular fliers will have heard about sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Lessons from the Road. Since July 2021, the carrier has been.