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How Travel Trends Are Impacting Destination Events

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Skift Take: The twists and turns of the global travel industry's recovery continue to impact how event destinations are selected. Some effects are obvious, others not so much.

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Business Travel Recovery Going to Plan

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Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Research business travel covid data GBTA Global Business Travel Association recovery research

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U.S. Travel Launches Sustainable Travel Coalition

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Travel Association has launched the Sustainable Travel Coalition, designed to bring its members together to develop and focus on strategies that will ensure a more sustainable future. With nearly 60 members, the Sustainable Travel Coalition will act as a forum to inform U.S.

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Best of 2022: Travel

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Travel recovery post-Covid has been a case of two steps forward one step back. Smart Meetings has been covering the airline and hotel industry closely this year, both in our weekly travel reports designed specifically for meeting planners and in our feature coverage.

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6 Must-Know-Now Travel Incentive Trends

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Skift Take: Are you ready for the return of incentive travel? Business News Fab at Incentives Incentive Research Foundation incentive travel incentives IRFHere are six data-based trends to help you plan ahead. — Sue Pelletier Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings.

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Meeting Profs Travel Report: U.S. Travel Association Calls Out ‘Sub-Par’ Airlines

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Travel Association Says Airlines in the United States Are Sub-Par In a new quarterly press conference launched today , the U.S. Travel President and CEO, Geoff Freeman. Travel National Chair and Hilton President and CEO Chris Nassetta. The post Meeting Profs Travel Report: U.S.

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Meeting Planners Travel Report: Euro Travel Rebounds, JFK Terminal Tech-Savvy 6 Breaks Ground

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European Travel Is Rebounding Says New Study The European Travel Commission (ETC) has released a new study that says European destinations are “on their way to recovering pre-pandemic tourist arrivals.” Touchless technology will whisk travelers from check-in to gates.

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Business Travelers to See Travel Price Increases Through 2023

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Rising prices for business travelers are predicted to continue in 2022 and through 2023, according to a report, “ 2023 Global Business Travel Forecast ,” by travel management platform CWT and Global Business Travel Association. Air Travel To See Sharp Increase.

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Coordinating International Travel: What to Look Out For

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Traveling internationally as an individual is tricky. Coordinating international travel for large groups? Smart Meetings spoke with Harmony Nordgren, vice president of operations at Cyberbacker, about things to consider when setting up international travel for your attendees.

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5 Travel Trends to Consider for Your Attraction

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For an event creator, it’s important to tap into current travel trends in the event industry, including what attendees want to see when they travel to an attraction. Attendees put plenty of thought into traveling to […].

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Conference Innovation While Traveling at Warp Speed

Velvet Chainsaw

The post Conference Innovation While Traveling at Warp Speed appeared first on Velvet Chainsaw. Navigating change during a crisis is not for the faint of heart.

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Travel Is Not Going Back To Normal

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Countries are continuing to relax their previously strict travel policies as Covid is perceived to be relatively under control. With most people vaccinated and fewer reports of positive cases, Covid related mandates in the travel industry have been relaxed.

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Incentive Travel Is Back But Planners Face These New Challenges 

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Part of the reason is pent-up demand after two years of travel restrictions and companies either slashing or completely cutting out travel reward programs. The post Incentive Travel Is Back But Planners Face These New Challenges by Julie Moline appeared first on [link].

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TWT: Hotel Aquarium Explodes, Travel Risk Assessment

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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. Security Threats Hover Over Business Travel Recovery, Study Finds. Preparing employees for travel is not just about the destination risk.

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9 Travel Trends Impacting Events Right Now

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Skift Forum Europe 2022 brought together Europe’s top minds in travel and set the scene for what recovery from the Covid pandemic will look like in the event industry. Business Travel May Never Recover to 2019 Levels “We stand to lose 20 to 25 […].

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The New Needs of Business Travelers

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With travel restrictions varying from country to country and week to week, planners have to consider multiple factors when managing business trips. Business travelers today need to be on top of visa, vaccination, and other requirements for business travelers.

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Meeting Profs Travel Report

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Meeting Profs Travel: Over Half of Passengers on Flights from China Test Covid-positive Hong Kong has announced the lifting of all mandatory PCR test requirements for inbound travelers; however, travelers coming to the U.S.

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TWT: Business Travel Rebounds, New Sustainability Tool for CVBs

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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. AmEx Global Travel Financials Show Strong Business Travel Recovery. ” Say Travelers. Travelers are sending a clear message.

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7 Business Travel Trends Set to Shape 2022

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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.

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10 Safest Places to Travel in 2022

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Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection , the North American-based travel insurance company, released its annual “ Safest Places to Travel 2022 ” list just before the start of this year, detailed in a report by market researcher Kit Kiefer. Not to mention, travelers love Sweden.

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U.S. Travel Is Up, But Not Out of Weeds Yet

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Ferguson came together at Union Market for its annual Travel Rally, held during U.S. Travel Association’s National Travel and Tourism Week—which happened this past week—where they discussed the region’s forecast and data from 2021. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow.

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Business Travel Strikes Back, A New Company Culture Dawns

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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.

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Time Travel For Events

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If you read time travel for events, and your mind immediately went to Back To The Future… not quite. How many times in your life have you wondered what you would do if time travel was possible? What would happen if time travel for events existed? If you’re excited for this meta episode of Event Tech, then waste no more time – press play and let’s time travel! Time Travel For Events: The Travel.

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Meeting Planners Travel Report: United CEO Says Chaos Will Continue

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The report, sponsored by Visa and researched in partnership with Oxford Economics, analyzed key indicators such as Travel & Tourism’s contribution to GDP, employment and traveler spend. Breaking Industry News Travel united airlines virgin hotels wttc

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What the U.S. Reopening to Global Travel Means for Events

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The US is easing its travel restrictions on international visitors as of November 8. The easing of the United States travel ban on international travelers is fast approaching. Reopening to Global Travel Means for Events by Paul Cook appeared first on [link].

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TWT: Cyberattack Hits U.S. Airports, United Beefs Up and Business Travel Grows

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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. Read More : Beware the Public Wi-Fi Network: 6 Ways to Practice Cybersecurity While Traveling.

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Meetings Mean Business and U.S. Travel Officially Join Forces

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Travel Association , after having close ties in meeting production over the years. This move aims to “[provide] greater value to coalition members as business travel and professional meetings and events rebuild from steep pandemic-related losses,” a press release reads.

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New Collaborative Course Offers Tips for Easy Sustainable Travel

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Designed in collaboration with Tourism Cares, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making the hospitality industry more eco-friendly, this free course is a first step towards a more sustainable style of travel. Teaching each traveler is important to increase the impact of the course.

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Essential List: Top International Travel Apps of 2022

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The skies seem a little bit wider as countries around the world continue to drop Covid restrictions for international travelers. Lounge Key is for business travelers and event-ward planners who like to maximize that waiting time before their flight. Handy tools for the whole trip.

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TWT: Mask Lift Fallouts, Sustainable Travel

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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. And 77% think it’s a less stressful way to travel. The post TWT: Mask Lift Fallouts, Sustainable Travel appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Border Openings Update: International Business Travel Restarts

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Since June, however, borders that had closed in March of last year have begun to open back up for business travel. In the meantime, many destinations have been readying, renovating and innovating to prepare for the return of tourism and group travel.

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The 100 Virtual Work Startups Disrupting And Substituting Business Travel

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Skift Skift Take: Virtual work startups are expecting a decline in travel for work across direct impact categories. But how can software be used as complementary to business travel instead of as a replacement? An empty business class section of a Lufthansa jet.

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This Week in Travel: 5G Chaos?

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Keeping you and your groups up to speed with weekly travel updates. Henry Harteveldt, Travel Industry Analyst. Will 5G Cause Travel Chaos? The agency still recommends against unnecessary travel. Last week in travel : Covid Tests, Airline Fees and Sustainable Travel.

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This Week in Travel: Covid Tests, Airline Fees and Sustainable Travel

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Keeping you and your groups up to speed with weekly travel updates. JetBlue Sustainable Travel Partners Debuts. The new program will give corporate travelers personalized data that will help them track and lower their carbon footprints.

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Sustainable Travel Made Easy with WeTravel’s New Course

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Designed in collaboration with Tourism Cares , a nonprofit organization dedicated to making the hospitality industry more eco-friendly, this free course is a great first step toward a more sustainable style of travel. Teaching each traveler is important to increase the impact of the course.

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Confidence to Travel to In-Person Events Returns: New Survey

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Eighty-four percent of business travelers plan to take at least one trip to attend conferences, conventions or trade shows in the next six months, according to a new survey by the U.S. Travel Association (USTA).

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U.S. Travel Names Geoff Freeman President and CEO

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Travel Association has announced that Geoff Freeman will be taking the role of president and CEO. Travel , Freeman headed the work that led to the establishment of the Travel Promotion Act of 2009, which created Brand USA, U.S. Travel’s tourism promotion arm.

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Mobile World Congress Hires a Travel Agency to Help Steady Nerves for Returning Event

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Mobile World Congress Skift Take: There’s still a huge risk hosting larger scale exhibitions, but the organizer of Mobile World Congress is hoping to offset some of that by outsourcing travel management.

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The Breakdown on International Travel in 2022

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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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Business Events and Air Travel — a Climate Conundrum

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But if you don’t help to tackle the issue of air travel, you’re never going to be able to move the needle very much.” That’s the scary thing for us — that we’re tremendous users of travel but we have no control over the emissions that are associated with it.

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