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Top Business Travel Trends Coming in 2024

Smart Meetings

Public safety expert Frank Harrison, who serves as regional security director, Americas at World Travel Protection , predicts that three central trends will shape business travel in 2024: Remote work, a focus on sustainability and budget constraints. Remote Work & Bleisure Travel Remote work, once rare, has become commonplace.

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Corporate Retreats: The Offsite is Back On

Convene by PCMA

The 500-acre Cedar Lakes Estate in upstate NewYork has seen a huge bump in inquiries for corporate retreats — 150 percent more inquiries than in 2019. “If It was unusual and yet right on trend: A potential client wanted to take their team to Barcelona for what would be the company’s first-ever retreat in its 16-year history.

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The 2024 Travel Outlook Survey Results: Appealing to the Traveler’s Niche Interest

Advanced Travel and Tourism

Smart digital marketers are keeping an eye on the following trends, adapting content, product, and messaging accordingly: WELLNESS Rest, relax, retreat, unplug, and detox. SUSTAINABILITY Shifting consumer priorities have put a spotlight on ecotourism that’s here to stay. After all, everybody likes to eat.

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Off-the-Grid Incentives in Paradise

Smart Meetings

Destinations that make you want to unplug Staying connected to technology and committing to constant communication can feel as though its pertinent to incentive recipients and corporate retreat attendees. The secluded casitas offer almost complete privacy and blend indoor/outdoor living with tented ceilings. There should be no other choice!”

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Travel Is Not Going Back To Normal

Smart Meetings

As this trend in tourism gets more traction, remote luxury options combine the best of both worlds. Book a trip for meetings or incentives at the remote Mandarin Oriental Canouan. Get ahead of the remote location travel trend by offering a remote location with five-star amenities. Going Virtual.

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Business Travel Strikes Back, A New Company Culture Dawns

Smart Meetings

While “90% of large companies have committed to hybrid work plans [that reduce] the touch points that once conveyed company culture, for all companies, including those which never went remote, unprecedented reports of burnout are signaling that businesses must quickly adapt,” said GBT. We learned quickly how well the remote model worked.

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3 Trends Shaping Events: Nomad Economy, Greener Transit, and Regenerative Models

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Regenerating the world’s resources and repairing the damage accrued over centuries is now the ultimate sustainability stretch goal,” says their Future 100 Report. The lifestyle isn’t necessarily new, but the shift to remote work during the past two years has rapidly accelerated its popularity. The New Nomad Economy.

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