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TWT: Wobbly Travel Recovery, Flight Delays and Hotel Boom

Smart Meetings

Travel Association has released its biannual forecast for travel through 2026—including both travel spending and volume—which projects that all segments of travel, in spite of rising inflation, will likely surge in the short term due to pent-up demand and consumer savings. Travel Forecast Sees Wobbly Recovery. If the U.S.

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Tips for Negotiating Your Next Big Event Contract

Smart Meetings

You’re still going to have difficulty when you’re trying to contract hotels because they’re all booked up, especially over the peak seasons, which are generally quarter one and quarter three.” Organizations that are having issues booking hotels may want to consider all available options.

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Get Around Green in Orange County

Smart Meetings

With the addition of this charging capability, we are well prepared to continue to grow our electric fleet, with a goal of being 100% electric by 2026.” “We Using a simple downloadable A-Way WeGo App, meeting professionals can utilize the on-demand group transportation service by quickly booking a reservation.

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Business Travel by the Numbers

Hotel Engine

By 2026, the global business travel market is expected to hit 791.9 As a hotel booking platform for business travelers, Hotel Engine has an abundance of data on corporate travel trends. Business travel is big business. billion dollars. But that doesn’t tell the whole story. Where and how are companies spending that money?

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Travel Tech set to drive innovation and strategic partnerships in EMEA 

Travel Daily Media

billion by 2026.Travel This year’s lineup of speakers is what you shouldn’t be told about, prepare to learn and be inspired by Nima Anvar, CEO Guestchat, Theodoros COO Book Onlinenow and Flo Stich COO Turbosuite and many more. ” According to a report by Statista, the global online travel market reached $433.2

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Air New Zealand Introduces New Economy-Class “Lie-Flat” Pod

Business Traveler USA

But it means booking the row, although without paying full rate for three seats. The airline will retrofit existing Boeing 787s between 2024 and 2026, but will not be installing Skynests on Boeing 777s. Air New Zealand will start to reconfigure its small fleet of Boeing 787s arriving in 2024 to include Skynests.

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Business Travel Strikes Back, A New Company Culture Dawns

Smart Meetings

The corporate well-being market is expected to quadruple by 2026, GBT reported; the difference is in the shift from employee well-being efforts being viewed and treated as perks to them being implemented as reputable business strategies. GBT also speaks to the impact of travel on employee well-being.

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