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

Smart Meetings

Air Travel Despite the chaos airlines have seen over recent years, passengers are not staying away. According to Internal Air Transport Association, airlines are expected to carry 4.35 Aggregate travel spend to increase the value of regular contract proposals. billion traveling across the globe. Focus on ROI.

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Can Lawmakers Improve the Air Travel Experience?

MeetingsNet

Strong consumer-protection legislation is making its way through Congress in the wake of a couple of very difficult months for the airline industry. have reintroduced two pieces of legislation, the Airline Passengers’ Bill of Rights and the Forbidding Airlines from Imposing Ridiculous (FAIR) Fees Act. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)

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Will New Labor Deals Bring Budget Blues to Meetings?

MeetingsNet

As with recent hotel-labor agreements around the country plus a new contract for UPS workers, fresh contracts for more than 45,000 airline pilots may well affect costs around business events. The compensation and benefits for American pilots will be more than $9 billion across the four-year contract.

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How To Choose The Best Venue For Your Corporate Event

Traveler's Q

parking, metro, airlines, hotels?) Does the venue include a flexible contract with “Force Majeure”? Conclusion o Summarize key points (tell them what you told them) CTA to request a proposal from Traveler’s Q The post How To Choose The Best Venue For Your Corporate Event appeared first on Traveler's Q. testimonials?)

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Travelport’s new partnerships puts event organisers and TA’s in control

Travel Daily Media

The new contract will see Inspiravia S.L. Yvonne Valies – Travelport’s partner relations manager in Europe, added: “Travelport is delighted to introduce this unique sales proposal and digital travel itinerary, called Viewtravel plug-in, into the Travelport GDS. Travelport and Inspiravia S.L Inspiravia S.L.

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BLOG – DISCOVERY SERIES: PRODUCTIVITY

Open Destinations

Once a Drag & Drop itinerary has been created, the software’s Document Generator can be used to automatically create a highly formatted proposal from a range of defined templates, which can be saved in various formats (PDF, HTML, Word Doc) before being sent to the client. CACHING MODULE.

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Self-Service Technologies in Travel: End-to-End Solutions for Independent Travelers

AltexSoft Travel

The functionality of your booking engine will dictate what and how travelers can find on the website – it’s an ultimate self-service technology for any OTA, hotel, or airline. Ancillaries are extra sales that cover everything from seat selection to insurance and transfers that are available directly on airline websites.