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Business Travel Strikes Back, A New Company Culture Dawns

Smart Meetings

In the face of doubt, however, business travel has emerged with critical and pivotal strategies for recovery in its pocket and a renaissance of travel in its sights, as evidenced by American Express Global Business Travel (GBT)’s white paper, “ Why Business Travel Is the Center of the New Company Culture.” The Great Reprioritization.

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Attention Meeting Planners: Instant Booking Is Finally Here

Skift Meetings

With many meeting planners and event organizers doubling up their bookings to compensate for postponed events from 2021 (and even 2020), it’s getting harder and harder to find hotel rooms and meeting spaces for groups both large and small. The New Marketplace Philosophy for Meeting Bookings.

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Corporate Travel That Works: New Trends

Smart Meetings

Organizations have remained steadfast in their belief that meeting in person drives performance and growth , no matter if they’re fully remote, entirely office-based or a hybrid of the two options. Travelers Take the Pilot Seat As consumers, people are now much closer to the planning, booking, and servicing side of a trip.

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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. Travelers are ready for culture shock that will push them out of their quarantine suppression as well as out of their comfort zone. Book a trip for meetings or incentives at the remote Mandarin Oriental Canouan.

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Smart Tip from Salamander Hotels: The Meeting is Just the Beginning

Smart Meetings

The “meeting” as defined by delivering content from a stage is getting shorter—or even nonexistent—as groups put emphasis on team bonding and book more activities than ever before. We’re seeing Fall 2021 continue to be the focus for the return of groups, ranging from small gatherings to potential buyout bookings. Ty Brassie.

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Hotel Chains with Cool Coworking Spaces

Hotel Engine

These boutique hotels are inspired by the rich culture and history of the destination that they’re in. The art and amenities offered by the accommodations give you a true flavor of the local surroundings so that you can experience the culture without ever leaving the hotel! Interested in a lunchtime workout? Meeting rooms.

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Corporate Retreats: The Offsite is Back On

Convene by PCMA

Since 2020, Hoff has seen a bump in requests like this — companies with a growing remote workforce looking to get away and reconnect or connect for the first time ever. The survey, which interviewed more than 2,500 travelers in March 2022, found that four out of five business travelers work remotely at least some of the time.

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