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State of In-Person Events: Who’s Booking What, Where & When?

Smart Meetings

Positivity sentiment rose from 30 percent in February to 45 percent in April, and by all accounts those numbers have continued their upward trend in May. For the next 3-6 months, many corporations aren’t holding meetings due to company travel restrictions. 75 in February to.81 81 in April.

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Canadian-based Company Launches Melon for SMEs

Business Traveler USA

A breakdown of spend, alongside dashboard analysis of important KPI metrics in real-time, also helps customers extract key data needed to inform decision making and accurately manage finances.

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As An Exhibitor, What Makes A MICE Event Worth Your Time?

IT&CM Events

The different MICE buying sectors can include meeting and event planners, incentive / motivation houses, professional conference organisers, travel management companies, travel agents handling MICE events, destination management companies, international associations, corporate companies with incentive programmes, and more.

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Force Majeure: Negotiating a Common Clause in Uncommon Times

Convene by PCMA

And then I suggest you specifically reference “including COVID-19 or a variant thereof.” … If there’s a company travel restriction, that’s typically not force majeure. You should have language to the effect of, “amongst the force majeure occurrences are disease, epidemic, and pandemic.”

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B2B Travel Platform For Corporate Travel Management

AltexSoft Travel

This involves categorizing services and ensuring alignment with company travel policies. Options may be filtered or prioritized based on price caps, preferred vendor agreements, or even factors like eco-friendliness for companies that support sustainable travel. Predictive analytics.

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What Makes A Good MICE Destination?

Hotel Engine

This article breaks down how to build out your MICE travel program and earn yourself the coveted label of the MICE hotel in your market. Forecasting Trends. When a company chooses a setting for their meetings and events, they most often opt for a place in a prime location. Forecasting Trends. Table of Contents.

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How to Build a T&E Policy: Best Practices

Hotel Engine

The more your employees travel, the more an automated T&E policy makes booking, billing and tracking expenses easier. And by analyzing your travel spending trends via custom reports from Hotel Engine, you can continually monitor your budget and make adjustments as necessary.