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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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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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What is Stopping International Attendees from Returning to U.S. Conferences?

Smart Meetings

They are looking for immersive, unique cultural experiences. Focus on sporting culture and experiences she suggested to lure them to the U.S. Because the country is “enthralled” by American culture, music events and museums in big cities and local communities help make the trip more enticing. The average stay is 20 nights.

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California: Meet Where Sustainable Innovation Lives

Smart Meetings

California innovators are actively inventing a more sustainable future in and out of the ballroom. It is a model for a sustainable economic future. Let’s look at the legacy of sustainable innovation, where it is going next and what it means for meeting professionals. Sustainable Meeting. A Green Legacy.

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

Advanced Travel and Tourism

And if you are what you eat, gastronomy tourism is a brilliant way to experience local culture and custom. SUSTAINABILITY Shifting consumer priorities have put a spotlight on ecotourism that’s here to stay. Perhaps as a benefit from the increase in remote workers, there’s now greater choice about when to travel.

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Off-the-Grid Incentives in Paradise

Smart Meetings

Smart Meetings has rounded up a few obscure luxury destinations that will take attendees of incentive trips and executive retreats away from their phones and computers and provide tangible experiences of relaxation, nature, culture and history. There should be no other choice!”

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California: Meet Where Sustainable Innovation Lives

Smart Meetings

California innovators are actively inventing a more sustainable future in and out of the ballroom. It is a model for a sustainable economic future. Let’s look at the legacy of sustainable innovation, where it is going next and what it means for meeting professionals. Sustainable Meeting. A Green Legacy.