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Engineering News
What do business travellers really value in 2022?

Business travellers are at risk for mental health problems due to lack of sleep and poor diet, according to a global travel risk management company. International SOS reports that 30 percent of business travellers admit to suffering from these problems, and data shows the more flights and nights they are away from home, the more likely they are to quit their job within two years. Read More

Marketplace
Why the travel and hospitality industries need business travel to make a comeback

Business travel seems to be making a comeback. More people are flying to off-site meetings and events, for example. And now Intercontinental Hotels Group, the parent company of Holiday Inn, says its revenue from corporate bookings has returned to pre-pandemic levels. Read more

The Business of Travel
How travel managers cand rive insights and outcomes using data and AI

With data and technology available increasingly in abundance in the business travel sector, how can you harness and make the most of it? Peter Psaltakis, Director Solutions Engineering, and Stephen Pitcher, Chief Data Science Officer, both from FCM joined Debbie Iannaci, head of GBTA Communications and Research during the 2022 GBTA Convention to provide their perspectives on why travel managers are challenged with converting data into insights, the role artificial intelligence (AI) can play, how predictive analytics can aid proactive decisions, and data’s role in the “triple bottom-line” of people, planet and profit. Listen Now

World Economic Forum
The new order of business travel

Among many casualties of the pandemic, business travel was one of the biggest. In 2020, the total amount of business travel expenses dropped 52%, according to McKinsey. Today, as we are learning to live with the Coronavirus and what feels like normality largely resuming, the dilemma around what that means for travel and face-to-face meetings is real. Read more

4Hoteliers
Hospitality sector updates carbon tool to further industry-wide, robust approach to environmental measurement

The Sustainable Hospitality Alliance has updated its renowned Hotel Carbon Measurement Initiative (HCMI) and is calling on the hospitality industry, including corporate clients and booking platforms, to use common measurement metrics to ensure a transparent and globally comparable approach to carbon, water and waste reporting. Read More
 

Simple Flying
Emirates has now activated its Air Canada codeshare agreement

Air Canada and Emirates have confirmed that, beginning November 1st, passengers will be able to take advantage of a codeshare agreement between the two airlines. The initiative was first announced in July, but is set to go live from today. Read more

Airlines for Europe
Airlines head into winter season with increased certainty thanks to EU agreement on slot relief

A4E airlines are heading into the winter season this weekend with more certainty for their operations following the final agreement on slot relief reached between the EU institutions. The agreement, which entered into force this week, ensures that exemptions from the normal slot rules can be granted in circumstances beyond airlines’ control. Read more

PBN
Awaiting the return of business travel

While leisure travel has bounced back since the beginning of the pandemic, the return of the business traveler is still awaited by many in the hospitality sector, including hotel operators. Read more

 
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GBTA Conference 2022 - Brussels | Professional Development | GBTA Hub | Blog

Engineering News
What do business travellers really value in 2022?

Business travellers are at risk for mental health problems due to lack of sleep and poor diet, according to a global travel risk management company. International SOS reports that 30 percent of business travellers admit to suffering from these problems, and data shows the more flights and nights they are away from home, the more likely they are to quit their job within two years. Read More

Marketplace
Why the travel and hospitality industries need business travel to make a comeback

Business travel seems to be making a comeback. More people are flying to off-site meetings and events, for example. And now Intercontinental Hotels Group, the parent company of Holiday Inn, says its revenue from corporate bookings has returned to pre-pandemic levels. Read more

The Business of Travel
How travel managers cand rive insights and outcomes using data and AI

With data and technology available increasingly in abundance in the business travel sector, how can you harness and make the most of it? Peter Psaltakis, Director Solutions Engineering, and Stephen Pitcher, Chief Data Science Officer, both from FCM joined Debbie Iannaci, head of GBTA Communications and Research during the 2022 GBTA Convention to provide their perspectives on why travel managers are challenged with converting data into insights, the role artificial intelligence (AI) can play, how predictive analytics can aid proactive decisions, and data’s role in the “triple bottom-line” of people, planet and profit. Listen Now

World Economic Forum
The new order of business travel

Among many casualties of the pandemic, business travel was one of the biggest. In 2020, the total amount of business travel expenses dropped 52%, according to McKinsey. Today, as we are learning to live with the Coronavirus and what feels like normality largely resuming, the dilemma around what that means for travel and face-to-face meetings is real. Read more

4Hoteliers
Hospitality sector updates carbon tool to further industry-wide, robust approach to environmental measurement

The Sustainable Hospitality Alliance has updated its renowned Hotel Carbon Measurement Initiative (HCMI) and is calling on the hospitality industry, including corporate clients and booking platforms, to use common measurement metrics to ensure a transparent and globally comparable approach to carbon, water and waste reporting. Read More
 

Simple Flying
Emirates has now activated its Air Canada codeshare agreement

Air Canada and Emirates have confirmed that, beginning November 1st, passengers will be able to take advantage of a codeshare agreement between the two airlines. The initiative was first announced in July, but is set to go live from today. Read more

Airlines for Europe
Airlines head into winter season with increased certainty thanks to EU agreement on slot relief

A4E airlines are heading into the winter season this weekend with more certainty for their operations following the final agreement on slot relief reached between the EU institutions. The agreement, which entered into force this week, ensures that exemptions from the normal slot rules can be granted in circumstances beyond airlines’ control. Read more

PBN
Awaiting the return of business travel

While leisure travel has bounced back since the beginning of the pandemic, the return of the business traveler is still awaited by many in the hospitality sector, including hotel operators. Read more

 
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