Articles tagged “covid-19”

Developing an effective vaccine in such a relatively short time is nothing less than a miracle. Delivering those vaccines to the world is the next enormous challenge. The airlines took on that task earlier this week. So far, they are giving a thumbs up.

It’s been a year like no other for business travel. What does the future hold, particularly when it comes to buying, selling, and servicing corporate travel flights? This new report offers some predictions.

Uniting sales, marketing, distribution, and loyalty divisions under one common vision can create operational efficiencies for large hospitality brands, but maintaining local relevance at the individual hotel level is just as important.

While some payments companies are retreating from the travel vertical, others are doubling down – with solutions focused on making the payments experience better, simpler, and more consistent across different geographies and platforms.

With raging new Covid cases across the country, this bleak travel number might actually be too high to help control the virus spread.

Domestic travel searches are on the rise, booking windows are getting shorter, and more travelers are dreaming and shopping than they are canceling or changing their trips – new Expedia Group data and consumer research offers clues on how travel companies can best connect with travelers right now.

Among many things, both infamous and otherwise, 2020 will be remembered as the year the travel sector pivoted to working remotely. Moving into 2021, companies will need to optimize the remote working experience for their teams.

The lines between business and leisure travel continue to blur at an accelerated pace due to the Covid-19 pandemic and a realignment of consumer travel priorities. In the luxury hotel space, servicing the work-from-hotel trend can be a winning strategy for building and retaining loyalty.

Enhancing the traveler journey with the right combination of contactless digital experiences, socially distanced service touchpoints, and personalized information and offers can help return us to a time when the travel journey is just as enjoyable as the destination.

Business travel is at a key crossroads. What will the sector look like in 2021? This new report, which analyzes the results of a survey of several hundred business travelers and travel managers around the world, offers predictions and forecasts for how business travel will evolve in the years ahead.