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Do You Know How Your Attendees Book Travel?
Sep 24, 2015
Baby Boomers and Millennials in the working world share a need to travel for business, but how they go about it can vary, according to a study of 521 business travelers called, “Booking Behaviors: Helping Business Travelers Book Smarter.” Conduct...
An infographic of bleisure trends from The Europe Hotel and Resort
Infographic: Are Your Attendees Taking Bizcations?
Sep 01, 2015
Call it "bizcation" or call it "bleisure"—can someone come up with a better name for this trend please?—tacking a few days onto a business trip to explore the locale is one way to make work travel more tolerable, and even fun. Here's an infograph...
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How Do You Stay Fit and Healthy While on the Road?
Aug 06, 2015
Yup, I do these, too.I’m really excited to be heading to Detroit for the American Society of Association Executives Annual Meeting and Expo on Saturday. It’s been quite a few years since I’ve been to that conference, and I’m looking forward to co...
In Global Business Travel, What’s a Dollar of Prevention Worth?
In Global Business Travel, What’s a Dollar of Prevention Worth?
Jul 31, 2015
A recent study has calculated an answer to that question. Funded by the International SOS Foundation and conducted by research and consulting firm Prevent, the report, “Return on Prevention: Benefit/Cost Analysis of Prevention Measures for Busine...
Flight Attendant Spills Behind-the-Scenes Secrets
Flight Attendant Spills Behind-the-Scenes Secrets
Jul 27, 2015
In her post on Mental Floss, 10 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Flight Attendants, author and former flight attendant Heather Poole spills some facts that everyone who flies ought to keep in mind. One example: Did you know that they only get paid fo...
Checking In? How to Protect Yourself from Hotel Data Breaches
Checking In? How to Protect Yourself from Hotel Data Breaches
Jul 18, 2015
Shaun Murphy, founder and CEO of newly launching technology firm PrivateGiant, has more than 20 years of experience in communication security with the U.S. Government. With his new company, his goal is to create a communications platform that...
Papa Needs a Brand-New Bag
Papa Needs a Brand-New Bag
Jun 10, 2015
The International Air Transport Association (aka, IATA) earlier this week proposed that airlines worldwide rally around a standardized size for carry-on luggage of 21.5 inches x 13.5 inches x 7.5 inches—which is about 20 percent smaller than most...
You may have had to roll out of bed at 3 am to catch the flight but if you want to stay off the TSArsquos radar donrsquot let it show by yawning too broadly It doesnrsquot mention whether nodding off sitting up in the uncomfortable gate seats is also questionable When in doubt drink coffeeImage by Purestock on Thinkstock by Getty Images
10 Things You're Probably Doing that Make TSA Think You're a Potential Terrorist
Jun 08, 2015
Details of the Transportation Security Administration’s Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques, or SPOT, program, as uncovered by The Intercept earlier this year, reveal that pretty much everything most travelers do while whiling...
What’s In Your Traveling Office?
What’s In Your Traveling Office?
May 17, 2015
MeetingsNet posed a question to the Xperts who contribute to our IdeaXchange—a regularly updated collection of brief and conversational, often personal, articles written by respected and articulate thought leaders in the meetings and events indus...
How to Overcome Your Fear of Flying
How to Overcome Your Fear of Flying
May 11, 2015
My flight from Houston to Boston on my way back from the beautiful country of Costa Rica (post on that trip is imminent!) was very bumpy due to some dangerous weather in the U.S. heartland, and my seatmate was white-knuckling it pretty badly when...
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