How Women and Millennials Are Changing the Way You Travel for Business
Despite advances in technology that have made telecommuting and live-streaming conferences and events commonplace, business travel is booming--and the reason has as much to do with who is traveling as how they travel.
Last year, more than 514 million business trips were taken with a total economic impact of $424 billion. While men still make up a large portion of those who travel for work each year, women and younger people are increasingly joining the fray.
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Accor Follows Marriott in Unifying Its Loyalty Program
Le Club, the loyalty program from AccorHotels, finally includes assets from Fairmont, Raffles, and Swissôtel.
It took nearly two years to stitch everything together, but as Skift Senior Hospitality Editor Deanna Ting puts it, the biggest news in the new program may be that it’s not going to be disruptive for any of the participating programs’ current loyalty members. With no big changes for how members earn status, points, or perks, the new program focuses on simply getting everyone on the same page.
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5 Tips to Balancing Business and Travel
Most people only see the glamorous side of travel, reading about jet-setting business owners and dreaming of hopping from continent to continent themselves.
What they don't see is the grueling nature of that constant movement from city to city.
They don't see the flight from Chicago to South Africa that gets delayed, then rerouted through London--turning 18 hours of travel into 41. They don't see the missing luggage, the cab stuck in traffic for hours, or the hotel that didn't hold a reservation.
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