Price volatility is finally moderating, making planning easier for businesses, even as prices rise. Still, on the back of the biggest election year in history (2024), macroeconomic and travel industry supply-demand dynamics will vary dramatically from country to country in 2025.  From North America’s steady demand coupled with Trump-administration uncertainty, inflation-driven cost spikes in some Latin American countries, and the Asia-Pacific region’s uneven recovery, CWT Solutions Group Vice President Richard Johnson and New York Times bestselling author, economist and futurist Dr. Shawn ..read more

Generative AI, Blockchain and Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) are transforming traveler experience and service delivery. How should travel managers prepare their programs to take full advantage and avoid big risks? What's the current state of play and future prospects over the next year and beyond? To launch CWT and BTN Group's industry white paper 'Emerging Technologies in Corporate Travel' Cobb & Hutch Consulting's Karen Hutchings, Microsoft's Steve Clagg, and Travlr ID's Gee Mann and Ian Spearing dissect how these advanced technologies intersect with business travel management. Discover h ..read more

The production and adoption of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is gaining critical momentum.  As demand for air travel increases worldwide, corporate travel customers must play a leading role in the race to decarbonize aviation. But,  it's no mean feat for travel managers looking to balance cost and sustainability, while staying clued-in to developments,  CWT's Global Head of ESG  Richard Thompson talks to Dan Kreibich, Founder and  Chief Product Officer of climate tech company Squake and Susanne Bouma, Head of Partnerships & Programs (aviation) at SAF-producer Ne ..read more

The prices of plane tickets, hotel rooms and ground transportation for business travelers are determined by an array of industry and macro-economic factors like capacity, leisure travel volume, inflation, and fuel charges. This year, is there a new driver in the mix? Over 60 countries have, or will head to the polls in 2024, the biggest global election year in history.  CWT's Emma Woodhouse talks to Chris Ely, Research Director of the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) and Shawn DuBravac, NY Times bestselling author, futurist, economist and analyst about the CWT GBTA Global Busin ..read more

Rachel Lunderborg, Head of Global Process and Technology at CWT Meetings & Events is joined by Kit Aspen, Founder and Director of award-winning carbon intelligence platform Thrust Carbon, and Rachel Munns, Head of Sustainability at World Wise Foods.  CWT Meetings & Events this year co-developed a meetings and events carbon calculator with Thrust Carbon, known for powering sustainability behind over $50 billion of travel spend. As CWT Meetings & Events sees its projects more than double since last year now organizing over 30,000 meetings and events globally in 2023, the calcu ..read more

If there’s one job harder than being a clairvoyant at a sceptic’s convention it’s being a futurist in these mightily uncertain times.  It’s hard to read an article these days that doesn’t warn us that bots will wipe out entire industries or that the global economy is about to implode. But is there nuance and cause for optimism?  CWT's Julian Walker talks to Shawn DuBravac, NY Times bestselling author, futurist, economist and analyst for the  GBTA CWT Global Business Travel Forecast  about the near-term cost of airfares and hotel rates, and how companies and organizations o ..read more

 Over the next ten years, we are likely to see change on a scale not witnessed since the Industrial Revolution. From NFT loyalty programs to self-driving cabs, from adaptive travel policies to flying taxi hubs,  the era ahead will be both exhilarating and challenging to navigate. We’re on the cusp of massive economic and social disruption that has wide-reaching implications for us all. So how do you discern between what's 'pie in the sky' and what's really going to happen? And with AI-powered automation surging ahead, how do you innovate in the right direction for people, purpose ..read more

It’s a rare moment when headlines aren’t awash with news of inflation, geopolitical hair-raisers, and the race to combat climate change.  If only there was a crystal ball to help companies plan their business travel and events around uncertainty. Internationally-recognized thought leader, NY Times bestselling author, futurist, and top-rated keynote speaker Dr. Shawn DuBravac delivers pragmatic and provocative insights on the trends, technologies, and paradigms transforming the globe.  Hot on the heels of his predictions in the GBTA CWT Global Business Travel Forecast 2023 that reveal ..read more

CWT Meetings & Events (M&E) is an award-winning global events agency delivering  live, virtual and hybrid events for thousands of customers every year ranging from end-to-end productions of some of the world’s largest global conferences to intimate teambuilding events.  Kari Wendel, VP strategic and enterprise customers, and global operations is at the helm of the agency’s ‘total meetings management’ approach working with larger customers with centralized meeting strategies, large events & corporate incentives.   An alchemist of process, spend, volume, standards, sup ..read more

Richard Johnson, Global Head of Solutions Group, the consulting arm of global travel management platform CWT is joined by Heinrich Lange, Senior Director Sales Northern Europe, and Head of Global Account Management, EMEA, Lufthansa. Together they unpick the practicalities of accelerating the development and integration of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and the collective efforts of the entire aviation industry to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.  Find out:   Why making SAF the crux of fruitful business relationships is integral to its success.  From electrification to adhes ..read more