We are currently experiencing a moment in the travel industry where uncertainty is considered normal. As a result of the pandemic and war, we are seeing soaring increases in the costs of business travel. However, the show must go on and as a result, meeting planners are bending over backwards trying to efficiently organize in-person ..read more

Ensuring our remote team feels connected with one another is critical to our team’s success. Once upon a time, employees would wake up 2 hours before work to get ready, have breakfast and head to the office. They would sit around big tables in conference rooms sharing their stories and aspirations before the meetings began ..read more

On October 3rd, 2022, the Institute of Travel Management (ITM) will be hosting its first Autumn Conference at the De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms in London – and we are thrilled to announce that we will be attending as sponsors. ITM is dedicated to supporting and developing all those involved in corporate travel. Established in ..read more

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the opportunity of hosting a meeting online served as a lifeline for businesses. This allowed teams to stay connected and to keep working on projects from a distance, something that years ago would have seemed impossible. Virtual meetings are essential in today’s world, but the technology comes with some disadvantages ..read more

We are lucky that the travel business offers a wide range of conferences and events so that we can keep up with the most recent advancements and hear from thought leaders in the field about how to best deal with the ongoing changes that affect us. These events provide you with the chance to learn ..read more

The development accelerates TROOP’s pivot to become an end-to-end solution for planning meetings and booking travel Meetings management platform TROOP today announced it will begin offering travel and meetings booking capabilities through an integration with Spotnana, a leading provider of cloud-based travel technology. Through this new capability, customers will be able to plan meetings and ..read more

To find the best meeting cities for event planners, we focused on the availability of event industry amenities and services, and quality of life attributes. And here are our top picks and what they have to offer. Keep reading! Tokyo Voted the best experience for tourists and as the country with the most helpful locals ..read more

The company retreat meeting is slowly getting a much-needed makeover. There’s a special magic that happens when we get the entire team together in a room, on a ski slope, or in a bowling alley on our retreats. Figuring out each other’s personalities face to face offers helpful information to take back when we resume ..read more

Meeting and event planning has been ranked as one of the most stressful jobs for consecutive years. And it makes sense, as there are a lot of factors that play into this scenario, one of the major reasons being the hassle of multi-tasking. They need to deal with different tasks at the same time, and ..read more

By 2020, global business travel spending was expected to reach 1.1 trillion euros. However, pre-pandemic, business travel was in the top 5 highest expenses faced by organizations of varying sizes.  In a post-COVID world, this trend is likely to continue as the pandemic has only highlighted the importance of business travel. That’s why it’s so ..read more