Goodbye, 2020! As everyone is enjoying closing out this year however we best can, we’d like to share with you a few great holiday travel stories from some of our Deem teammates. We hope they help lift your spirits and make you smile. We also think it’s safe to say we all agree with Dave (in his story, below): It’s been a year. So, when you’re done reading, raise a glass and wish 2020 a bon voyage! 1. An amazing story, by: Brenda Semrow, Project Manger I was flying Lufthansa Airlines to Paris on Christmas Eve. During dinner service, a flight attendant asked over the intercom if there was a doc ..read more

Interview by: Tahnee Perry, VP, Marketing [Following is a transcript of the video.] Get to know Deem President David Grace. Tahnee Perry: Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining us today. I'm here with David Grace, who has just been appointed as Deem’s president and leader of the company. David, you haven't had a chance to host one of these interviews with me before, so I thought it would be great if we can start by learning more about you and your background. So, why don't we start with you telling us a little bit about yourself? David Grace: Sure. First, thanks, Tahnee, for doing this and ..read more

By: Tahnee Perry, VP, Marketing You’ll notice our logo has changed. This is the first step toward a number of changes you’ll see and hear about very soon. We’re about to show you and the rest of the travel business world a new way of solving problems and managing travel. Business travel has changed dramatically in the last few years. That’s especially true for Deem. We’re stronger (purchased by Enterprise Holdings), faster (we’ve doubled our team) and wiser (we looked back at our 20 years of doing business and codified the good stuff). But let’s talk about brand.   What is a brand? It’s ..read more

  By: John F. Rizzo, CEO of Deem   For those of you who know me well, I don’t beat around the bush. So, to cut right to the chase, come January 2021, I’ll be retiring from my role as CEO, president and COO of Deem. This may be a surprise to those reading, but these plans were set in motion almost two years ago and we are ready. Throughout next year, I will continue to support Deem’s new and extraordinarily talented leader, David Grace, acting as an advisor only to him so as not to get in his way of leading Deem to the next level. And to be clear, there are times when writing creates ..read more

By: Kyle Keating, Sales Development Representative   Imagine this traveler’s experience: It’s June 2021 and you are traveling again for the first time in more than a year. You have just reached 30,000 feet on your nonstop route from Dallas to Miami, a trip you have taken too many times to count. You connect to Wi-Fi, take a sip of coffee and start reading the news.  “How the Most Recent Covid-19 Outbreak in Miami Will Affect Your Stay,” the USA Today article headline reads. Recent Covid-19 outbreak? I have five in-person meetings booked and a quota to hit! You keep reading ..read more

Interview by Tahnee Perry, VP, Marketing [Following is a transcript of the video.]  Hear how the travel industry is shifting, given the massive disruptions and innovations in the market.  Tahnee Perry: Hi. Welcome. I'm here today with Deem CEO John F. Rizzo, and we'll be talking about the future of travel. Welcome, John. John Rizzo: Hey, Tahnee. Glad to be here with you.   Tahnee: Great. Let's get right to it. So, I'd love to talk about how Deem is changing its priorities given what's happening in the world today. Can you talk a little bit about that? John: Absolutely. So, what ..read more

By: Tahnee Perry, VP, Marketing When I joined Deem, I was impressed by the diversity of our team. We had people of all ages, cultures and experience levels at the company. Deem now has offices in three countries with team members representing a multitude of backgrounds. I help round out our executive leadership team, a third of which is women. Our parent company, Enterprise Holdings, has a long history of women in leadership roles.  Compared to other tech firms, I thought we checked the diversity and inclusion box. Recently I’ve started to question that assumption. Is our organization a ..read more

Guest Post By: Michael Becker, CEO, GeoSure [Deem recently announced a partnership with GeoSure to create the Deem Travel SafetyCheck feature. This article was originally published by PhocusWire, July 13, 2020 and re-published with permission of author.]   “Hope everyone is safe.” We hear it all the time, especially since the pandemic and now with civil unrest sweeping across America. It’s a heartfelt wish in treacherous times. But as a society, how can we make it more than just a platitude, but an everyday reality? How can we create a “culture of safety,” an expression of our mutual soci ..read more

By: Diana Rose Brandon, Director, Marketing Content [Updated September 1, 2020] In what feels like a major win for travelers, leading U.S. airlines, including Delta, America, United and Alaska, are now cancelling their airline ticket change fees on U.S. flights for good. I almost can’t believe I just wrote that: airline ticket changes for free. It seems a bit surreal to this travel lover. While each of the airlines is handling ticket changes in their own ways – and, of course, there are some caveats – this is another step toward both helping to boost traveler confidence and providing better c ..read more

by: Diana Rose Brandon, Director, Marketing Content My last trip to Europe was amazing. It was chilly and it rained in London – I’m told it usually does. But it was my first visit there and I was taken by the vastness of it all. I hadn’t realized how widely spread the city is, and it was fascinating to discover the differences in the neighborhoods. Having studied Shakespeare through most of my school years, it was surreal to finally be standing in the Globe Theatre, even if it isn’t the original. Porto, Portugal was inspiring, with its mix of old architecture and new thinking. (But no, JK Row ..read more