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Just as the race to invent a vaccine dominated headlines months ago, the topic du jour at the center of getting back to life’s great pleasures -including cross-border travel– is the health passport.

​It was ‘Blue Monday’ a few days ago, supposedly the hardest day of the year - at least for those in the northern hemisphere - when cold, dark nights and post-holiday blues converge. But for millions still in lockdown, the days of the week can feel like they’re blending into each other.

​The crystal ball of 2021 is a little cloudier than many travel buyers would have hoped at the start of the year but with the vaccine rolling out and the hard slog mostly behind us, there’s reason to anticipate a major uptick from 2020 levels, when our industry was operating at about 20% of its usual volume.

​The ​BTN Hotlist is the annual rundown of the people, products, trends, and developments shaping the business travel industry. Close to 200 nominations were received this year to determine who's driving change, which companies or products are turning heads, and what travel trends are going to punctuate the year ahead.

After several years of dominating headlines, the Brexit transition period is over. What does the deal mean for EU and UK business travelers and how do we make heads or tails of the new restrictions?

​There are many factors to take into consideration when deciding to host a live or pre-recorded event but the planning should start with what your overall goals and aims are for you and your attendees.

This time last year concepts like 'social distancing' and 'lockdown' were unknown to most of us. We had no idea that our daily existence - from meetings to weddings - would move almost entirely online or that 2020 would become a deeply challenging year for so many.

In these challenging times, out of step with ordinary life, many of us will take solace in the chance to reflect and celebrate with loved ones. But in the absence of the usual hallmarks - tales from holidays abroad, hugging older relatives or a party with the neighbors – how do we mark the end of the year? We asked some of our staff for their 2020 take on tradition.

​In what now feels like a distant time, when business travelers were jet-setting around the world to attend meetings and events, some would tack on a couple of extra days to explore and enjoy the destination – a phenomenon that (for better or worse) has been dubbed “bleisure travel."

31 Dec 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition period. As we get closer to the end – the theme tune to the game show ‘Deal or No Deal’ is in the back of our minds - it’s natural to be concerned by the dizzying news emerging from negotiations in Brussels. On the plus side, 2020 has pushed us to new depths of resilience and ease at navigating uncertainty.