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Meeting Expectations: 5 things Australian planners should consider as meetings & events resume
Blog posts • Sep 08, 2020 12:31 GMT
Between the devastating bushfires and the coronavirus pandemic, it has been a difficult year for meetings and events in Australia so far. Companies have had to adapt by moving some meetings online – but virtual interactions aren’t a perfect substitute for face-to-face meetings.
3 ways to help boost the confidence of your traveling employees
Blog posts • Sep 04, 2020 14:08 GMT
Leading a team – especially during a crisis – takes patience and fortitude. When your direct reports express confusion, it’s important to support them. Since the start of the pandemic, we’ve navigated the changes in our industry by engaging with experts within CWT and the wider business travel and meetings & events industries.
Unclouded Vision: Here's what to expect on your next flight
Blog posts • Sep 03, 2020 10:02 GMT
With the aviation industry experiencing a slow return to travel, airlines around the world have introduced measures and protocols to provide passengers with assurance to fly again.
Home Sweet Home: A WFH Charter to boost well-being
Blog posts • Aug 27, 2020 14:13 GMT
If you’re more productive working alone than in an open-plan office, you wish that you didn’t have to spend time and money on long commutes, you’re a carer or the parent of a school-age child, you probably groaned as companies that were once staunchly anti-remote working moved their employees home overnight.
The 3 p’s of traveling during Covid
Blog posts • Aug 25, 2020 17:43 GMT
Concerns about business travel have left many scanning news headlines and feeling none the wiser. While travelers are increasingly confident that hotels, ride-sharing companies, and airports have safety and security measures in place, we don’t always know what to consider and how to prepare for a trip.
Ready to Fly: What to expect at the airport
Blog posts • Aug 21, 2020 11:23 GMT
If you haven’t stepped foot in an airport since before Covid-19 restrictions were introduced, it can be hard to know what to expect, especially as measures change constantly, such as the increasing adoption of test-on-arrival facilities.
Lockdown Lingo: 7 words for a return to travel
Blog posts • Aug 20, 2020 09:15 GMT
We’ve learned a lot in recent months. We’ve discovered that we’ll never take hairdressers for granted, that teachers should probably be paid more than top-tier athletes and that we’ll never bake our own bread again now that shops are open. We’ve also discovered that humor is healing.
Into the Unknown: Weighing up the risks of travel
Blog posts • Aug 14, 2020 11:06 GMT
I wasn’t able to say goodbye to my wife and young daughters inside the airport terminal recently, as I normally do at this time of year, as they head off to spend their summer in France.
Five things to consider when consolidating your travel program
Blog posts • Jul 30, 2020 09:00 GMT
How to turn travel trepidation into creative rocket fuel
Blog posts • Jul 24, 2020 10:41 GMT
As many countries emerge out of lockdown, business travel is beginning to resume. It should come as no surprise. An Oxford Economics study found that each dollar invested in business travel can result in as much as $12.50 in revenue.
How 'work from home' can increase your corporate IQ
Blog posts • Jul 21, 2020 12:17 GMT
Back in the 1950s, the concept of ‘telecommuting’ was first touted as being the future of work. The term was said to have been coined by Jack Niles, a former NASA engineer who proposed it as an innovative answer to traffic, urban sprawl, and scarcity of non-renewable resources. The concept is still around, but in 2020, we all know it simply as ‘working from home’, or just ‘WFH’.
5 ways your next hotel stay might be different
Blog posts • Jul 16, 2020 07:00 GMT
As hotels gradually reopen their doors to guests around the world, we can expect some big changes to the guest experience. For one, health and safety measures have taken top priority, with many hoteliers launching new initiatives to step up their hygiene game and ready themselves for when it’s safe to travel again.
Why the digital workforce needs more women
Blog posts • Jul 14, 2020 13:44 GMT
We have experienced one paradigm shift in recent months. Has it kick-started a chain reaction and highlighted the need for another? Christel Cao-Delebarre, CWT's Global Privacy Officer, reflects on why gender balance in technology is more important than ever.
Is it time to swap the daily commute for quality travel?
Blog posts • Jul 09, 2020 10:08 GMT
What if I said that you could drop your mundane commute altogether and instead, make your face-to-face interactions with colleagues really count?
Getting Back on the Road: 9 things to plan for as travel resumes
Blog posts • Jul 07, 2020 12:44 GMT
Around the world, travel restrictions are gradually being eased. In recent weeks, a number of countries have allowed domestic travel to resume. Some have even restarted – or announced plans to restart –international travel through the formation of “travel bubbles” and “travel corridors”, where borders are only being opened only to visitors from certain countries.
3 tips for including charter flight services in your travel program
Blog posts • Jul 02, 2020 02:00 GMT
Why now is a good time to consider consolidating your travel program
Blog posts • Jun 25, 2020 07:00 GMT
Meetings Mosaic: Re-thinking corporate events for a brave new world
Blog posts • Jun 11, 2020 14:31 GMT
As Covid-19 continues to alter societies and economies, everyone is wondering what the future will look like. The novelty of meeting on video screens is going the way of learning to bake banana bread: It’s wearing off, and we’re wondering when we will meet again.
Now is the time to shape the future of business travel
Blog posts • May 28, 2020 10:33 GMT
As governments, organizations, and the media work around the clock to make sense of the impact of Covid-19, the new normal is bandied around with casual abandon. But as business travelers grapple with issues for which there is no blueprint, one thing is for sure: Companies have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to scrap the old and welcome in the new.
Physically Distant, Socially Connected: How to guide a global workforce through troubling times
Blog posts • May 14, 2020 10:07 GMT
While Covid-19 reshapes industries, economies and societies in previously unimaginable ways, business leaders need to think beyond immediate survival to unite employees and define culture for the long-haul.