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Hilton Moves Ahead With Plan for Hybrid Meetings to Revive Event Business
I primarily worked remote even before the pandemic but my team would still meet once a month for team exercises, large projects, and industry conferences. Events like these thrived in the hotel industry before the pandemic shut them down. It pleases me to see Hilton is moving forward with this Hybrid Meeting solution. It’s a small step forward with promising results.
tbutler
Biggest fintech developments from 2020
2020 was an exciting year for fintech -- check out this post for a deep dive into what we saw as the five biggest stories of the year! https://tripactions.com/blog/the-2020-fintech-developments-that-will-transform-the-industry
The Ultimate List of Who Bought Whom
An interesting look back at 2020 and the possible mergers that are coming in 2021.
akintilo
Re: Time to book that working vacation
A light at the end of the tunnel! Thanks for sharing @akintilo antilo
AnnaMono
Now is the perfect time for the digital transformation of business travel and expense
"Having the right systems in place will help redefine T&E processes for everyone. This means giving travel managers, finance teams and employees the right tech to find better hotels and appropriate transport, to quickly and easily making expenses claims post-trip that are dealt with promptly. The answer lies in digital transformation and, in particular, integrated business apps, more automation, and better data."
AnnaMono
Re: Predictions for the State of Travel in 2021
Thanks @AnnaMono for sharing this article - covers a lot of informative topics with good insight.
Who won the world's safest airlines for 2021?
The rules this year became stricter to determine the safest airlines out there across multiple criteria.
akintilo
Most in-person meetings resume by Q2 2021
In the most recent GBTA poll, nearly half of companies expect in-person meetings to resume by Q2 2021. Are any of you putting together a playbook for how to conduct these meetings post-COVID?
Here is the poll: https://www.gbta.org/Portals/0/Documents/gbta-poll-key-highlights-20200924.pdf
xtine
Marriott and Extended Stay America post quarterly profits in early signs of recovery
Both Marriott and Extended Stay America have returned to profitability in what's hopefully the beginning of the end of belt tightening in the travel sector.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/marriott-international-posts-3q-profit-11604665677
Though there's still a long road ahead, hopefully this is a good early sign of recovery across the entire travel industry.
gmartin