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Special Reports: Travel Buyers Think Tank

  • Travel Buyers Think Tank #21

    ​In this edition of Travel Buyer’s POV, our Think Tank members take a look at the challenges of change management in the midst of the pandemic, and offer some practical insights into the responses they have made in their own travel programs.

    Feb. 9, 2022
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  • Travel Buyers Think Tank #20

    ​Environmental, Social and Governance, or ESG, initiatives have been steadily gaining attention as an important metric of a company’s value proposition in the wider global community. One of the largely unanticipated consequences emerging from the COVID-19 shutdown has been the laser focus it has brought to advancing ESG issues.

    Oct. 21, 2021
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  • Lessons from Lockdown Life

    Some thoughts on turning the pandemic-induced timeout into a real time out filled with everyday joys

    Oct. 21, 2021
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  • Sick of Zoom

    For many, working hard at virtual meetings is no virtue >>

    Jun. 28, 2021
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  • Travel Buyers Think Tank #19

    Recently the flood of COVID-related ink in the travel media has turned from mostly negative to increasingly positive, as vaccination programs take hold and restrictions on travel begin to crumble. But all this optimism still begs the question: What will business travel look like post-COVID?

    Jun. 28, 2021
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  • Travel Buyers Think Tank #18

    This month, as the industry steps back from the brink, the Business Travel Executive Think Tank team considers questions of confidence – what’s happened to it, and what we need to do to get it back.

    Apr. 22, 2021
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  • Lessons Learned from 2020

    Last year was tough for everyone, but the takeaways can be invaluable

    Apr. 22, 2021

  • Thoughts on An Unpredictable 2021

    With COVID-19 scrambling the future, the only thing left to do is make an omelet

    Jan. 6, 2021
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  • Travel Buyers Think Tank #17

    In each issue of Business Travel Executive, the members of our Buyer Think Tank offer their individual thoughts on what’s hot, what’s cool and what’s coming next in managed travel. The Think Tank is a team of eight veteran travel managers from programs that run the gamut in size and complexity – but each member…

    Jan. 4, 2021
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  • Travel Buyers Think Tank #16

    This month the members of our Business Travel Executive Think Tank take a look forward to see how the world of travel may be changing, as we come to a greater understanding of the virus and how we can live with its impact.

    Oct. 21, 2020
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