Posted May 16, 2012
The average price of an airline ticket purchased from our agency has not risen in the first four months of 2012:
2011 Average Price: $570
2012 Average Price: $562
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Posted May 3, 2012
Several years ago, my company started exploring webinars. We had an internal debate about how much influence over content a sponsor should have. I argued "none," insisting that a webinar is no different than other editorial products, be they magazines, newspapers or news websites. They sponsor it but don't know what the content will be. All they know is our general focus, our ethics and our news orientation.
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Posted April 26, 2012
I attended the Innovation in Airline Distribution 2012 Conference right here in my home city of Miami. The conference organizers did an admirable job of pulling together a nice balance of the provocative and the educational. I, of course, was part of the educational track.
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Posted March 22, 2012
Meeting managers should be formulating buying strategies that will work in the long term as well as the short term
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Posted March 19, 2012
One of the hottest issues in travel management: who will become the dominant aggregator of data, and therefore primary intermediary, for the corporate client?
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Posted March 15, 2012
Since the United/Continental reservation system transition March 3, most things have gone fairly well. Today, however, we are disappointed to share a new problem that has been giving some travelers real trouble.
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Posted March 8, 2012
It has been nearly 2 years since Apple filed the patent for iTravel, a comprehensive effort to capture the full cycle of travel booking, itinerary management and airport check-in. Last spring, Google ...
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Posted March 1, 2012
How interesting that there's been so much talk lately about traditional corporate travel and meetings policies losing impact, when it looks like this year compliance to use of preferred suppliers will be more important than ever.
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