Isaac Carey

Los Cabos' name recognition and infrastructure give it a huge advantage, so it makes sense that it emerged as a leader in the events space. Still, the city's reworked meetings strategy has important info for other destinations.

The decline in group bookings is already being felt by some hotels, something that may stretch throughout next year.

Customer service is a key aspect of business travel. Kayak doesn't do customer service so that may not go over well. That being said, the company's massive inventory and simple user interface may help it gain traction with small businesses.

It's not easy to make someone change an ingrained habit, even when there's a good reason to do so. So if companies don't focus on majorly improving the end product for travelers, they can expect a lot of out-of-policy bookings.

This trend is becoming more and more pronounced: The future of corporate management is going to be all about the traveler.

Despite improvements in data privacy, facial recognition is still sort of disturbing for many organizers and attendees.

A facial recognition startup has developed a new way to protect attendee data, but many people are still wary of the technology. It's hard to blame them, considering that data breaches within the travel industry seem to be happening left and right.

Convincing companies to let their employees travel the world has been tough but Remote Year CEO Greg Caplan says it's getting easier as corporate travel becomes more about flexibility.

Uber has the potential to be a big tool for corporate event planners, but the company doesn't do a great job of marketing itself.

Uber knows that it is one of the primary modes of transportation at events — and has designed a service around that. Still, the company doesn't really advertise this service very well, and it means that lots of planners are unaware of it.