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Future of Work Briefing

As organizations start to embrace distributed work and virtual meetings, the corporate travel and meetings sectors are preparing for change. How will travel managers respond to new patterns of employee mobility? What role will hotels play in catering to distributed workforces and distributed meetings? Can destinations, and airlines, capitalize on the anticipated boom in digital nomads? Does the coming future of work increase or decrease the travel spend?

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Business Travel

Black Entrepreneurs Receive Support for Ideas Focused on Travel

The inaugural Build In Tulsa Techstars Accelerator has group travel, payments and even networking in its sights as it builds on the Black Wall Street legacy.

Black Entrepreneurs Receive Support for Ideas Focused on Travel

Business Travel

Morocco Positioned as Next Affordable Travel Hotspot for Remote Workers

As prices start to rise across Europe, some hospitality brands are taking a keen interest in the nearby North African destination. It’s also a perfect stepping stone to expand deeper into the continent.

Morocco Positioned as Next Affordable Travel Hotspot for Remote Workers

Business Travel

Lodging Startup Landing Raises $125 Million to Redefine Corporate Housing

So-called next-gen lodging platforms are doubling down on corporate needs, anything from remote work and relocations to extended projects, and even perks for personal use.

Lodging Startup Landing Raises $125 Million to Redefine Corporate Housing

Business Travel

Selina Looks to Bring 4 Million Freelancers Into Its Remote Working Fold

This new partnership with well-known freelancing platform Fiverr is yet another sign of the ongoing blending of travel and work.

Selina Looks to Bring 4 Million Freelancers Into Its Remote Working Fold

Business Travel

Behind Brazil’s Plan to Launch South America’s First Digital Nomad Village

As a perfect example of how countries can embrace a "locals first" approach to tourism, the government is supporting a new NomadX-backed project in the north-west of the country, after a similar scheme in Europe injected $30 million into the local economy.

Behind Brazil’s Plan to Launch South America’s First Digital Nomad Village

Business Travel

3 Ways to Effectively Market to Remote Workers

Many tourists are hitting the beach with their laptops for a summer of work and play. Travel brands need to make their marketing dollars count and figure out ways to reach them.

3 Ways to Effectively Market to Remote Workers

Business Travel

Remote Work Tech Startups Offer Quick Fix for Travel’s Labor Crisis

Governments around the world desperately need to fill vacant travel and tourism jobs. An emerging corporate-relocation-on-steroids model may help them staff up their airports and hotels, but may prove to be a short-term solution that fails to address more deep-rooted problems.

Remote Work Tech Startups Offer Quick Fix for Travel’s Labor Crisis

Business Travel

IHG’s Crowne Plaza Wants to Shake Off Traditional Business Traveler Image

It’s a bold decision for a hotel brand to reposition itself when the world of work is on the cusp of change. If it's the wrong call, it loses sight of its core market and winning back once-loyal business travelers may take a while.

IHG’s Crowne Plaza Wants to Shake Off Traditional Business Traveler Image

Business Travel

The Struggle to Make Free Spirit Digital Nomads Your Travel Brand Ambassadors

Certainly a tricky bet to try to commercialize a demo who in essence represents being a free spirit, but then the travel industry can't ignore the potential for more profits. The number one challenge? Authenticity.

The Struggle to Make Free Spirit Digital Nomads Your Travel Brand Ambassadors

Business Travel

Tiny Bansko, Bulgaria, as a Proxy for Global Digital Nomads

Americans, Germans, Cypriots and Brits are descending on a small mountain town for the week-long Bansko Nomad Fest. Here's why.

Tiny Bansko, Bulgaria, as a Proxy for Global Digital Nomads