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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

Remote Work’s Negative Side Gets Debated by European Politicians

The travel industry tends to portray remote work with Instagram-friendly images of people working on their laptops by beaches or pools, but politicians warn of psychological and social risks, gender inequality, and falling salaries. The hunt for the middle ground has begun.

Remote Work’s Negative Side Gets Debated by European Politicians

Business Travel

Accor, CitizenM CEOs Tout New Remote Working Models

Live on stage at Skift Forum Europe last week, industry leaders shared their top-level vantage points on the future of work, and hospitality. One of them was more ahead of the curve than others. A little too far, in fact.

Accor, CitizenM CEOs Tout New Remote Working Models

Business Travel

The European Lodging Brands Aligning With Digital Nomads

It’s all about the extra touches, as more hospitality companies reposition themselves to capture a younger, more mobile guest. Developers and investors won't be far behind.

The European Lodging Brands Aligning With Digital Nomads

Business Travel

A Hilton Hotel’s Blueprint for Winning More Corporate Retreat Business

This North Carolina boutique property is bringing in retail partnerships to help it stand out from the crowd as more hotels start competing for the return of incentive and retreat bookings.

A Hilton Hotel’s Blueprint for Winning More Corporate Retreat Business

Business Travel

Ukrainian Refugee Crisis Impacts Remote Work Trends

Specialist employment and travel platforms are stepping up to help those fleeing Ukraine, from cryptocurrency payments to fast-tracking recruiting in new countries.

Ukrainian Refugee Crisis Impacts Remote Work Trends

Business Travel

Team Travel Strategies Evolve as Offices Remain Closed

Travel firms are gearing up for a busy year booking company retreats and off-sites, because team meetings are moving on from U-shaped tables and an overhead projector to ranches, sites in the woods and beyond.

Team Travel Strategies Evolve as Offices Remain Closed

Business Travel

Selina, WeWork, Zoom to Help Europe Craft New Remote Work Policies

Politicians writing the new rules for the remote work economy need big industry names onboard. Hopefully they'll be able to cut through Brussels' characteristic bureaucracy and define something meaningful.

Selina, WeWork, Zoom to Help Europe Craft New Remote Work Policies

Business Travel

Accor’s Wojo Goes All In on Remote Working Spaces

Investor appetite, rather than remote employees themselves, will be the driving force that determines where work gets done in the future — including shopping malls.

Accor’s Wojo Goes All In on Remote Working Spaces

Business Travel

Airbnb-Like Startup for Blue Collar Workers Boosted by U.S. Infrastructure Spend

Millions more essential workers could be hitting the road in the coming years, thanks to Joe Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. And that’s a lot of bookings for all travel companies, if they're prepared to do their homework early on.

Airbnb-Like Startup for Blue Collar Workers  Boosted by U.S. Infrastructure Spend

Business Travel

European Cities Target Digital Nomads With These New Pitches

Funnelling budget to target these more affluent, longer-stay visitors makes sense. It might even address the labor crunch. But cities probably shouldn't take their eyes off traditional tourists at this delicate time.

European Cities Target Digital Nomads With These New Pitches