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How to Achieve Your Travel Program Goals in 2019

By Tiffany Zerby on February 7, 2019 1:51 PM

While many of us are working towards our own personal goals for 2019, the new year also brings new opportunities to adjust our business goals and determine how each department can better contribute to the overall plans for the company.

Topics: online adoption How-To International Travel Online Booking program compliance Risk Management Travel Management travel policy Uncategorized
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You Don't Have to Be a Helicopter.

By Chesley Turner on April 10, 2017 5:00 AM

Keeping Travelers Informed

Where are your travelers?

Right now, in this very moment, who is on the road? Who’s in the air?

Topics: corporate culture Duty of Care General International Travel Risk Management Traveler Conversations WTI
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Mergers, Markets, and So Much More

By Chesley Turner on March 6, 2017 10:01 AM

In the midst of technological development and navigating globalization, the travel industry is still largely about experience. Traveler productivity can be affected by the quality of their travel arrangements.

Topics: Interview Rewards Hotel International Travel
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What Travelers Need to Know about TSA Pre✓®

By Phylicia Sierer on February 27, 2017 9:18 AM

Are you scratching your head and wondering what you can do to make traveling a little less painful for your travelers? For many people, one of the biggest pain points is getting through security screening. The lines are always long, and by the time you reach the front you have to take off your shoes, pull out your laptop and wait around (barefoot) to be called through the screener.

Topics: airlines Airport General Global Entry Homeland Security Industry Update International Travel Traveler Conversations TSA WTI
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Travel Risk Management: You or the Gorilla?

By Chesley Turner on September 23, 2016 8:47 AM

There’s an oft-quoted (and re-worded) aphorism about perseverance originally coined by Robert Strauss, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia and the Soviet Union, and a considerable figurehead in mid-20th century American politics.

Topics: passports Advice Duty of Care EU Industry Update International Travel Opinion Risk Management travel policy Traveler Conversations WTI
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Conga Drumroll, Please:

By Chesley Turner on September 2, 2016 1:37 PM

Airlines Now Departing for Cuba

Written by  Maribeth L. Minella
EVP & Corporate Counsel, World Travel, Inc.

On Wednesday, August 31, the DOT issued its Final Order for which carriers can and can’t fly to Cuba, and their routing.

Topics: airlines Cuba Industry Update International Travel U.S. Government
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Doublespeak or Straight Talk: Looking at Lufthansa (Again)

By Chesley Turner on August 5, 2016 3:28 PM

According to our travel-trend-tracking friends over at The Beat, Lufthansa’s spreading good news to its investors. The Beat says CEO Carsten Spohr has proclaimed the distribution strategy – charging a €16 surcharge on GDS-based bookings – “is a success.”

Topics: airlines GDS Industry Update International Travel Lufthansa Opinion
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EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Update

By Chesley Turner on July 14, 2016 9:41 AM

Written by Maribeth Minella, EVP & Corporate Counsel, World Travel, Inc.

Topics: Data Transfer General International Travel
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Life's Short. Don't Wait in Line.

By Chesley Turner on April 29, 2016 12:58 PM

Find the entry program that’s best for you.

There are four major entry programs for U.S. citizens (and some others).

Topics: passports Global Entry Homeland Security How-To International Travel TSA
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Travel to Cuba - Part 2

By Chesley Turner on April 4, 2016 2:10 PM

When Will U.S. Carriers Commence Commercial Service to Cuba?

Written by  Maribeth L. Minella
EVP & Corporate Counsel, World Travel, Inc.

Answer: Maybe as soon as August 2016.

Topics: airlines Cuba Duty of Care General International Travel U.S. Government WTI