Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT)
Is Convening the New C in TMC?
What were once empty spaces are now congested. As the skies begin to empty and fall silent in April 2020, desert storage facilities for aircraft are quickly carpeted with long streaks of metal and carbon, decorated in the liveries of the world’s airlines. Facility managers boast they can ‘walk you around the world in less than an hour.’
Relaxed testing and quarantine requirements reveal pent-up demand for business travel
CWT has observed a significant increase in travel to and from several countries that have recently relaxed testing and quarantine requirements for international travel.
A break from the old routine: 92% of business travellers prefer travelling to the office
Research by CWT, shows that business travellers feel that positives outweigh negatives at work (92%) and at home (82%) when
Asia’s top ten cities for meetings & events
CWT M&E, CWT’s MICE division, has unveiled its top ten of the best locations for holding meetings and events in
CWT: “The more you travel, the more you use your smartphone”
The most active business travellers are most likely to book flights on their smartphone, according to research conducted by B2B4E
Human vs. Machine: Business travellers prefer tech to handle their flight bookings
CWT found out that travellers prefer to manage their travel transactions digitally, via an app or browser.
Gone in 60 seconds: myCWT rolls out “simple, fast and easy” flight bookings
Travel management firm Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) has increased the scope of its myCWT app by introducing the mobile air booking tech, with an average booking time of one minute to key global markets.
Expect more MICE in 2019: Here’s how you can get a piece of the pie
Business travel has grown exponentially in the recent years and along with it is the increase in number and size of corporate meetings and events. This has become a huge opportunity for event planners, hotels, and event spaces.
Corporate managers beware: Business travel costs expected to rise in 2019
As more businesses go global, employees are travelling more than ever, but travel managers need to brace themselves as business travel costs are expected to rise in 2019 with hotel and flight prices expected to increase by an average of 3.7% and 2.6%, respectively.
CWT: Amadeus deal to “accelerate continued global growth”
With New Distribution Capability (NDC) the talk of the industry, indeed the topic was at the heart of the STX conference in Singapore this week, airlines and hoteliers are excited about the potential the technology will have to their businesses in the long and short term.
The plight of the corporate traveller – in 2023
In 2023, Millennials and Gen Z comprise more than 60% of the workforce and they will dictate corporate travel trends in the next five years.
CWT Meetings & Events new senior director to harness APAC MICE potential
Carlson Wagonlit Travel’s dedicated MICE division CWT Meetings & Events has signed up Sam Lay, as its new senior director for Asia Pacific.
CWT: what really worries Asia Pacific business travellers?
Recently conducted research by Carlson Wagonlit Travel found that while more than one-third (37 percent) of European travellers are concerned about safety and security, their counterparts from other regions worry more, travellers from the Americas say that they worry about safety and security nearly half of the time (47 percent), while Asia Pacific travellers worry the most (56 percent).
The latest appointments, including CWT’s new managing director for Asia
BINDU BHATIA has been named as Carlson Wagonlit Travel’s new managing director for Asia Pacific, effective 1 September. She succeeds
Asian travel costs to rise in 2018
The cost of travelling in the Asia Pacific region is expected to increase next year, in line with continued strong
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