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Data is key to travel budget optimisation

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Grappling with ways to optimise your travel budgets? The answer lies in your travel data if you look closely. In this article, UNIGLOBE experts suggest using your travel data to uncover valuable insights and make continuous improvements that will benefit your travel program and have a positive impact on your bottom line.

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The Great Divide in Researching Travel

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Did you know that our dependency on websites as an information tool, as the “go-to “source for the details we need before making any major purchase, sometimes make us less informed as consumers than we were before the Internet existed?

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Know Your Premium Economy

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With airlines around the world adding premium economy cabins, you can now fly long-haul in relative comfort for about 20 to 40 percent ...

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The Experts’ View: Top 5 Business Travel Trends for 2018

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Like every year, in this issue we bring you a compilation of top trends that will rule business travel in 2018. On one hand, corporate attitudes will soften towards ‘bleisure’ (or business + leisure) to help employees unwind during business trips.

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Is your travel policy having a negative impact on your travellers?

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Businesses for many years had access to thoughts, opinions, and data of ways to improve a travel policy’s satisfaction and compliance scores among travellers. For example, a recent GBTA survey concluded that traveller satisfaction efforts improve compliance.

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Hotels introduce A.I Devices

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Smart devices are becoming more and more prevalent in daily life, from televisions to thermostats to toasters. Devices with digital assistants, like Amazon’s Alexa or iOS’s Siri, are also expanding at a rapid pace. It makes sense that the hotel industry, with their focus on hospitality, would take advantage of this new technology to make their guests’ stays more comfortable.

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Is Monday really the best day of the week to book flight tickets?

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A friend suggested it’s best to book flight tickets on Monday as they are the cheapest that day. Is it true? With the dynamic pri...

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Unique Trips & Experiences to Watch in 2018

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Whether you're traveling for personal enrichment, or in search of new and exciting destinations, what are the top travel experiences awaiting you on the other side of 2017? Read on as UNIGLOBE experts bring you a compilation of top trends to watch out for – right from extreme trips to far-flung destinations to the thrill of racing at top speed on-board your cruise liner.

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UNIGLOBE Travel Services – Now in Surat & Kolkata

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As 2017 draws to a close, you have another reason to cheer. UNIGLOBE Travel has signed up 4 new travel management companies - UNIGLOBE Vinayaka Holidays, UNIGLOBE Ideal Travel, UNIGLOBE Olive Travel and UNIGLOBE Sohagia Travel.

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WiFi drives your in-flight movie screen into extinction

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Airlines are heeding the popularity of your smart devices and the increasingly reliable inflight Wi-Fi. The realisation that entertainment is best delivered wirelessly, without the expense or hassles posed by screens, is driving airlines to ditch the latter. Take a closer look at the trend with UNIGLOBE experts.

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Get on Top of Travel Spends in 2018

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The costs associated with business travel can add up quickly, especially in a situation where travel is an unavoidable and frequent part of doing business. As you plan for the year ahead, UNIGLOBE experts help get your priorities right when it comes to travel cost optimisation.

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Best practice guidelines for new client implementations

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Change! What a powerful word. Some will embrace it, some will try to avoid it and others just don’t know what to do. Deciding to partner with a travel management company (TMC) means clients will have new resources, support and technologies for booking travel but they will also need to be supported through the change process to ensure the implementation of both the travel program and the TMC is a positive experience.

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