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Short on leave? Here’s how to rock bleisure travel during the summer holidays!

Short on leave? Here’s how to rock bleisure travel during the summer holidays!

Did you know that you have one less day's leave this year? Because Christmas Day will fall on a Sunday this year, South Africans will only enjoy 11 out of the 12 paid public holidays. Ouch. This means that while you’re hankering after a summer getaway, you could find yourself both low on leave and stressing over the current sky-high prices for airfares.
LGBQT+ and travelling for work? Here's what you need to know...

LGBQT+ and travelling for work? Here's what you need to know...

Half of LGBTQ+ travellers have experienced discrimination while travelling, according to a study by Business Travel Show Europe (BTSA). Being at the receiving end of discrimination has a significant impact on anyone’s travel experience, but if you are travelling for business, it can hinder productivity, affect your mental health, and even jeopardise your safety.
Safer travel starts here

Safer travel starts here

Are you ready to get down to business? Your road warriors and jetsetters need to know you've got their back. The landscape of business travel has changed. Pent-up travel demand coupled with post-pandemic staffing shortages have led to flight cancelations, overbooked planes, queues, and other inevitable wobbles.
Instant Gratification | Back to travel

Back to Travel: Today's booking behaviour is about immediate results – and instant gratification

While corporate travel is starting to recover, the pandemic continues to impact the industry and industry players can see a change in booking behaviour. For example, the shift to last-minute bookings, necessitated by the uncertainty of the past two years, hasn't subsided as quickly as expected.
SMEs and rising costs: what does it mean for business travel?

SMEs and rising costs: what does it mean for business travel?

Loadshedding, energy costs, inflation and the rising cost of living is hitting small business owners in South Africa hard. With little or no cash to spare, many SMEs are reconsidering their business travel needs, wondering whether they’ll ever be able to travel again. After all, whether you’re talking flight tickets, accommodation options or even per diem allocations, having travellers on the road is an expensive business.
Four ways business travel can protect your corporate culture

Four ways business travel can protect your corporate culture

Company culture has become a top priority for leaders across all industries. It can be difficult to maintain a healthy company culture in a workplace that’s increasingly remote or hybrid. With people spending less time in the office, opportunities to build connections have become increasingly crucial to strengthening corporate culture. This is why business travel has never been more important. In a way, travel managers are becoming the new custodians of the corporate culture.