Shanna Jacobsen | Sep 28, 2023
Face-to-face requests are 34 times more effective than email, and handshakes promote cooperation and positively influence negotiation outcomes, according to MIT’s Human Dynamics Lab. It’s a compelling reason for businesses to send their teams...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 30, 2022
The Global Business Travel Forecast 2023 estimates that airfares will rise 48.5% over the last few months of 2022 and a further 8.5% in 2023, while hotel prices will also increase by an anticipated 18.5% this year and 8.2% next year. These hefty...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 13, 2022
A study by Business Travel Show Europe (BTSA) reveals that as many as half of all LGBTQ+ travellers surveyed have experienced discrimination while travelling, while two thirds of all travel programmes make no provision for this community. Bonnie...
Shanna Jacobsen | Sep 16, 2022
The North Coast, also known as the jewel of the Zulu Kingdom, has an abundance of travel experiences to offer. Business travellers have access to exceptional conference and meeting venues, as well as a range of accommodation options including...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 22, 2022
Frequent business travel can take a toll. As many as one third of business travellers have admitted to having concerns about the impact of travel on their mental health, according to a study by Collison. These same respondents also admitted to...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 19, 2022
The pandemic put all incentive travel on hold. Now that travel restrictions have been lifted around the world, incentive travel is making a return and the industry is eager to discover what the market wants. Fortunately, the Incentive Research...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 3, 2022
People are eager to travel despite the challenges the tourism industry is facing as it reboots after prolonged lockdowns. This desire is apparent across the globe, although South Africans have an above average wanderlust. This finding is one of...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 31, 2022
Destination marketing campaigns aimed at increasing travel to Africa in 2022 are in full swing. Rivania Govender, research specialist at Niche Partners, presents just some of the creatively competing contenders. After two years of stagnation, the...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 10, 2022
Collaborative workspaces combat loneliness and make for happier employees according to recent research by #WorkAnywhere and Selina, a commissioned study led by top researchers at Boston University and University of Canterbury. Selina, the...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 20, 2022
The World Economic Forum’s Travel & Tourism Development Index was born from an evolution of its biennial Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index. theplanner.guru learns more about what this means and its relevance to Africa. After 15 years...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 13, 2022
In a bid to better understand the value and role played by travel agents within the travel sector, ASATA has released the second edition of its 21st Century Travel Agent Study. The Association of Southern African Travel Agents (ASATA) has released...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 1, 2022
In an official media release received by theplanner.guru, Corporate Traveller says its new monthly resource covers everything from travel policies to cost savings and more. Corporate Traveller, the corporate travel brand of the Flight Centre Travel...
