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Generative AI, Blockchain and Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) are transforming traveler experience and service delivery. How should travel managers prepare their programs to take full advantage and avoid big risks? What's the current state of play and future prospects over the next year and beyond?To launch CWT and BTN Group's industry white paper 'Emerging Technologies in Corporate Travel' Cobb & Hutch Consulting's Karen Hutchings, Microsoft's Steve Clagg, and Travlr ID's Gee Mann and Ian ...

The production and adoption of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is gaining critical momentum. As demand for air travel increases worldwide, corporate travel customers must play a leading role in the race to decarbonize aviation. But, it's no mean feat for travel managers looking to balance cost and sustainability, while staying clued-in to developments, CWT's Global Head of ESG Richard Thompson talks to Dan Kreibich, Founder and Chief Product Officer of climate te...

The prices of plane tickets, hotel rooms and ground transportation for business travelers are determined by an array of industry and macro-economic factors like capacity, leisure travel volume, inflation, and fuel charges. This year, is there a new driver in the mix? Over 60 countries have, or will head to the polls in 2024, the biggest global election year in history. CWT's Emma Woodhouse talks to Chris Ely, Research Director of the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) and Shawn D...

Rachel Lunderborg, Head of Global Process and Technology at CWT Meetings & Events is joined by Kit Aspen, Founder and Director of award-winning carbon intelligence platform Thrust Carbon, and Rachel Munns, Head of Sustainability at World Wise Foods. CWT Meetings & Events this year co-developed a meetings and events carbon calculator with Thrust Carbon, known for powering sustainability behind over $50 billion of travel spend.As CWT Meetings & Events sees its projects more tha...

If there’s one job harder than being a clairvoyant at a sceptic’s convention it’s being a futurist in these mightily uncertain times. It’s hard to read an article these days that doesn’t warn us that bots will wipe out entire industries or that the global economy is about to implode. But is there nuance and cause for optimism? CWT's Julian Walker talks to Shawn DuBravac, NY Times bestselling author, futurist, economist and analyst for the GBTA CWT Global Business Travel Foreca...

Over the next ten years, we are likely to see change on a scale not witnessed since the Industrial Revolution.From NFT loyalty programs to self-driving cabs, from adaptive travel policies to flying taxi hubs, the era ahead will be both exhilarating and challenging to navigate.We’re on the cusp of massive economic and social disruption that has wide-reaching implications for us all.So how do you discern between what's 'pie in the sky' and what's really going to happen? And with AI-...