Insights

Blending the in-person and virtual experience is not as hard as you may think. Discover our top seven tips to shift from the ‘how’ to wow.

Breaking the virtual barrier when presenting online can be tough. But with enough practice and technology know-how, you can be the talking head everyone is tuning into.

Apps which were once optional has now become a necessity. Amongst the sea of apps out there, many altruistic ones have also emerged from the pandemic and gained traction; move over Zoom and Tik Tok, here are our top picks among these do-good apps.

Wherever it is and whoever it’s for, you need your next event to captivate. Our specialized meetings & events division, cievents, has lived the world of virtual events over the past few months and has picked up a couple of key tips to keep in mind when planning your next virtual gathering.

As the impact continues to spread with no quick wins in clear sight, it is important to watch, listen and learn from each other to ensure we step-up and get-out of this storm to the best of our ability. 

COVID-19 made a tremendous impact in the meetings and events space in 2020, leaving many companies shuffling to quickly turn their live event into a virtual one. Now with 2021 in full swing, our specialized meetings & events division, cievents, is taking learnings over the past year and preparing for the shift into the world of hybrid events.

During these challenging times a company’s culture is truly put to the test. Those with a genuinely strong employee culture who ‘walk the talk’ will now see their commitment return dividends.

There is no crystal ball to tell us when exactly travel will return, or what we can definitively expect to change, but we know that heightened hygiene measures stemming from Covid-19 will be a critical part of travel moving forward.

Nervous trepidations or confidently excited? What’s going on inside the mind of your travellers right now. Now that some borders are opening up, businesses have started to test the water of business travel – but how are travellers feeling about returning to the skies and roads?

Travel programme leakage is the bane of any travel programme manager the world over. Before COVID-19 hit, businesses were seeing dollars and productivity hour’s march out the door as employees chose to book outside of the travel policy and expense claim back at a later date.

There is no point having copious amounts of data if you can’t check it continuously and whenever the need arises.

We’re committed to evaluating your specific travel trends, company culture, unique challenges and strengths, and other features of your programme so that we can design and implement the most effective strategies to achieve your goals – ensuring all your savings opportunities have been explored.