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January 9, 2025

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Why Do So Many Planners Resist Strategic Meetings Management?
(SOURCE: SKIFT, GBTA FEATURED)

Planners are leaving big bucks on the table by not adopting strategic meetings management – or at least leveraging the spend of their smaller meetings. Why is that?

The first formal framework for a Strategic Meetings Management Program was introduced in 2003 by the Global Business Travel Association’s Groups and Meetings Committee. It included strategies companies can use to maximize their ROI on meetings, everything from centralizing or consolidating meeting planning, to working with procurement to leverage spend and negotiate deals with preferred suppliers, to tracking meeting spend data. 

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AVIATION

How the Palisades Fire Is Affecting Travelers (USA TODAY)

Asia Pacific Dominated Biggest Routes by Seat Capacity in 2024, But Middle East Made Its Mark (CAPA)

STARLUX Airlines Expands Airbus A350F Fleet With New Order (AVIATION 24)

Cathay Pacific Returning to Rome This Summer (BUSINESS TRAVELLER)

France's Proposed Aviation Tax Increase for 2025: The Rise and Fall (CAPA)

HOSPITALITY

Hotel Innovation Enters a New Era (HOSPITALITY TODAY)

SUSTAINABILITY

Sustainability Practices Help Control Hotel Utility Costs (4HOTELIERS)

OTHER SECTORS

As Travel Digital ID Concepts Mature, Experts Discuss the Challenges (PHOCUSWIRE)

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Crisis24 Intelligence Brief

Greece - Unionized rail workers to protest in Athens, strike across Greece 11:00-15:00 Jan. 9. Rail transport disruptions likely.

Japan - Lingering flight disruptions possible at Kansai International Airport (KIX) in Osaka, Japan, Jan. 9 following security incident.

United States - Authorities responding to wildfires in Los Angeles County, CA, US, late Jan. 8. At least 100,000 evacuated; significant damage reported.

Western, Central, and Southern Europe - Political activists supporting Venezuelan opposition to stage protests in major cities across Europe Jan. 9. Heightened security likely.

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