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7 Ways AI Is Changing Business Travel

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Skift Take: Someday a computer-generated avatar may explain why you can't fly business class to Dubai. In the meantime, travel management and travel tech companies are testing how to apply Gen AI to various parts of business travel. Sean O'Neill Read the Complete Story On Skift

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Airlines Prepare for Another Busy Memorial Day Weekend — and Summer

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Skift Take: After reports that domestic demand and consumer confidence was on the decline, airlines are gearing up for what might be one of their busiest summers yet. Read the Complete Story On Skift

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Business Travel Rebounds Even as Companies Cut Costs

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Skift Take: The rebound in business travel is real, but companies still say they're worried about higher prices. — Lex Haris Read the Complete Story On Skift

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Business Travel Bounces Back: Spending Forecast to Hit Record

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Skift Take: Business travel is roaring back, with global spending projected to surpass pre-pandemic levels in dollar volume this year. Face-to-face wins. Sean O'Neill Read the Complete Story On Skift

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Going to Market Smarter in the New Economy

The fight to find new customers and retain existing ones is the biggest business challenge for many companies. In 2022, as companies continue to move more functions online, employees will take a more virtual -- and flexible -- mindset and lifestyle in parallel to the digitization of businesses.

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Uber Launches Black-Car Service for Business Travelers 

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Skift Take: The head of Uber for Business says his margins are better than the non-business side, so Uber wants to triple-down on investment. Justin Dawes Read the Complete Story On Skift

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Business Travel 2024: Hotels Bet on the New Road Warriors

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Skift Take: Business travel is nearly back – but with an asterisk. Road warriors aren't taking as many trips, longer stays are becoming the norm, and traveler health is a primary focus. So, for those hotels willing to pivot, there’s an opening to snag these lucrative guests. Sean O'Neill Read the Complete Story On Skift

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Marketing-Led COVID-19 Growth Strategies: 2022 and Beyond

Businesses are tasked with beating pre-pandemic numbers, making marketing more essential than ever before. This is your chance to create unprecedented brand awareness, bring in the best leads sales has ever seen, and play an instrumental role in generating new and existing business revenue.

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Your Guide to Using Conversational Marketing to Drive Demand Generation

Whether it’s a business deal or a personal connection, they are a driving force to solidify a foundation of trust. Enter conversational marketing — the new paradigm to tackling your business deals and converting prospects in minutes. Conversations have always been at the heart of our most authentic relationships.

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12 Plays to Kickstart Your Recruitment Process

That means placing the right people in the right roles can be the difference between your business growing or stagnating — and the competition is getting fierce. According to Harvard Business Review, the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated seismic shifts that were already rocking the talent market.

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Solving the Biggest Tech Challenges in RevOps

Whether you need to improve lead response times, boost adoption of core tools, improve lead qualification, or target and automate your GTM motions, you’ll find examples of how revenue teams are solving some of the toughest problems in modern business.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week.

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Marketing Operations Efficiency: The Essential Checklist

Today, the discipline is increasingly interwoven with other vital go-to-market motions — including sales and customer support — and is responsible for all business elements associated with marketing, including the tech stack. As marketing becomes more tech-driven, the role of marketing operations (MOps) is getting more complex.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations. This frees up valuable time for sellers to focus more on building relationships and closing deals.

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A Proven Guide to Recruiting Passive Candidates

It's a simple, frustrating truth that you can't predict everything when it comes to recruiting for businesses. At some point in your role as a recruiter - perhaps more frequently than not - you'll need to fill a position quickly and you'll look for active recruitment strategies to do it.