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How United Airlines Aims to Survive the Pandemic and Thrive During Recovery
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August 13, 2020
How airlines navigate the COVID-19 crisis will directly influence their future success. It is a defining moment: survive, thrive, or expire. How does United Airlines aim to not only survive this pandemic but continue working toward their goal of becoming the best airline on the planet? Roger Hale sat down with Jake Cefolia, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales at United, to get the inside scoop. Building Confidence Is Key Since most organizational decisions to travel do not ultimately rest with the individual traveler, it’s important to instill confidence in internal management teams. United believes its dual-approach to build traveler…
ADTRAV Community Impact Foundation Becomes Member of Big Oak Ranch “Big 12 Club”
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August 11, 2020
ADTRAV is excited to announce its philanthropic foundation, the ADTRAV Community Impact Foundation (ACIF), has become a member of the Big 12 Club of the Big Oak Ranch. Members of the Big 12 Club make an annual pledge of $12,000 to cover the cost of raising one child for one year. This commitment covers the basics of food, clothing, housing, and insurance, as well as any emotional and psychological services. This year, through the generosity of ADTRAV associates and their contributions to the ADTRAV Community Impact Foundation (ACIF), ADTRAV will be able to support two children at the Big Oak…
Unprecedented Hotel RFP Season Will Require Thinking Outside the Box
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July 7, 2020
A Pandemic Creates Pandemonium The COVID-19 pandemic has created business challenges across the globe, negatively impacting many industries and creating unforeseen disruptions. One such disruption is already underway as we approach the upcoming hotel RFP season. Amid the COVID-19 crisis, travel buyers and hoteliers both are experiencing challenges and uncertainty in how to best navigate the traditional hotel RFP season—to strategize and negotiate or maintain the status quo? In April, some industry associations recommended the rollover of 2020 rates into 2021 to lessen the impact to hoteliers, the chain’s operational teams, and the RFP process overall. But April was practically…
Why Travel Insurance Is As Important As Your Passport
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June 25, 2020
You’ve reserved your much-needed vacation and you’re ready to go–but are you really? Let’s say the day before you head out, you, your child, or your parent falls ill and are unable to travel. Or, like a personal client of mine, trips over the curb at the gas station and breaks their leg. Will you be able to receive a refund? Unless you purchased travel insurance, the answer is no. Fortunately, my client who tripped and fell did have travel insurance and was able to not only receive a full refund for their vacation, their meals and hotel room were covered as well. Medical…
NEW CRYSTAL RIVER CRUISES VIDEO
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May 27, 2020
With so many ships sailing the rivers of Europe, it’s essential for travel advisors to do their homework and find the best overall value and the ship that’s right for every traveler. Of all the brands, Crystal River Cruises stands apart for several key reasons: The youngest and most spacious fleet in Europe. Award-winning service, probably the #1 reasons travelers choose Crystal All-suite ships with butler service in every category. Elevated dining, with professionally trained chefs, locally sourced ingredients, and Michelin-inspired menus. Enrichment, another Crystal highlight, on every voyage, including up to 28 different shore excursions, most offered on a…
GetThere: An Online Booking Tool That “Gets” You
Date
May 4, 2020
The third and final online booking tool (OBT) we recently explored in our OBT series was GetThere, part of the Sabre family. ADTRAV President and CEO, Roger Hale, interviewed Andy Finkelstein, Senior Vice President of Global Accounts and Corporate Solutions at Sabre, and Chris Rosa, Director of Corporate Solutions at Sabre, to take us on a deep dive into the world of GetThere. Read on to learn more about GetThere and its strategy for success. The Value in Expense Platforms One area in particular where GetThere has really differentiated itself from other OBTs is expense platform integrations. Where other major…