Reading Time: 3 minutesIn-person events, specifically industry conferences, are slowly returning during the last quarter of 2021, more than a year after COVID-19 first disrupted travel and meetings across the globe. Onyx’s Jim Casale, VP, Product, Global Payments, and Dee Thomas, Product Director, Emerging Payments, attended HEDNA’s 2021 Global Distribution Conference from October 11-12 in Miami, FL. HEDNA’s […]
Read More →Reading Time: 6 minutesAfter over a year of the industry hosting exclusively virtual events, travel companies were finally able to meet again in person when Cvent hosted its CONNECT Conference in Las Vegas in early August 2021. The conference gave attendees an opportunity to network with other hospitality professionals to discuss event planning best practices, planning technology, and […]
Read More →Reading Time: 4 minutesAs a hospitality professional, your day-to-day is likely spent juggling a multitude of tasks in order to keep operations running smoothly. Add on the layer of COVID-19 safety precautions and recovery planning and it’s easy for things to pile up pretty quickly. While these functions can take up a significant amount of time, it’s still […]
Read More →Reading Time: 3 minutesCOVID-19 has undoubtedly had a massive impact on the hospitality industry, including an estimated loss of $4.5 trillion in revenue, but as we move into the second quarter of 2021, there are signs of life at the end of the tunnel. An increase in vaccinations and reopening plans in several regions worldwide have signaled that […]
Read More →Reading Time: 4 minutesTravel agent money management is an essential art to master in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. The industry has already seen a rise in travel in the early months of the vaccine, with TSA traveler throughput volumes increasing 55% from February to March alone. As the travel industry starts its ascent back to pre-COVID […]
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