The Business of Travel

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The New Travel Tech

Did you know: There are more than 300,000,000 Instagram posts tagged with the world “travel”? That's an average of 100,000 posts every day for the last eight years. But Instagram is just the beginning of the way that millennials transforming the travel sphere. Forbes sat down with the CEO of the travel management company Cadence, Wendy Burk, to see what trends she has seen at the intersection of tech and travel. “If our industry is going to remain relevant, we need to adapt to technology to stay within reach of the Millennial traveler demographic,” she says.

Bring Your Own Photographer

Instagram is one way to document your travels. But what if you’re looking for something a little more polished? Then bring your own professional photographer along with you on your trip! Harpers Bazaar has the details on a new luxury travel trend: “With the launch of  Christian Oth and Black Tomato’s  Jetsetters service, couples can not only plan an amazing bespoke vacation, but they can also bring a photographer along to capture the moment. And not just any photographer, but one of the top wedding photographers in the world.” Hey, who want to deal with content creation when you can put it in someone else’s hands?

The Business of Travel

Your business travel expense report is transforming, thanks to online disruptors and new ways to spend (and save). “You’re allowing consumer behavior to sort of drive business travel spending,” Certify CEO Bob Neveu tells Recode. “If it’s all the same, people will just as soon stay at this restaurant, take this plane, this transportation. More and more we’re seeing the consumerism of enterprise.” Additionally, services like Airbnb and Lyft are giving business travelers extra options – and travelers are often opting to dine in via GrubHub or similar platforms.

Cargo Carbon Saving

Cut down on business travel expenses and increase your eco-friendliness!  Travel by cargo container. Believe it or not, it’s an increasingly popular option. Wired reports: “Cargo vessels sometimes host a handful of cabins for transporting real passengers, tucked away among the sun-dried colors of hundreds of freight containers.” The carbon savings are substantial. What's more, with the cargo industry pledging to cut greenhouse gas emissions by half by 2050, it’s looking more and more sustainable. What do you think? Are you ready to stow away aboard a cargo ship?

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