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Podcast: State of the Nations: Your 2025 round-the-world guide to optimizing your travel policy and spend at key destinations from the USA to Singapore

December 2024 - Episode #032

Price volatility is finally moderating, making planning easier for businesses, even as prices rise. Still, on the back of the biggest election year in history (2024), macroeconomic and travel industry supply-demand dynamics will vary dramatically from country to country in 2025. 

From North America’s steady demand coupled with Trump-administration uncertainty, inflation-driven cost spikes in some Latin American countries, and the Asia-Pacific region’s uneven recovery, CWT Solutions Group Vice President Richard Johnson and New York Times bestselling author, economist and futurist Dr. Shawn DuBravac join forces to deliver essential guidance around local and regional pricing outlooks for 2025. 

Find out: 

  • Why business travel is reclaiming its dominance over leisure at key destinations.
  • How changes in government leadership, sustainable practices and geopolitical tensions could drive pricing adjustments and alter travel patterns.
  • Actionable tips to optimize your travel policy, including flexible pricing models and localized negotiation strategies. 

 

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Business Travel On the Fly is a monthly podcast aimed at both business travelers and travel managers, that dives into issues affecting those of us who spend time up in the air, out of the office, and away from home on work trips. Whether you’re a seasoned traveler or on your first trip, we will unpack the future of business travel with experts from in and around the industry. Plus, you’ll get top travel tips from road warriors around the globe.

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