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    How Travel Managers Can Reduce Leakage from Small Meetings

    How much travel spend occurs before you even know a meeting is being planned? For Travel Managers, small and midsized meetings like team offsites, training sessions, or leadership gatherings, are often a blind spot. Many times individual te...

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    How EAs Can Create More Value Through Better Meeting Planning

    Planning in-person meetings is one of the clearest opportunities Executive Assistants (EAs) have to influence how work gets done at an organ...
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    Who Should Evaluate Your Meeting Planning Software

    Most Travel Managers approach a software evaluation with a familiar playbook: align with Procurement, define requirements, consider vendors,...
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    3 Takeaways from GBTA 2026 for Travel Managers

    Every year, the GBTA conference is a useful opportunity to step outside of the day-to-day and listen closely to what Travel Managers are thi...
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    6 Meeting Attendee Planning Styles Every EA Should Be Prepared For

    No two attendees approach an in-person meeting the same way. Some book travel early, follow every instruction, and arrive fully prepared. Ot...
    Executive Assistants reviewing a meeting planning framework in the office
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    5 Questions to Ask Before Finalizing an In-Person Meeting Plan

    A simple meeting readiness checklist for planners on meeting objectives, attendees, timing, and budget.
    Executive Assistant holding paperwork to review to reduce in-person meeting costs
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    Small Planning Decisions That Reduce In-Person Meeting Costs

    How to reduce in-person meeting costs through smarter planning, budgeting, and overall travel decisions.