Travel While You Work: Six Jobs That Let You See the World
Have you ever wanted to be one of those jet setter executives running off to a different city every week, or have you vacationed and barely been able to drag yourself home? People always say they will travel more when they retire, but if you just can’t wait that long, maybe finding a globetrotting career is the answer for you. Here’s our pick for the top six jobs that let you earn a living in some of the worlds most amazing places.
Cruise Ship Employee
From making beds and cooking to medical staff and dance partners, cruise ships hire for an incredible variety of jobs because they have to take everything with them. Look for companies or ships that cruise year round as they often see more places as they follow the weather. Read more…
Business Travel on the Rise, But Still Cost Sensitive
Business travel is once again on the rise. According to the results of GetThere’s most recent survey, companies are increasing their corporate travel budgets. Yet, even though the segment has been going through a positive period the general approach between corporates is still one of a travel expenses reduction.
According to Jason Geall, director for Europe and the Middle East at GetThere, companies are encouraging employees to travel more in order to generate new business, while still pushing them to keep the travel costs at a manageable minimum. Read more…
TripLingo – App to Learn the Foreign Language Phrases You Actually Need
Learning foreign languages just enough to get around on a trip is not the easiest task to achieve. If you learn any language in school, the first lessons are just extremely tricky to squeeze in an actual conversation. Phrases that make little sense to the world we actually live in, but which help you learn some basic grammar and some useless vocabulary. The best example of this nonsense is this small part of an Eddie Izzard stand-up comedy show, focusing on how hard it is to integrate a cat, a mouse and a monkey (spread out through the house and yard) into an actual conversation.
While better at conversations, foreign languages guides especially made for travelers are also limited. If you want to discuss anything else apart from accommodation, meal orders and shopping, you might be at a loss. This is where Atlanta based TirpLingo takes the stage by just launching four new apps through the iTunes App store which will help you customize your learning experience to better fit the scope of your trip, be it business and pleasure. Read more…
Cruises and Business Travel Could Save Australia’s Tourism
As the Australian tourism industry, highly dependent on backpacking season and travelers with a fixed budget, struggles with the strong Australian dollar, there might be a solution to save it. The Tourism and Transport Forum chief executive John Lee believes the booming cruising market, along with business travel and major events organized in Australia can save and then boost Australian tourism. But in order for this solution to work, the Australian government needs to improve the country’s infrastructure.
While Australia is an extremely popular cruise destination, leading in Cruise Critic’s top destinations by boat for 2011, several industry experts showed concerned that many of the newer and significantly larger cruise ships cannot fit under the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Read more…
Saudi Arabia Needs Steep Increase in Hotel Room Number to Meet Future Demand
Mecca
The Saudi Commission for Tourism & Antiquities (SCTA) has recently revealed new data on the strong growth of the tourism industry in Saudi Arabia and predicted equally impressive results for the next decade. According to their data, the past then years have brought a 172% increase in the number of hotels in the Kingdom, mainly powered by business travel fueled by the growing position of Saudi Arabia as regional economic power and trend leader.
By 2020, the tourism demands are expected to grow at a fast pace, demanding more than 230,000 hotel rooms to be added to be able to meet travelers’ accommodation needs. The new rooms should cover all types of lodging, from budget hotels to luxury rooms, all amounting to a 83% increase of Saudi Arabia’s current accommodation requirements. Read more…
Business Travel Reaches High Level after Recession
Since the hit taken by business travel along with other industry segments due to the 2008 recession, this tourism segment has reached its highest level, according to the Global Business Travel Association. The bounce back is the result of a stronger than expected fourth quarter of 2010 that generated a 4.2 billion US dollars increase in business travel spending, compared to Q3 of the same year.
According to GBTA data released in the group’s “Business Travel Quarterly Outlook – United States” report, the total US business travel spending was 3.2% higher in Q4, exceeding the forecast 2.3%, which meant the total spent sum was 1.9 billion higher than expected. Read more…
Negotiation, Key to Corporate Travel Buying
All corporate travel buyers negotiate contracts for their companies, no one takes the initial offer, shows a new survey bu AirPlus International, provider of corporate travel payment and analysis solutions. Their new survey of 100 corporate travel buyers has just been published in the March edition of their monthly report – The Wire…from Air plus, titled Corporate Travel Negotiation Practices.
While travel in general is up for negotiation, corporate buyers treat each travel service supplier category differently. They all negotiate for hotels, most do so for air flights or car rentals, but few take the time to also negotiate dining arrangements. A detailed overview can be found in the graph below. Read more…
