When business travelers look for accommodation, they focus on location. As they are tied by scheduled meetings, presentations and so on, for them the hotel's location is one of the top priorities. They need a place to stay that is close to their conference or convention venue so they will be able to...

The Medical ID feature in Apple's Health app - installed by default on phones running iOS 8 and newer - lets you save your emergency contact information, medical conditions, organ donor status and more. This information can be accessed even when your phone is locked. If you open that Health app, cl...

Most airlines suggest somewhere between two hours and 60 minutes depending on the airline, the airport and where you are flying to. However, a US professor affirms that the best time to arrive at the airport is as late as possible. The Daily Mail reports that Professor Jordan Ellenberg, from the Un...

If you are on a business trip, which is usually a short trip, you might want to travel light, and in this case, the hand luggage is the answer to your prayers. Indeed, carry-on bags give you a special kind of freedom when you are traveling. No checked luggage to slow you down, you don't have to wait...

The golden rule for every world traveler is to never miss a chance to earn points, either airline points, hotel points or credit card points. All of these points are a form of currency that at some point can be converted into another currency; for instance, funneling credit card points into your fav...

If you have a huge presentation to deliver after you land and you didn't have enough time at the office, the time on the plane can be very productive. Here are a few tips to make the most of your time on the plane. First of all, you have to edit like a film director. If you consider that filmmakers...

If you forget to switch your phone to silent while you rest, specially when you are weary after a 24-hour flight, can disrupt a good night's sleep. This is more dramatic when you cross time zones and your destination's nighttime is midday at your home city. Therefore, you might receive calls or mess...

The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) is the world's premier business travel and meetings trade organization headquartered in the Washington, D.C. area with operations on six continents. GBTA's 9,000-plus members manage more than $345 billion of global business travel and meetings expenditur...

Bleisure is the combination of business and leisure and is used to describe a new trend that is on the rise among business travelers, those who mix business with leisure travel. Bleisure effectively sums up how delegates are including leisure in business trips and Bleisure is expected to be in the t...

If you are a business traveler, you probably have stored confidential information in either your laptop, smartphone or online email accounts. For that reason, as information is highly valued, security is of extra importance. Not only do you need to be aware of your company's data security, but backi...

New year, new life, new opportunities to improve habits and here are some ideas for corporate travelers to make the most of their business trips. First of all, as you spend a considerable amount of your life traveling, you should make the most of it. If you are travelling, you are not sticking to a...

Hotels know that they cannot only rely on tourism to succeed, they only need business travelers who are constantly on the move and always choose the best hotels to stay at. However, business professionals' needs are not the same as tourists' needs and for that reason hotel brands across the globe ar...

According to a survey from Virgin Atlantic Airways, today's business trip is much more than a long flight followed by a few meetings. The U.S. Travel Association shows that US residents logged 452 million business-related trips in 2013 - that's over 1.2 million trips a day. The report also notes tha...

Even though business travelers' main purpose is to do business while traveling, they do get to see the world while they do that. As this job can be lonely and tiring, here are some quotes to motive business professionals to explore the world Adventure is worthwhile. - Aesop For my part, I travel n...

For busy business travelers on the move, access to Internet is vital as it allows them to check emails, the stock market or for keeping up with the office back home. If you are flying with United, once your flight is cruising above 10,000 feet, listen out for an announcement from the crew to point...

To be on time for a meeting or a conference is pivotal for a travel professional. Therefore, it is important to choose airlines that will guarantee this plus, if the plane is doing a stopover, choose airports that are just as efficient. At the top of the list, airBaltic and Brussels South Charleroi...

If business travel matches your personality and your current circumstances, it can have countless benefits. If you like traveling and are looking to jump-start your career, business traveling has many advantages in store for you; however, if you are a single parent with many responsibilities who is...

From kick-starting your career, expanding your network, enhancing your portfolio to getting to see new places, you name it, business travel has countless advantages for a business professional. However, for there to be a bright side, there also has to be a downside and on the other side of the spect...