by Callum Winterford | Apr 24, 2025 | AI, Australia, Data, Gray Dawes News, Online, Travel Tech, USA
From intuitive chatbots to predictive analytics, AI offers businesses significant efficiencies and raises important questions around data privacy, ethics, and sustainability. At Gray Dawes Travel, we’re embracing AI, but understand that it needs to be done responsibly. In this article, we explore the negative impact of AI, how we, as an organisation, can mitigate these impacts, and look to the future of the technology and how it might enhance travel.
by Callum Winterford | Apr 18, 2025 | Day in the Life, Gray Dawes News, Industry News, Offline, Personal Interest, Travel Tech
It wouldn’t be too outlandish to suggest that Colin’s IT career started in the seaside arcades of Margate. Now Head of IT Operations at Gray Dawes, Colin has had a long and varied career defined by the rapidly changing face of technology. In this article, we chat with Colin about his day-to-day responsibilities as the Head of IT Operations at Gray Dawes Travel, his ultimate career highlights, and what it takes to be a leader in the industry.
by Emily Bennett | Apr 14, 2025 | Air, Australia, Gray Dawes News, Hotel, Personal Interest, Tips and Tricks, USA, Wellbeing
How to pack like a business travel pro Packing Hacks Every Corporate Traveller Needs 7 After a long journey, there’s nothing more frustrating than needing one item from your suitcase, only to discover it buried beneath everything else. Business travel is full of...
by Callum Winterford | Apr 9, 2025 | Gray Dawes News, Guide, Offline, Personal Interest, Tips and Tricks
How can you keep your travellers happy before, during and after a trip? What steps can you and your TMC take to ensure that their experiences on the road are healthy and relatively stress-free? In this practical guide to traveller wellbeing, we take a deep dive into how travel bookers can better support employees both away on a work trip and when they come home.
by Callum Winterford | Apr 3, 2025 | City Guide, Gray Dawes News, Guide, Personal Interest
Nestled on a north-curving arc of the vast river Seine, Paris is renowned the world over for its history-rich streets, its devotion to fine art and fashion, and its unrivalled menu of gastronomic delights, from melt-in-the-mouth croissants to the sweet taste of French onion soup. The city and broader Paris region is also a significant economic and diplomatic powerhouse at the heart of Europe – its nominal GDP of ~£640 billion in 2021 was the highest in the entire European Union, and 29 companies listed in the Fortune Global 500 call the area home. In this comprehensive guide to Paris for business travellers, we delve deeper into navigating the city’s unique corporate landscape, offer our top tips for getting around, and pick out our top 3 things to see or do to make your trip unforgettable.
by John Cooper | Mar 27, 2025 | Australia, Gray Dawes News, Tips and Tricks, Travel Talks, USA, Wellbeing
Discover how to keep your corporate travellers happy and healthy while they’re away on business. In this Travel Talks episode, we explore exactly what Traveller Wellbeing actually is, why it’s so important to both employees and employers, and we present a host of easy to adopt strategies for healthier business trips.