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Happy Travelers Make Happy Travel Champions

According to Forbes, “happy employees are up to 20% more productive than unhappy employees.” Happiness has an even greater impact on salespeople. It’s shown to increase sales by as much as 37%.   But how can you ensure employee happiness when they’re out of office but still traveling for work? If you’ve ever traveled, business or leisure, you know that your mood sinks quickly when your flight is delayed, your card gets shut off for…
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Gant Announces New Price Tracking Tools and Enhancements

Gant Travel is pleased to introduce the Fare and Rate Guardian price tracking tools, our newest enhancements to our quality control software. The Guardian software monitors all air and hotel reservations, securing lower rates and fares without changing a traveler’s itinerary – locking in savings while providing your travelers with the same great travel experience.

Airlines Continue to Update, Issue Statements on COVID-19

ddition to suspended flights and more readily available waivers, global airlines continue to adjust, improve, and announce their planned protective measures and updated policies surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak.

United Airlines Change Fee Waiver Updates

United Airlines has issued an update to their change fee waivers for tickets purchased on or before March 2, 2020. Change fee waiver for tickets purchased on or before March 2, 2020 To give customers flexibility in their travel plans, United is offering a change fee waiver within the following parameters: Tickets issued on/before: March…
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COVID-19 Global Travel Updates – March 10, 2020

WORLDWIDE Novel Coronavirus Outbreak Limited human-to-human transmission, as well as imported cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), have been confirmed. This new coronavirus can cause symptoms of fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Travelers in affected locations are advised to pay attention to general hygiene and avoid direct contact with people who are sick. Anyone…
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COVID-19 Global Travel Updates – March 9, 2020

WORLDWIDE Novel Coronavirus Outbreak Imported cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), as well as limited human-tohuman transmission, have been confirmed in several countries. This new coronavirus can cause symptoms of fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Travelers to affected locations are advised to pay attention to general hygiene and avoid direct contact with people who…
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COVID-19 Global Travel Updates – March 6, 2020

Novel Coronavirus Outbreak Imported cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been confirmed in several countries. This new coronavirus can cause symptoms of fever, cough, sore throat, and shortness of breath. Portugal, Croatia, Finland, New Zealand, and Saudi Arabia have reported limited human-to-human transmission of COVID-19. This new coronavirus can cause symptoms of fever, cough,…
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Delta Changes Waive Fee for New Ticket Purchases

In response to the ongoing COVID-19 or coronavirus outbreak, Delta has announced it will waive change fees for all flights booked between March 1-31 as well as international flights previously booked that are scheduled to fly in March. This travel waiver allows customers to make a one-time change to their itinerary without incurring a fee. See below for more details.

COVID-19 Global Travel Updates – March 5, 2020

Novel Coronavirus Outbreak Limited human-to-human transmission, as well as imported cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been confirmed. This new coronavirus can cause symptoms of fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Travelers in affected locations are advised to pay attention to general hygiene and avoid direct contact with people who are sick. Anyone with…
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On the Coronavirus

Gant Travel has increased agent education resources to include updated information on how the Coronavirus is impacting the travel ecosystem (i.e. airline waivers available) to ensure we can advise clients on a trip-by-trip basis.