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Mike began his travel career in the early 1980’s, working for Hilton Hotels, a European tour operator, an international airline, and a major Washington area travel company. In 1989, he and his wife opened MacNair Travel, which now employs about 50 people. Mike has been recognized as an industry spokesperson and transformer.

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Align Your Equation for Success. How to Make Your Equation Greater than the Sum of It's Parts

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Michael MacNair |
Strategy - Small Business - Entrepreneurship - Leadership - Management - Sales - Marketing |
Fri, 02/03/2017 - 22:56

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts – Aristotle.

What will make your life whole? What does this equation look like? The whole of your life done well makes for exponential happiness. Its greater than the sum of its parts! Take for example the great Steve Jobs. He achieved amazing success in business, yet he believed his life was a disappointment. What if the sum of a great life, great family and great business achievements were all his?

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6 Key Data Points for CFOs to Better Manage Corporate Travel Expenses

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Michael MacNair |
Strategy - Finance - Leadership - Management |
Thu, 06/23/2016 - 19:37

MacNair Travel- 6 Data Points for CFOs to Manage Corporate Travel Expenses

What would it look like if you had better visibility into your corporate travel expenses? What if you had the right technology that integrated booking, authorizations, and payments; and then that technology streamlined your processes? What if your business travelers were happy to follow the corporate travel policy?

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4 Ways to Make Data-Backed Corporate Travel Decisions

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Michael MacNair |
Strategy - Finance - Leadership - Management - Sales - Marketing |
Tue, 05/10/2016 - 21:14

Travel is essential to SME success in today’s global, hyper-connected workplace. Employees working with customers across the country or throughout the world is not uncommon – in fact, it’s quickly becoming the norm. While travel is essential to developing and maintaining important relationships, providing needed support and securing new business, this piece of your company’s budget can also be one of the most expensive elements of your operating budget.

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Attract and Retain Top Talent by Effectively Managing Duty of Care

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Michael MacNair |
Management |
Mon, 04/04/2016 - 21:19

Business travel continues to be an integral part of managing a successful business. Establishing a robust, results-oriented corporate travel management program involves many components. The establishment of a concise travel policy, appropriately managing travel expenses and ensuring that both travelling employees and your business are satisfied with travel management results will demonstrate a positive return on investment (ROI) from your corporate travel program.

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Common Idiosyncrasies of CEOs and Triathletes

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Michael MacNair |
Small Business - Self Governance - Entrepreneurship - Leadership |
Thu, 05/14/2015 - 22:00

The traits that triathletes have and need are basically key contributors to success as a CEO. While triathletes and CEOs come from different backgrounds, range greatly in age and often take completely different approaches to training and working, they are all cut from the same cloth. That’s why there’s an instant camaraderie among us as we are all perceived to be crazy. The idiosyncrasies that justify jumping out of bed at 4 a.m. to fit a swim in are the same as the ones who drive the relentless pursuit of the right new hire, system, customer.