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Group Sales

2 stories · First covered Apr 30, 2026 · Latest May 3
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Your Top 20 Corporate Accounts Are Bleeding Out. Most Sales Directors Don't Know It Yet.
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May 3

Your Top 20 Corporate Accounts Are Bleeding Out. Most Sales Directors Don't Know It Yet.

Meta, Amazon, Oracle, JPMorgan, and Nike are cutting a combined 80,000-plus jobs this cycle, and the first thing that gets frozen isn't headcount... it's the travel budget. If your group sales pipeline still assumes 2025 negotiated volumes will hold, you're building next quarter on a foundation that's already cracking.

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Mike Storm 3 min read · May 3
92,000 Tech Jobs Gone in 2026. Your Group Sales Director Should Be on the Phone Right Now.
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Apr 30

92,000 Tech Jobs Gone in 2026. Your Group Sales Director Should Be on the Phone Right Now.

Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle have collectively axed tens of thousands of corporate employees this year, and most hotel sales teams haven't connected the dots yet. The cancellation calls are coming... the only question is whether you're making the first call or waiting for theirs.

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Mike Storm 4 min read · Apr 30