Expensive versus Overpriced Travel: There’s a Difference

October 7, 2026

By Eric Hrubant, Founder & CEO of CIRE Travel At CIRE, in addition to corporate and group travel, we specialize in bespoke, luxury leisure travel. Yes, certain luxury trips can be pricey, but there’s a difference between expensive travel and overpriced travel. Expensive ...

Our Favorite Places: Portland, Oregon

September 30, 2026

By Eric Hrubant, Founder & CEO of CIRE Travel A city of delightful complexities, Portland celebrates its contradictions with unapologetic confidence. Here’s a place that has figured out how to be simultaneously gritty and refined, bookish and bohemian, craft-obsessed and refreshingly unpretentious. “Weird” ...

How to Build a Corporate Travel Policy Employees Will Actually Follow

September 23, 2026

You can spend weeks creating a corporate travel policy. Get input from HR and Finance. Set approval levels. Determine hotel guidelines. Spell out who can fly business class and when. Put the finished document somewhere everyone can find it. And then Rachel books ...

Destination Egypt: Seven Essentials for Your First Trip

September 16, 2026

By Jamie Edwards, an award-winning travel writer who’s visited 70+ countries on all 7 continents. Few destinations are as evocative as Egypt. The pyramids are inherently mysterious. Tutankhamun’s golden mask has been portrayed in books and on TV and movie screens. The Nile, ...

CIREside Chat September 2026: People Need People

September 9, 2026

By Eric Hrubant, Founder & CEO of CIRE Travel The announcement came after everyone was already seated: the flight home had been canceled. After a long business trip, she only wanted one thing: to sleep in her own bed. After the announcement, she ...