There’s been a lot of speculation recently about business travel’s recovery – when will it happen, what will it look like, or even, will it ever be the same. I actually see this as a positive sign. We are mitigating risk and starting to travel again safely and responsibly, while thinking about and looking ahead…
Last week I presented on the topic of business travel recovery at a Citi Client Conference for an audience of senior procurement professionals from FTSE200 organizations. Also presenting was Ulrika Rosén, Travel & Meeting Manager for Tetra Pak, a leading global food processing and packaging company who said her company hasn’t stopped traveling throughout the pandemic. She said the company has more compliant travelers now than they had pre-pandemic – because business travelers can’t travel on auto-pilot anymore. That struck home. Even experienced travelers are having to adapt to the new reality – one of more complexity and…
Alexandria, VA – GBTA supports the goals of the six-point plan to tackle the surge of COVID-19 put forth by President Biden today. The importance of vaccinations and testing are important and GBTA fully supports these initiatives. However, we were disappointed that another week has gone by without any details from the COVID Task Forces on when or…
In this episode of The Business of Travel, Chris Ely, Research Director, GBTA and Julie Haddix, Senior Director, Industry Solutions, Cvent discuss how the coronavirus pandemic will reshape corporate meeting and event planning. This discussion, based on a recent GBTA research study sponsored by Cvent, examines how corporate meetings and events will evolve as…
Here we are on the last day of August. Like many of you, just a few weeks ago I thought we would be in a much different place in terms of the pandemic and the return to business travel. And the results of our most recent GBTA COVID-19 poll released last week reflect our current reality with…
If you’re a business traveler or in the business travel industry, you pretty much know what you need to do when it comes to traveling for work. Or at least we used to. COVID-19 changed all that. Now as we return to safe and responsible business travel, it can require a lot more time, effort, planning and stress. Where can I go, where can’t I go, what do I need to…
We spend a lot of time these days talking about and advocating for the return of business travel. From boarding planes to get from Point A to B, to going back to hotel nights and ground transportation options. And we’re all considering the overall implications to the industry’s bottom-line. But there’s another critical aspect of…
Stepping Through The Door I’m attending my first in-person conference since the pandemic began. Walking into a convention center this week surrounded by 1,000+ attendees felt familiar — but also different. People were connecting, learning and attending programs, while event organizers prioritized health and safety for all. For our GBTA Convention in November, we are doing the same. (You can read more here.) This week we are also celebrating recent strides in travel recovery as fully vaccinated travelers from the European Union and the United States will be allowed to travel to…
Hi everyone – Nothing is more important to our industry at the moment than resuming safe, risk-mitigated business travel – and as promised last week, I wanted to quickly update you on the virtual meeting we had with the EU Delegation to the United States last Friday. Shane Downey from GBTA, our US-based lobbying group…
Hey everyone, Have you celebrated a “first” business trip yet? I ask because it’s definitely a reflection of business travel’s steady return to see the ever-growing number of social media posts on just that topic. People are talking. And so are we. As an association of industry professionals, it’s so important for all of us…
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