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Business Trips Set to Fall and Be ‘More Purposeful’ Post-Pandemic
(SOURCE: TRAVEL WEEKLY)
Business trips will be more purposeful but fewer in number in a post-pandemic world, a group of bosses has suggested.
A panel of European business leaders responsible for corporate travel from across ten industries convened by Accor highlighted sustainability and wellbeing as two of the key watchwords in a world where financial budgets are being replaced by carbon ones.
Business travel will remain at a lower level than pre-pandemic, with Accor’s Sophie Hulgard, northern Europe senior vice president of sales, expecting 20% fewer business trips this year 2022 compared to 2019.
Another delegate at the ‘Masters of Travel’ event suggested there would be 50% fewer trips.
The forecast reduction was attributed to technology replacing the need to travel – the rest is ‘business critical’ travel.
However, Accor research revealed that workers expect to make 25% more revenue through face-to-face meetings than virtual ones, achieve three times as much from them, and benefit from a range of wellbeing advantages including much-missed social interaction with colleagues and associates.
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