GBTA Says More Companies Willing to Allow Employees to Travel for Business
Most managers say they will tighten policies for direct bookings with suppliers and OTA’s >>
by: Harvey Chipkin
Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) members report an emerging willingness to permit employees to engage in domestic business travel, according to the latest poll, conducted Aug. 5 to 9. Respondents continue to report virtually no willingness for employees to travel internationally, with 93% indicating the pandemic has curtailed all or most international business trips. By comparison, 74% of respondents report that the pandemic has curtailed all or most of their organization’s domestic business trips. That number has fallen by 19 percentage points since GBTA’s mid-April poll of members and is the lowest level since the pre-pandemic polling in late winter 2020. Dave Hilfman, interim executive director, said the business travel landscape continues to be difficult in Europe and the US, “but we do see some small glimmers of recovery here and there.” Three in four respondents (74%) report that their company has started to formulate a travel recovery plan. Tighter booking channels are a trend, with 66% of respondents stating they are less likely to allow travelers to book directly with suppliers and 65% less likely to allow travelers to book with an OTA than before the pandemic.
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