GBTA: Global business travel to grow 21% in 2021
Alexandria/VA – Business travel spending is forecast to grow 21% this year worldwide, helped by the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, but will not recover to pre-pandemic levels until the middle of the decade, a business travel association said on Tuesday. … Continue reading GBTA: Global business travel to grow 21% in 2021
Vaccine: Business Travelers show optimism
Alexandria, VA – Half (50%) of GBTA travel buyer and procurement professionals feel their employees are ‘willing’ or ‘very willing’ to travel for business in the current environment. Only one in five (22%) GBTA members feel their employees are not … Continue reading Vaccine: Business Travelers show optimism
GBTA: Overwhelming Call for Pre-Departure Testing
Alexandria, VA – 76% of respondents believe that rapid testing prior to departure, and waiving quarantining requirements for those who test negative, to be the best way to open up international travel. Among European members specifically, this number rises to … Continue reading GBTA: Overwhelming Call for Pre-Departure Testing
GBTA: Corona virus Causes Massive Disruption
Alexandria – Concerns about the spread of the coronavirus and its effects on business travel are widespread among travel managers, according to the Global Business Travel Association. In a flash survey the organization conducted last week, 80 percent of the nearly … Continue reading GBTA: Corona virus Causes Massive Disruption