What Business Travelers Want, What Travel Managers Say
Business travel has some familiar challenges and a new set of expectations for employees and travel managers.
A new State of Business Travel report, from the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) and Uber for Business, shows that U.S. business travelers characterize their current business travel volume as either “more frequent” (39% of respondents) or “about the same” (29%) compared with 2019.
The business travel recovery depends on the industry, said Michelle Lisowski, Senior Director of Global Partnerships at Uber for Business. For example, those in consulting who need to meet clients find business travel essential. Others, specifically in tech, were not quite back to pre-pandemic levels.
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Female Business Travelers Still Face Safety Concerns
Skift Research examined how female business travelers were shaping the industry in a 2014 report, noting that companies were increasingly taking steps to address the needs of this growing segment.
The “Rise of Female Business Travelers” addressed how travel brands could facilitate corporate travel for women, including improving security and designing female-friendly spaces. And as female-owned businesses were projected to expand worldwide, Skift Research said, “Women are determined to move forward in business and make their mark.”
Here’s a look at what’s changed and hasn’t changed for female business travelers over the past decade.
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Business Travel for 2024 Is on Track To Exceed Pre-Pandemic Levels
As the world emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic, leisure travel was much faster to recover than business travel.
With remote work suddenly being the norm and many companies hesitant to put employees on a plane for travel that wasn’t absolutely essential, business related trips plummeted in 2020 and 2021. Come 2022 however, the corporate travel industry began to recover. But then it was hit with another challenge—amid a softening economy, many businesses tightened their belts and held off on a great deal of travel, yet again.
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