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The 99% of the Travellers business people want to travel again this year, keys for airline industry recovery.
The economic reactivation of the world after long months of confinement due to the pandemic generated by the COVID-19 has caused business travelers to show their desire to reactivate trips to meet their clients and colleagues in person.
A recent report carried out by SAP Concur in the company of the research consultancy Wakefield, points out that practically all respondents want to travel again and the 77% is 'very willing' to reactivate his travel plans in the coming 12 months.
Likewise, The study shows that 2 decade 3 Travelers claim that they have been the ones who have promoted the return of travel instead of their companies, which have left it to employees to decide when to travel again based on their preferences.
The desire to return to corporate travel is accompanied by a concern among travelers that the inability to travel in the near future will harm them personally and professionally..
Are concerns include earning less money (45%), not advance in your career (41%) and have difficulty developing and maintaining connections (39%). Likewise, They worry that not increasing travel will make it more difficult to establish new relationships (40%), renew fewer contracts (39%) and fall behind your competitors (38%).
Nevertheless, In addition to business objectives, business travelers Latin Americans say they want to return to travel to experience new places (67% in front of 52% Worldwide) and to establish personal connections with clients and colleagues (66% in front of 54% Worldwide). They also want to take a break from their daily lives. (48%).
Another point that is on the table of the organizations is the issue of travel policies prior to the pandemic where 2 decade 3 Latin American business travelers (64%) want to relax travel policy restrictions or return to the policy before COVID-19.
Employees expect companies to put in place systems and technologies that provide them with the latest updates and travel advisories while they are en route to their destinations or on the ground.. To achieve this, dice SAP Concur, Companies should create well-established information channels so that employees can share if their plans have changed or have not turned out as expected..
And although there is great responsibility of the industry, collaborators are aware that it also depends on them that the return works. Around the 47% of travelers say that they – even more than their companies – are primarily responsible for their health and safety while traveling. However, They are also waiting for their employers to act in this situation.: More than half of those surveyed highlight that they would make changes if their organization does not take the necessary security measures.
In this way, The slow but sure resumption of corporate travel is seen as a valuable role model for the industry as a whole..
They need to be kept informed about the restrictions and the requirements related to the pandemic and government measures of each destination, as well as each airline.
Resuming travel requires flexibility, patience and understanding. Adjusting expectations is essential as corporate and leisure travel returns. Traveling can seem uncomfortable or even strange after such a long break, but we must not let that prevent us from embracing the joy of travel again.
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