MORE than half of travel buyers have revised their company’s travel policies as a result of the global pandemic, according to a new poll from the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA).
The data shows that health and safety considerations are becoming increasingly important, with 70% of businesses describing the level of policy change as either “somewhat” or “a lot”.
The type of changes being implemented include instituting new rules about pre-trip approval (53%), having more frequent or detailed pre-trip communications or briefings (35%), as well as collecting health information from staff regarding any pre-existing health conditions and virus exposure.
Another aspect up for policy review has been clarifying or changing rules about ticket credits/unused tickets (22%).
Closer to home, only 11% of companies surveyed in the Asia Pacific region indicated they would be undertaking any business travel in the next three months, while an encouraging 36% said they were “considering” travel in the next quarter but did not have any definite plans yet.
MEANWHILE the GBTA has also this week named former United Airlines executive Dave Hilfman as Interim Executive Director.
He takes the role after former CEO Scott Solombrino was placed on “administrative leave” over allegations of misconduct which have sparked an internal investigation.
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