COVID-19: opinions on resuming business travel worldwide 2021

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According to a March 2021 study, virtual meetings and sales calls with clients could be more common in the business travel market after the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Nearly one-third of the survey sample believed that virtual internal staff meetings could increase by more than 50 percent over 2019. Meanwhile, roughly four in ten respondents expected virtual sales calls with prospective clients to rise up to 50 percent over pre-pandemic levels.

Opinions on resuming business travel activities after the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic worldwide as of March 2021

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Release date

March 2021

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

March 8 to 13, 2021

Number of respondents

576 to 580 respondents

Special properties

respondents were business travel professionals*

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

*The source specifies that respondents were: travel managers/buyers, procurement/sourcing professionals, employees of travel suppliers, employees of TMCs, other.

The survey question was phrased by the source as follows: "Q. How do you think business travel will resume at your company as the world recovers from COVID-19?".

Exceeding/missing percentage points to 100 percent are probably due to rounding.

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