Many of the travel restrictions enforced during the worst days of the coronavirus pandemic are currently receding, and while pent-up demand following COVID-19 shutdowns is helping leisure travel rebound, the…
Category: Business Travel
Employee Business Travel Getting Back on Track
Now that the omicron wave is subsiding, COVID-19 cases are trending lower and the U.S. is inching toward normalcy, many companies are returning to pre-pandemic operations, which includes a return…
How Covid Changed Business Travel Forever
Zoom meetings have fundamentally altered how and why people hit the road for work. Now “bleisure” and “return to base” are corporate travel buzzwords in the new normal. Just over…
Hoteliers Navigate Permanent Changes to Guest Behaviors, Business Models
MEMPHIS, Tennessee — On this day two years ago when the first massive wave of COVID-19-related shutdowns hit the United States, many hoteliers thought the impacts would be temporary. Now,…
As U.S. Business Travel Gets Busy in 2022, Expect Higher Costs
Pent-up demand for travel from two years of Covid-19 doldrums is bringing hotel rates in the United States within reach of—and often beyond—2019 performance levels. “The U.S. was tracking close…
The wider trends driving business travel recovery
One of the major changes brought about by the pandemic has been in the way people work. Many large companies now say they will continue to offer more flexible working…