Corporate Travel News For Asia

Informa Markets senior VP HR and corporate communications Asia Andy Luk, speaking at the CTC Hong Kong Corporate Travel Summit, stated (23-May-2023) "Money for employees is a given, you need to care about their wellbeing". Mr Luk said the COVID pandemic has introduced challenges to talent acquisition due to its impact on employee safety, wellbeing and motivation. He added: "The significant shift towards distance working has also contributed to talent acquisition challenges".

Informa Markets senior VP HR and corporate communications Asia Andy Luk, speaking at the CTC Hong Kong Corporate Travel Summit, noted (23-May-2023) the volume of online job vacancies fell by over 50% in all countries by early May-2020. Mr Luk said demand for specific skills in the healthcare sector and in logistics increased and the COVID pandemic led to a loss of 57 million jobs in 2020.

Informa Markets senior VP HR and corporate communications Asia Andy Luk, speaking at the CTC Hong Kong Corporate Travel Summit, noted (23-May-2023) according to a LinkedIn report, the average rate of internal mobility increased by around 15% in 2020 in the Asia Pacific region. Mr Luk said Asia Pacific is outpacing global trends in internal mobility rates, with Indonesia leading the region with a 24% rate of internal mobility.

Informa Markets senior VP HR and corporate communications Asia Andy Luk, speaking at the CTC Hong Kong Corporate Travel Summit, stated (23-May-2023) according to the South China Morning Post, remote work is becoming increasingly popular among Hong Kong companies, with 89% of 2022 contracts being for remote work. Mr Luk said Hong Kong companies are commonly hiring remote workers from various countries including Ukraine, India, Philippines, UK and the US to fill talent gaps. He added workers born in the 1980s and 1990s are more open to remote work.

Informa Markets senior VP HR and corporate communications Asia Andy Luk, speaking at the CTC Hong Kong Corporate Travel Summit, stated (23-May-2023) employees prefer jobs that allow more of a work/life balance and provide hybrid and flexible work choices.

Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HKPU) Associate Professor and Assistant Dean Sebastian Filep, speaking at the CTC Hong Kong Corporate Travel Summit, stated (23-Mar-2023) "We're seeing the hotels sector embracing zero waste policies". Mr Filep said: "We're quite a wasteful industry so the challenge is what do we do with that. We're seeing a shift towards resources efficiency where everything we consume gets recycled in some way".

Ericsson regional senior travel and operations manager APAC Florence Robert, speaking at the CTC Hong Kong Corporate Travel Summit, stated (23-Mar-2023) "There has been a full change in mindset for travellers, they want to speak to travel agents and get a lot of information before they travel". Ms Robert added: "We have to look into new tools, travellers want AI, they want chats open 24/7 and notifications, they don't want an online booking tool". She noted travellers are still using online booking tools to check flight time flights and other options.

ATPI Travel MD Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong Kelly Jones, speaking at the CTC Hong Kong Corporate Travel Summit, stated (23-Mar-2023) every industry has to do things certain ways but there never is one model, we are still an industry coming out of the worst three years we've ever faced". Ms Jones said: "We're not having one fixed way of doing things there are multiple ways, we need to understand what is the balance of value and how do you price the value as a TMC, you need to understand what your client needs from you".

ATPI Travel MD Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong Kelly Jones, speaking at the CTC Hong Kong Corporate Travel Summit, stated (23-Mar-2023) "If you look now, how does technology embrace what the person is doing and how does it provide them with security". Ms Jones said: "If you think about travelling population in next ten years you will have five generations of people, how do you build technology around that person who is travelling while making sure corporate priorities are ticked".

Cathay Pacific GM sales and distribution Martin Xu, speaking at the CTC Hong Kong Corporate Travel Summit, stated (23-May-2023) "We have committed to achieving net zero by 2050", adding: "We were one of the first airlines in Asia to establish a timeline for making carbon neutrality a reality". Mr Xu said: "We are committed to working with multiple stakeholders to reconnect Hong Kong to the world in sustainable ways and build a more sustainable future for customers".