Corporate Travel

Delta’s premium seat strategy is ‘holding up well’ even though corporate demand continues to be heavily depressed; indications are it will come back ‘pretty aggressively’ during 2H 2021

January 20, 2021

It is no surprise to learn that in today’s unprecedented travel market that leisure routes and destinations are the best performers in the network of

The absence of corporate travel will ‘significantly undermine’ the economics of long haul flying and vaccines are ‘not the solution’ to the problems the industry faces

January 12, 2021

The past couple of weeks have highlighted the reality that despite the start of vaccination programmes it will still be a challenging year ahead for

Business travel recovery will vary by sector and geography, but diversification, digitisation and duty of care will be key drivers at global level

December 15, 2020

It has been a challenging year for the travel industry and that has been felt no harder in the corporate travel sector where business travel

Business travel air trips are predicted to decline between 19% and 36%; airlines urged to prioritise leisure travel and ancillary revenue, along with modifying cabin seating strategy to realign

December 03, 2020

There is a more confident air for the future recovery of the aviation industry especially when it comes to short-haul flying, but concerns remain over

Pick a number, any number! Bill Gates says we could lose over 50% of business travel: it would take the potential scale of the COVID crisis to new heights for the corporate travel sector

November 20, 2020

When Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said this week that “over 50 per cent of business travel and over 30 per cent of days in the

The cost of corporate travel? Just 1% of the world’s population is responsible for up to half of harmful air travel emissions with frequent flyers delivering exponential impact to environment

November 19, 2020

Aviation is one of the most energy-intense forms of consumption, and has in the past been characterised by strong growth, with estimates that emissions have

Has videoconferencing killed business travel? No, but there will be substitution and we could lose between a fifth and a quarter of trips in the future

November 05, 2020

An increasing number of businesses have adapted favourably to the new working from home environment and many now plan to employ it, or a more

The industry may have a high price to pay for corporate travel savings that businesses have made during the pandemic as CFOs are sure to take a tighter control over future budgets

November 03, 2020

In the last decade the main focus of CFOs on corporate travel was getting employee overspending in line. Expenses – especially falsified expenses – were

Being a digital nomad has its benefits. Earning loyalty points for a normal day’s work as the hotel becomes my new workspace – a viewpoint from our normally disgruntled corporate traveller

November 03, 2020

It seems continued travel restrictions and or reduced mobility means there is a significant pent-up demand for travel, even our disgruntled corporate traveller Victor A

Pandemic or not, Southwest continues to trumpet its ambitions to gain more corporate share

October 28, 2020

Throughout the COVID 19 crisis, Southwest Airlines has clearly stated its ambitions to capture more corporate share when demand for business travel returns, and the