GBTA Poll: Omicron Dampens Business Travel but Long-Term Outlook Remains Strong

New variant developments, government restrictions, and international policy inconsistencies are currently hindering a more accelerated return for global business travel. However, the industry continues to reflect progress and optimism in its long-view expectations for 2022, according to the latest poll from the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the world’s largest business travel association and leader in education, research, networking and advocacy.

This poll is the 25th in GBTA’s COVID-19 Recovery series tracking the pulse of global business travel industry during the pandemic.

Read the full announcement and access poll results materials.

GBTA Europe Town Hall

27 January | 2:00 PM

Join us for the first GBTA Europe Town Hall of 2022 to get the latest news from GBTA in the region and meet Ben Park, incoming Chair of the GBTA Europe Advisory Board. We will also be joined by GBTA Research Director, Chris Ely who will be presenting the GBTA BTI Business Travel Outlook giving valuable insight on when we can expect to see a return to travel and the economic forces that will underpin this growth.

New Dates for 2022!
Travel Risk Management Bootcamp: Understanding and Implementing ISO31030

Explore Travel Risk Management in the context of the new ISO 31030 standard and gain the tools and confidence to update and/or create a robust system within your organization. This one-day course, led by travel risk management experts Global Secure Accreditation in conjunction with GBTA, is designed to give practical guidance to anyone involved in building and managing corporate travel programs.

• 14 - 15 February  Register
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• 14 - 15 September Register

GBTA ITALY
Simplification, complexities management and virtual payment evolution

22 February

Cashless payments finally picked up. Thanks to the impulses of the GIG economy and the growth of the e-commerce, virtual payments speeded up in last 20 months. This trend is also affecting the corporate environment which increasingly adopted digital and centralized payment solutions. In this perspective, a renewed and more concrete attention to the sustainability topics pushed towards digitalization and more efficient processes.

During the webinar, Andrea Giuricin, CEO TRA Consulting, Daniele Aulari, Country Manager AirPlus International Italia and Gabriele Indrieri Country Manager Italy, Malta & Greece SAP CONCUR will deep dive into:

• 2022 Business Travel Outlook
• Centralization, Digitalization and Sustainability of Business Travel Payments
• Financial Data Connection and Travel Spending control

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GBTA FRANCE
GBTA France Carrefour des Experts : Vision of the future by our sponsors

3 February

The content, based on the future of the industry, will allow buyers and Travel Managers to anticipate the challenges of tomorrow. 16 dynamic “quick visions” covering the topics below will be followed by ‘buyers/suppliers’ and ‘buyers/buyers’ speed meetings. Learn More

• Technology for the environment and travellers’ well-being.
• Data and Artificial Intelligence in Travel
• How to adapt to new behaviours in Business Travel
• Integrating new trends in mobility
• More transparency and clarity in the Hotel industry
• MICE’s challenges of tomorrow.

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