Before the pandemic, business travel had grown annually for a decade. Add in the commitment by more and more organisations to a net-zero-emissions policy and the business travel market looks set for a bumpy recovery. Leisure travel tends to recover much more quickly after a crisis than business travel. By contrast, it took five years for international business travel to rebound. McKinsey predicts the same pattern post-Covid while the annual business travel index from the Global Business Travel Association says 2021 will be a year of survival, with things starting to improve from 2022.

Source: The Irish Times April 29, 2021 22:52 UTC