Research reveals UK business travellers are keen to travel again

By Catie Owen.

New analysis commissioned by SAP Concur, an US-based SaaS firm offering built-in journey and expense administration providers, exhibits that 99% of enterprise travellers within the UK are prepared to journey within the subsequent 12 months.

Of the 300 enterprise travellers and 100 journey managers surveyed throughout the UK, SAP Concur discovered that 55% of journey managers imagine their function is much less anxious in comparison with 12 months in the past and 98% of enterprise travellers are eager to journey once more.

Though 45% of enterprise travellers miss feeling the “normalcy” of enterprise journey, many contributors famous a number of issues about its return. For 54% of contributors, the highest perceived threats to enterprise journey embrace well being and security issues from Covid-19, 48% frightened about the price of oil costs and inflation, and an extra 42% had been involved in regards to the battle in Jap Europe.

SAP Concur’s survey outcomes additionally reveal that 83% of respondents imagine their firm has returned to pre-pandemic ranges of enterprise journey however with a smaller group of travellers.

The analysis additionally confirmed that many travellers are unsure in regards to the quantity of enterprise journey they’re anticipated to do, as 28% of these dissatisfied with their journey frequency said that they may seek for a job if their firm’s journey continues at its present tempo. Journey managers additionally seen this development, with 60% of these surveyed stating that staffing adjustments will make their jobs difficult over the subsequent 12 months.

Enterprise travellers additionally reported an inclination to refuse journeys, with 49% surveyed stating that they’d decline if there have been security issues about travelling to sure elements of the world.

Sustainability 

Sustainability was an essential issue to these surveyed, with 95% stating the significance of getting sustainability info for every journey choice accessible when reserving enterprise journey, together with visible indicators of a visit’s environmental influence akin to labels or greenhouse fuel emissions.

To scale back the environmental influence of enterprise journey, 56% of travellers said that they’d change their transportation actions over the subsequent 12 months.

Commenting on the report’s findings, Ami Taylor, senior director international product technique at SAP Concur, mentioned: “Firms might want to take initiative with safeguarding and supporting their staff, all of the whereas adhering to new insurance policies and approvals to fulfill the sustainability agenda.”