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, reveals that 99% of enterprise travellers within the UK are keen 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 position is much less traumatic 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 considerations about its return. For 54% of contributors, the highest perceived threats to enterprise journey embody well being and security considerations from Covid-19, 48% fearful about the price of oil costs and inflation, and an additional 42% have been involved in regards to the battle in Japanese 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 acknowledged that they’ll seek for a job if their firm’s journey continues at its present tempo. Journey managers additionally seen this pattern, 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 might decline if there have been security considerations about travelling to sure components of the world.

Sustainability 

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

To cut back the environmental impression of enterprise journey, 56% of travellers acknowledged that they might 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, stated: “Corporations might want to take initiative with safeguarding and supporting their staff, all of the whereas adhering to new insurance policies and approvals to satisfy the sustainability agenda.”