- June 18, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
“We will be much more specific and deliberate on the purpose of travel,” said Batra, who estimated that employee travel at the lab equipment supplier might eventually return to only about two-thirds of what it was before the pandemic. “We will always ask, is it worth it, or can we do something remotely? Can we be more productive? Can we not be jet-lagged?”
These are questions many of Batra’s peers in C-suites across Greater Boston are asking after 15 months of remote meetings. Many don’t envision their travel budgets getting back to pre-COVID levels, at least not anytime soon, even as COVID-related restrictions get lifted in the United States and across the globe.
Local employers on average estimate that only 14 percent of their pre-pandemic air travel will return by July 1, according to a poll of 110 companies conducted this spring by the Massachusetts Competitive Partnership. That number, on average, is only projected to rebound to 53…
