- June 27, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
If you’re a business owner and you’re still tentative about getting back on the road to see your customers or attend a conference, you better get over these hesitations quick. Business travel is quickly returning to pre-pandemic levels, and many of my clients are making their travel plans, both professionally and personal. Many others are already traveling.
A few quick statistics to explain what’s going on – and what I’m seeing.
As recently as last week, travelers through the nation’s airports, according to the TSA, have reached 75% of the levels at the same time in 2019 and those levels are rapidly rising. I walked through Chicago’s O’Hare airport last week and the terminals were packed.
Also as of last week, the hotel industry reported that occupancy is currently down a mere 10% compared with the same week in 2019. Last night, at a hotel in Dallas, I waited 20 minutes for a table at dinnertime amid swarms of fellow attendees at a…
