- December 17, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Fewer than one in five travel buyers and procurement managers expect their organizations to introduce restrictions on nonessential business travel due to the emergence of the omicron variant of Covid-19, according to a new survey of Global Business Travel Association members.
According to the survey, conducted Dec. 6-12 by GBTA, about 17 percent of the 345 buyer members surveyed cited new restrictions, with an additional 19 percent indicating their companies were considering new restrictions. About 53 percent indicated their companies had no plans to do so, with the rest unsure.
Health officials have cited the emergence of the omicron variant, first observed last month in South Africa and subsequently found throughout the world, as a factor in rapidly increasing Covid-19 case count totals observed in the United States, Europe and elsewhere.
Several countries, including the United States, have revised entry procedures as a result of the variant’s…
