{"id":7217,"date":"2022-07-19T09:08:24","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T07:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.viap.es\/business-travel-during-covid-19\/"},"modified":"2022-09-06T11:25:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T09:25:32","slug":"business-travel-during-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.viap.es\/en\/business-travel-during-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Business travel during Covid-19."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Businesses spend more than\u00a0$300 billion\u00a0each year on corporate travel, approximately 20% of which is on airfare.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For airlines,\u00a0corporate travelers\u00a0represent 12% of passengers and generate billions in revenue \u2014 as much as 75% of profit on certain flights. As such, business travelers represent an essential segment.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"542\" src=\"https:\/\/www.viap.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-14.50.34.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.viap.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-14.50.34.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.viap.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-14.50.34-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/www.viap.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-14.50.34-768x407.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you\u2019re in charge of managing business travel at your company<\/strong>, your tasks and responsibilities have changed drastically. You\u2019re dealing with more cancellations and refund requests than new trip bookings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Broadly, these are the tasks you need to take care of during the Coronavirus outbreak.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Review all upcoming trips and conduct a risk assessment (see more on this below)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cancel all upcoming trips that don\u2019t pass the risk assessment<\/li>\n<li>Work with your travel management company or directly with vendors to get refunds or credits<\/li>\n<li>Keep track of vendor credits for future use, including expiration dates and transfer restrictions<\/li>\n<li>Create new guidelines on allowable trips during this time<\/li>\n<li>Consider how you can help team members satisfy the purpose of their trips remotely<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Another option, of course, is to just contact us and we\u2019ll take care of everything \ud83d\ude09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On 15 June, the European Commission\u00a0launched\u00a0\u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/reopen.europa.eu\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Re-open EU\u2019, <\/a>a web platform that contains essential information allowing a safe relaunch of free movement and tourism across Europe. To help people confidently plan their travels and holidays during the summer and beyond, the platform will provide real-time information on borders, available means of transport, travel restrictions, public health and safety measures such as on physical distancing or wearing of facemasks, as well as other practical information for travelers.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"568\" src=\"https:\/\/www.viap.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-15.44.04-1024x568.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.viap.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-15.44.04-1024x568.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.viap.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-15.44.04-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/www.viap.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-15.44.04-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/www.viap.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-15.44.04.png 1482w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Re-open EU will act as a key point of reference for anyone travelling in the EU as it centralizes up-to-date information from the Commission and the Member States in one place.\u00a0 It will allow people to browse country-specific information for each EU Member State through an interactive map, offering updates on applicable national measures as well as practical advice for visitors in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Businesses spend more than\u00a0$300 billion\u00a0each year on corporate travel, approximately 20% of which is on airfare. For airlines,\u00a0corporate travelers\u00a0represent 12% of passengers and generate billions in revenue \u2014 as much as 75% of profit on certain flights. As such, business travelers represent an essential segment. 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