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02-16-2021, 08:00 AM
#2071
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2017
Posts: 1,030
Well your adamant posts and threads about herd immunity ideas for months last year didn’t pan out and your mythical vaccine actually did get produced so..... I’m pretty sure you don’t know a whole lot.
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02-16-2021, 09:49 AM
#2072
Bracing for Fallacies
Joined APC: Jul 2007
Position: In favor of good things, not in favor of bad things
Posts: 3,543
I’ve talked with my father in law about business travel a lot. He has run or owned a number of businesses and has been a full-ish time business development consultant for 15+ years. He would travel on average 4 times/month to help out his clients, top tier rewards programs, etc.
His views parallel my own: business travel will return, but a portion of it never will. Never. Business relationships, and particularly new business development, THRIVE on in person interactions. But there is a percentage of business travel (maybe 15-25%?) that ultimately does not give an equitable ROI. It’s the type of business travel that has been done “because we’ve always done it that way.” Companies will look at their travel budgets and start to narrow down which types of business travel are necessary for growth and those that can be accomplished through remote work and relationships.
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His views parallel my own: business travel will return, but a portion of it never will. Never. Business relationships, and particularly new business development, THRIVE on in person interactions. But there is a percentage of business travel (maybe 15-25%?) that ultimately does not give an equitable ROI. It’s the type of business travel that has been done “because we’ve always done it that way.” Companies will look at their travel budgets and start to narrow down which types of business travel are necessary for growth and those that can be accomplished through remote work and relationships.
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02-16-2021, 10:34 AM
#2073
New Hire
Joined APC: Feb 2021
Posts: 1
I can personally vouch for this. I know my parents are planning to take my entire family on a massive vacation once this is all over. (To make up for the extra saved vacation money we have)
02-16-2021, 11:21 AM
#2074
Clear ECAM
Joined APC: Oct 2014
Posts: 952
We have three sets of visitors coming to our house in March. Two of the three did not travel at all last year and cancelled similar trips in 2020. I’m pretty sure this spring and summer are going to look much different than last year.
02-16-2021, 12:48 PM
#2075
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2018
Posts: 120
I know! What we really need is another 4-6 week hard lockdown to slow the spread then follow it up with an additional 2 weeks to flatten the curve. Then maybe we'll be getting there.
02-16-2021, 03:15 PM
#2076
Perennial Reserve
Joined APC: Jan 2018
Posts: 12,240
Business travel returning... it may be awhile. At least that’s how the market is betting.
https://ibb.co/DkQMDxG]
https://ibb.co/DkQMDxG]
02-16-2021, 03:23 PM
#2077
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2011
Posts: 244
Business travel returning... it may be awhile. At least that’s how the market is betting.
https://ibb.co/DkQMDxG]
https://ibb.co/DkQMDxG]
02-16-2021, 03:38 PM
#2078
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Joined APC: Apr 2019
Posts: 231
02-18-2021, 07:03 AM
#2079
New Hire
Joined APC: Feb 2021
Posts: 1
Would have been tough at the time to give you an accurate number based on Cuomo’s latest little “snafu.”
02-18-2021, 08:58 AM
#2080
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2016
Position: NBC
Posts: 782
Sorry, my post was too subtly written. I was referring to this story:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...e-aviation-bid
My point was that Bill Gates must be bullish on corporate jet business travel if he is going long on Signature.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...e-aviation-bid
My point was that Bill Gates must be bullish on corporate jet business travel if he is going long on Signature.
Considering this, it makes sense for for him to poo-poo the return of airline business travel.
Im optimistic that ambitious companies will take advantage of this “reset”/first-mover benefits, and the rest will follow. Add in dislocated employees/high performing teams (live where you want since offices don’t make sense anymore), and while business travel may look different, I think it will return bigger than before, starting this summer but really booming in 2022.
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