Find answers from business travellers on activity before and during the pandemic, as well as upcoming plans.
Even during times of restrictions, business travel continued. We asked about travel before and during the pandemic, as well as upcoming plans. Explore Kantar's findings here.
Looking at Business travel before the COVID-19 pandemic shows that a third of respondents (34%) travelled for work before the pandemic. Indian respondents (69%) travelled the most and French and German the least (15%).
51% of those travelling for work took three or more trips a year. Frequent travel of three plus trips was highest in Brazil (65%), Germany (57%) and the US (51%).
Forty-one percent (41%) of those who travel for business have done so since March 2020.
Respondents in India (50%) and Mainland China (49%) have taken the most business trips in this time, whilst Singaporeans report the least (26%).
Forty-six percent (46%) of respondents globally have work travel planned in the coming six months.
This remains high for Chinese (68%) and Indian (57%) respondents with French (53%) respondents also expecting to increase their business travel plans.
Travel plans for the next six months currently remain lowest in the UK (27%) and Singapore (29%).
Of those planning business travel in the next six months domestic travel will be more common than international.
For these trips, business travellers are most likely to travel by air (51%) and/or by car (44%).
Six out of 10 business travellers in the US (60%), Brazil (59%) and China (59%) plan to travel on domestic work trips by air. In France and Germany domestic business travel will be predominantly by car (59% and 48% respectively).
Whilst overseas business travel is on the agenda less, 44% of Singaporeans plan to take an international flight for work purposes in the next six months.
