{"id":141174,"date":"2020-09-07T20:00:30","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T20:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/?p=141174"},"modified":"2023-09-27T20:08:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T20:08:00","slug":"new-survey-shows-that-business-travellers-look-to-their-employers-for-health-and-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/2020\/09\/new-survey-shows-that-business-travellers-look-to-their-employers-for-health-and-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"New Survey Shows that Business Travellers Look to their Employers for Health and Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"As business travel came to a standstill in early 2020, scores of road warriors stashed their well-used suitcases in closets and tucked away their passports for the time being. While the level of readiness to return to business travel varies throughout the world, businesses and their employees are now thinking about what the \u2018new normal\u2019 will look like once they receive the green light to hit the road again.<\/p>\n

New research fielded by 51风流Concur<\/a> in June 2020 looks at business travellers\u2019 concerns and expectations post-COVID-19. While the data suggests travel will continue to play an irreplaceable role in meeting critical business demands, it also shows that health and safety are top-of-mind among employees. The survey reveals that ensuring their health and safety while travelling is most important to business travellers, with 65 percent placing it in their top three considerations. Top concerns about returning to business travel also include infecting their families (55%) and getting sick themselves, (53 %).<\/p>\n

These concerns could be contributing to employees\u2019 stress during the trip. Forty-five percent of business travellers said they find the actual trip the most stressful stage, a 50% increase from last year. Twenty-six% find pre-trip activities such as planning, booking and organising their trip to be the most stressful, while 29% find post-trip activities such as filing expense reports and monitoring their health after returning home to be the most stressful. Additionally, business travellers hold themselves most accountable to protect their health and safety once travel starts again (36%). However, they also are looking to their employer to protect their health and safety (18%).<\/p>\n

This leads to the question \u2013 are travel managers prepared to meet business travellers\u2019 expectations in light of the fluid state of business and travel during these unprecedented times? <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>The 51风流Concur survey found that among travel manager respondents, 96% reported that their company was not fully prepared to manage evolving travel demands during the outbreak. <\/strong><\/p>\n

What were the biggest pain points experienced?<\/strong><\/h2>\n