*The source specifies that respondents were: travel managers/buyers, procurement/sourcing professionals, employees of travel suppliers, employees of TMCs, other.
The survey question was phrased by the source as follows: "Q. How do you think business travel will resume at your company as the world recovers from COVID-19?".
Exceeding/missing percentage points to 100 percent are probably due to rounding.
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Opinions on resuming business travel after COVID-19 worldwide 2021
According to a March 2021 study, virtual meetings and sales calls with clients could be more common in the business travel market after the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Nearly **** of the survey sample believed that virtual internal staff meetings could increase by more than ** percent over 2019. Meanwhile, roughly **** in *** respondents expected virtual sales calls with prospective clients to rise up to ** percent over pre-pandemic levels.
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