Omicron Variant
Omicron Wreaks Havoc on Holiday Travel - Will It Stall Business Travel Recovery? - Business Travel News
Covid-19 variant sweeps pandemic travel concerns into 2022
Covid-19 variant sweeps pandemic travel concerns into 2022
Much like the 2021 hotel request - for - proposals cycle, this year's negotiation season differs greatly from pre - pandemic ones. Many hotel companies have offered to roll over 2020 rates for a second year, and some buyers - though seemingly not as many as last year - are taking them up on it, with 2021 volume only nominally higher than 2020, and recovery still nascent.
As business travel gradually returns, there is a recognition within the industry that sustainability and particularly a focus on the environment will be crucial in coming years.
Hilton Worldwide has seen a pick-up in business travel in the third quarter, as well as some group business bookings 'in the year, for the year, and not in insignificant amounts,' said the company's president and CEO Christopher Nassetta on a Wednesday morning earnings call.