Most business travelers believe that travel is not provided

SAP Concur analyzes the pressing challenges facing business travelers and their organizations in its fifth annual Global Business Travel Survey, including remote work, equal travel opportunities, and responsibility and care for the LGBTQ+ traveler experience. Key findings from the global survey of 3,850 business travelers in 25 markets include:

• Nearly two-thirds of business travelers worldwide feel they do not have equal business travel opportunities compared to their colleagues – primarily due to their age, accent or gender.

• More than three in 10 remote workers recognize that business travel is essential for building meaningful connections with coworkers (38%) and stronger relationships with managers (37%), and say business travel is important for workplace relationships. However, more remote workers feel they do not have equal opportunities to travel for business due to where they live or how often they commute.

• Global business travelers still consider health and safety to be the biggest threat to business travel (44%) — That topped international or local conflict and tensions (34%), inflation (34%), budget cuts or travel freezes (31%), and remote work and virtual meeting options (28%).

• More than half (54%) of global LGBTQ+ business travelers say the biggest threat to business travel is health and safety concerns, and 45% would refuse business travel due to safety or social issues in certain parts of the world.

Click here to view the full survey results and read more of the annual report.