Business travel could rebound in 2022, despite Omicron factor

But fare premiums will not be the same as before as firms likely to have more conservative travel budgets: analysts

Tay Peck Gek

Published Fri, Dec 3, 2021 · 05:50 AM

Singapore

THERE is optimism that business travel may soon return in a significant way next year, notwithstanding the emergence of the Omicron variant that has thrown a spanner in the works for the general travel sector.

The reopening of borders in the West and Singapore's string of quarantine-free Vaccinated Travel Lanes (VTLs) had earlier sparked hopes that firms would be more willing to resume cross border, physical meetings for their customer-facing executives. This was reflected by the rise in bookings and enquiries by corporate travel operators.