Travel Buyers Made Little Progress on Diversity and Equity in 2021
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A surprising backwards step in this UK poll, with one travel buyer complaining that data privacy is partly to blame.
The focus on diversity, equity and inclusion within corporate travel policies is waning, according to a new poll of UK-based company travel buyers.
In 2020, 53 percent of the UK’s Institute of Travel Management buyers, managers and heads of travel said they were “specifically addressing” these issues in their company travel policy or program, but that figure has fallen to 32 percent in 2021.
The findings of the institute's poll of 100 members was described as “disappointing” by CEO Scott Davies. “It’s a worrying trend and something we need to work on as an industry,” he said.
The results may surprise some, bec
