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Don’t Expect Full Business Travel Recovery Now Until 2026

Matthew Parsons
Beijing International Airport

Photo Credit: Beijing International Airport. Ongoing lockdowns in China were cited in the new report.  Unsplash / Joe Green

Skift Take

An extra drag of 18 months won’t be welcome news for hotels and airlines counting on a faster recovery. The latest Global Business Travel Association forecast makes for somber reading.

Global business travel spending is coming back at a slower pace than predicted, new research shows, with a full recovery now scheduled for 2026. A perfect storm of factors includes the now familiar line-up of inflation, energy prices, supply chain challenges, labor shortages and regional developments, the Globa

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