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The New Strategies Around One-Day Business Trips

Matthew Parsons
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Photo Credit: More questions will be asked for trips that don't involve overnight stays, according to one global travel manager. Unsplash / Christin Hume

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One company's decision to quiz people when booking same-day travel shows yet again how the pandemic will influence future behaviors.

Travel will look a lot different at pharmaceutical company UCB once restrictions ease, because employees are about to be quizzed when they book a trip that doesn’t involve an overnight stay. The decision to question their motives comes as the company strives to make meetings more meaningful, and lower its carbon emissions — but it could backfire, as experts warn the trend might lead to staff manipulating the system. UCB’s volume of corporate travel was down 90 percent in the first quarter of this year, compared with the same period last year. Like most companies, it adapted to virtual meetings.

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Advito, the consultancy arm of its corporate travel agency, BCD Travel, is now introducing a new question in the company’s online booking tool, and for agency bookings. When staff book a one-day trip, a pop-up will appear: Are you sure you could not do this over a Teams or Zoom meeting? [caption id="attachment_430018" align="alignright" width="300"] Geert Behets, spend journey lead, global travel and meetings, UCB, speaking at a Festive R

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