A survey of 100 Nordic companies by the travel buyer
associations of Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway has found 82 per
cent of companies say they will allow travellers to say no to travelling
when business trips resume.
The survey also found that 96 per cent of companies say they
still have a travel ban in place and that only business-critical travel is
allowed.
Almost 60 per cent of those responding to the survey – the third
that the associations have carried out since the outbreak of Covid – said they
had changed their travel policy as a result of Covid.
Despite the challenges, 30 per cent of the organisations polled said
they are running their normal RFPs during 2021.
Asked what additional services they would like their TMC to offer,
buyers said they wanted support on Covid travel regulations as well as wanting their
TMCs to keep track of Covid refunds.