The business travel industry will play a vital role in the UK’s economic recovery.” That was the rousing sentiment of Business Travel Association (BTA) chief executive Clive Wratten, speaking to TTG last week.
“Business travellers are the people who forge the deals and build the relationships which make global trade possible,” he said.
Business travel – which generates £10 billion in revenue every year and currently employs more than 12,000 people in the UK – was the first tranche of the travel industry to feel the effects of the coronavirus crisis, as risk-averse corporate clients quickly moved to cancel staff travel.
