The New Face of Business Travel — Corporate Travel Innovation Report
Skift Take
Millennials are a driving force in society, and business travel is no exception. We expect the corporate travel world to recognize the changes younger road warriors want to see and put them into practice — eventually.
The Skift Corporate Travel Innovation Report is our weekly newsletter focused on the future of corporate travel, the big fault lines of disruption for travel managers and buyers, the innovations emerging from the sector, and the changing business traveler habits that are upending how corporate travel is packaged, bought and sold.
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The Future of Corporate + Business Travel
Millennials get more than their share of attention in the news, and we'll add to the coverage today with a story that we found eye-opening: Travelers in that age group took more business trips than their older colleagues in the last year.
According to the new Portrait of Business Travelers from MMGY Global, younger workers are bringing different attitudes to their travel. They don't care much about loyalty programs, they worry about the impact of travel on their personal lives, they are interested in alternative accommodations such as Airbnb, and they prefer ridesharing options over taxis.
Those are attitudes and preferences that will only become more common — which means employers and travel management companies need to adapt soo
