The return of the road warrior?

Is it time for the return of business travel?In the second half of a recording with web editor Jerry Limone, Conlin Travel CEO Chris Conlin and Valerie Wilson Travel  co-president Jennifer Wilson Buttigieg focused on the comeback of one of the biggest segments of travel: Business travelers. Business travel is big business. Valerie Wilson and Conlin, both Power List agencies (meaning they have at least $100 million in travel sales in a non-Covid year) are strong in corporate travel; for example. You’ll hear in this episode that both Conlin and Wilson-Buttigieg are confident that business travel and face-to-face meetings are getting ready for their big moment, especially as vaccines are rolled out, workers head back to their offices, the typical fall season for business travel kicks into gear and, importantly, conferences start to be held in person again. This episode also coincides with our annual Focus on Business Travel cover story, in which our reporters took a look at some of the pandemic-era trends. This episode was recorded June 15 and has been edited for length and clarity. For more, listen to the first part of this podcast recording, which was published June 21, in which Limone, Conlin and Wilson-Buttigieg talked about leisure travel trends – and Jennifer’s trip to Paris, right as the border reopened. Related reading: The 2021 Power List https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/2021-Power-List Focus on business travel: A changed sector recovers from crisis https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Corporate-Travel/Focus-on-Business-Travel-2021 Folo episode 31: The view from two multimillion-dollar agencies https://www.travelweekly.com/Podcasts/Folo/The-view-from-two-multimillion-dollar-agencies Frosch International acquires Valerie Wilson Travel https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Frosch-acquires-Valerie-Wilson-Travel The latest news on corporate travel https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Corporate-Travel  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.