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WhoisaBusinessTraveller? 0
by The BTA
“It’s not about travel, but about the people. You might think it’s about all the different places in the world and all the different places to visit. But actually, it’s about the people that go to those places and the people that get you there.”
Andrew Pearce Head of Internal Experience
It’s a common misconception that when you work in the travel industry, the only jobs available are a holiday representative or cabin crew.
The industry includes a wide range of opportunities across several different sectors, one of which is the business travel industry. When you think of a business traveller, you might imagine a businessman in a suit carrying a briefcase, travelling business class to New York. Yet business travel is so much more than this. Travel industry professionals work worldwide with a range of customers travelling for work.
The rise of video calls has not dampened the appetite for in-person meetings and many occupations still require employees to travel for business. Journalists need to travel to report on newsworthy matters around the world; architects travel to see their construction projects come to life; athletes regularly travel the world to compete in sports competitions; musicians travel the globe when touring; chefs travel to other countries to taste new ingredients to bring flavour to their new recipes.
As technology and digital media maintains momentum, bloggers, vloggers and influencers travel for press trips; fashion designers often travel internationally to source materials for, and showcase, their designs; aid workers and medical professionals travel overseas to help those suffering from epidemics, wars and natural disasters.
Since the pandemic, the breadth of business travel opportunities has grown significantly. The break in commuting and the rise of remote working continues to provide many people with the opportunity to regularly travel abroad while ‘working from home’ at the same time.
Nowadays, the parameters of business travel have changed and anyone can be a business traveller! Some of the companies that travel for work include:
