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Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and in the years that followed, corporate teams were largely isolated from one another. For many, this reduced their organizations ability to meet and connect with fellow colleagues. Now, people around the world are eager to return to in-person events and business travel. In fact, nearly two-thirds of meetings and events professionals increased their budgets for 2023, with an average of 50% of meetings throughout the year expected to take place in person.

Around 1.3 million business trips are taken per year, according to the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA). Though this average decreased from 2020 to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, people around the world are now eager to connect and return to in-person events and business travel. In fact, nearly two-thirds of meetings and events professionals increased their budgets for 2022, and more than a third of travel managers plan to run 40% or more of their internal meetings at a hotel throug...