Although South Africa remains in the grip of the third wave of COVID-19 infections, the current acceleration of the vaccine roll-out is a positive sign that the tide will turn soon.
After a tough and uncertain year, it appears that South African corporates are ready to take to the skies again and conduct business with partners across the world face-to-face.
The reopening of international travel hinges largely on South Africa successfully ramping up its vaccination programme and private sector is standing by to help.
Are you ready to trade the endless Zoom face galleries for some creative sparring with clients and colleagues in the boardroom? Corporate Traveller GM Oz Desai decided to answer some of travellers’ most pressing questions.
The Nelson Mandela Bay Metro has been declared as a coronavirus hotspot. A curfew between 10h00 pm and 04h00 am will come into effect
as of midnight 3 December 2020.
One of the main consequences of COVID has been change – and lots of it. Almost all aspects of daily life have undergone a transformation to a certain extent, and how and why we travel is certainly no exception.
In a world overrun by COVID-19, a brand-new factor has come into play regarding traveller friction. Employees find themselves dealing with heightened emotions, a fear of the unknown, and worries about their health.
Travel programme leakage is the bane of any travel programme manager the world over. Before COVID-19 hit, businesses were seeing dollars and productivity hour’s march out the door as employees chose to book outside of the travel policy and expense claim back at a later date.
Getting people together face-to-face is ultimately the only way to achieve success in business, and those businesses that get a jump start on returning to this, will have a huge advantage on their competitors.
