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Predicting the return of corporate travel would be a cinch if foretelling the future was foolproof. No one, however, has that extraordinary prescience

“It’s reassuring to see so much momentum for a return to business travel, with more optimism, willingness to travel and an increase in bookings

Booking windows will continue to evolve as vaccine rollout continues and travel begins again, this is a view on the ever-changing hotel booking landscape

Hoteliers surveyed in March 2021 also seem increasingly confident in significant pent-up consumer demand once local governments lift the travel bans

This increase is linked with growing rollout of vaccines and guidelines, as well as travel “bubbles” and corridors for safer air travel between countries

Looking at 11 April data, key markets across Europe showed higher hotel occupancy than the comparable period from 2020. Mostly driven by domestic demand

Traditional means of pricing based on time to departure is now irrelevant as most of the bookings are being made in a shorter, condensed booking window

While waiting for the start of the third phase of easing restrictions, which would allow travel abroad from May 17, the British have begun planning holidays

After a false start to Easter Holidays, which brought a halt to what seemed a recovery in travel to Spain, flight searches have started to grow again

If current trends hold, it will take years for Spain’s travel sector to fully recover and the economic devastation could trickle into the broader economy