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On this episode we’re going to debate the world of enterprise journey. Whether or not you journey for enterprise your self, you oversee a workforce of travellers, or play a task in executing journey on your group, this episode is for you.
We’re going to talk about what was revealed in latest analysis in addition to unpack methods to handle widespread ache factors within the enterprise journey expertise.
Meet Our Visitor: Jen Moyse
Becoming a member of us as we speak is Jen Moyse from SAP Concur.
Jen Moyse is vp of product and head of UX at SAP Concur. She’s held management positions for SAP Concur in TripIt, a journey organizing app from SAP Concur for the previous, get this, does everyone have their seat belts on? Previous 10 years. She is extraordinarily educated and we’re fortunate to have her right here.
The Analysis
To start, please share a bit in regards to the SAP Concur World Enterprise Journey Survey. What are you usually seeking to uncover on this vital analysis?
The SAP Concur World Enterprise Journey Survey is one thing we conduct yearly, that is really our sixth yr conducting this analysis. And what we’re exploring is a few of the most urgent challenges that enterprise vacationers as we speak are going through. And that features, after all, the affect of journey disruptions, tighter budgets and extra. So it additionally offers us an opportunity to revisit just a few of the important thing themes from our earlier surveys so we will see has something modified? The place do issues stand as we speak? And so a few the important thing themes that we picked up on have been flexibility and likewise workers perceptions of their equal alternative to take enterprise journeys.
The State of Enterprise Journey
What’s the total state of enterprise journey going into 2025 with components such because the financial system, our geopolitical tensions, issues like that?
We seemed on the enterprise journey bookings that circulation by our software, Concur Journey, it’s our on-line journey reserving software. And we discovered that enterprise journey bookings are literally up this yr. Q1, apparently, was the strongest quarter for enterprise journey in 2024 so far.
And what’s fascinating to us too is that this improve in enterprise journey is no less than partially pushed by the pursuits of the staff. Our survey discovered that greater than three and 4 world enterprise vacationers say they only get pleasure from it, and greater than two thirds of them additionally really feel that enterprise journey is vital for his or her profession development.
Contributing Components
How does age, standing as a mum or dad or different components come into play right here?
So that you talked about just a few attributes which might be vital. What we really discovered appeared to most affect this notion, stage of seniority, 19% of vacationers attributed inequity to that purpose. Age additionally a major issue at 18%. And we noticed different points crop up, standing as a mum or dad, the place you reside, and sadly, bodily look, gender, even accent, the way you current your self, all of these are perceived to doubtlessly affect these alternatives. You would possibly say, okay, how about gender? How does that play in? And what we discovered was that extra girls than males seem to understand these attributes as being difficult. So extra girls than males, 20% of ladies versus 17% of males thought age was doubtlessly an issue. Standing as a mum or dad, 17% of ladies referred to as that out versus 13% of males. Curiously, however possibly not surprisingly, extra males say that they’ve by no means really felt that they have been challenged in these alternatives for enterprise journey. So 38% of males say not an issue to solely 29% of ladies, proper?
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