U.S. Travel: Business Travel Spending to Grow, but Slowly

	January 18, 2024

By Donna M. Airoldi

U.S. domestic business travel volume is projected to remain below pre-pandemic levels until 2026, while total U.S. business travel spending is not forecast to recover before 2028, according to a forecast released Wednesday by the U.S. Travel Association. Keep Reading

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We had a number of laggards, technology being by far the largest in terms of having not returned to travel, and we are finally starting to see tech companies traveling again."

- Delta's Ed Bastian

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