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As the Covid-19 pandemic continues garnering the lion's share of attention from business travel managers and other key corporate risk management leaders, those decisionmakers may be suffering from "Covid myopia," causing them to neglect other significant risk factors, a new study cautions.

International SOS's Risk Outlook 2021 report features results from a survey of more than 1,400 risk professionals in 99 countries, including nearly 920 responsible for their organization's travelers. Conducted between Sept. 22 and Oct. 19 by Ipsos MORI, the survey revealed a widespread sentiment that overall workforce risk is at a five-year high and could continue to increase in 2021.

Up To 36% Of Airline Business Travel Won’t Return After Covid Pandemic Ends, Study Estimates

December 1, 2020 via Forbes

A new study by IdeaWorks and reported by the Wall Street Journal is the first detailed look at the long-term impacts Covid-19 could have on business travel...The study breaks down the reasons people have traveled for business, assesses the effects of technology, work at home changes and overall risk tolerance, and validates this with a wide range of industry and travel experts. As a result, this study is robust and more complete than any done since the pandemic began.