But in the meantime, the business world has largely adapted to a remote or hybrid workplace, calling into question the future of corporate travel. Business travel is the form of travel that people miss the least and is not going to come back like before, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky wrote in the company s annual travel report, released on January 28. Still, connecting in real life still matters, and much of the void left by the old business travel will be replaced by new business travel.
To Chesky, this new form of business travel involves remote workers that dispersed far and wide during the pandemic traveling to hubs to spend time with their co-workers, often staying longer than just a few nights.