GBTA调查：2027年前商旅乐观情绪回升至63%
GBTA于2026年8月27日至9月9日调查604名全球企业差旅经理、供应商及中间商。结果显示，63%的商旅专业人士对2027年行业前景乐观，高于4月的41%和1月的59%；悲观比例从4月的24%降至7%。买方乐观度由39%升至61%，供应商与TMC由42%升至64%。45%的受访者预计2026年企业差旅次数同比增加（4月为30%），56%的买方预计差旅支出增加（4月为43%）。成本上升与地缘政治不确定性仍是买方首要影响因素。
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GBTA News & Press GBTA Poll: Business Travel Confidence Rebounds to 2026 High
GBTA polled 604 business travel professionals worldwide online from August 27 to September 9, 2026. 63% are optimistic about the industry outlook for the next 12 months, up from 41% in April and above 59% in January; pessimism fell from 24% to 7%. Optimism rose among both buyers and suppliers, and Europe's net optimism swung from -17 to +44. 56% of buyers expect travel spend to increase and 45% expect more trips, with spend expectations continuing to outpace volume. Costs and geopolitical uncertainty remain the main constraints.
Business Travel News GBTA Poll: Business Travel Industry Confidence Rebounds to 2026 High
A GBTA poll of 604 industry professionals found 63% optimistic about the next 12 months, a 22-point rebound from April and the strongest outlook since October 2024. Among roughly 300 buyers, 45% expect more business trips in 2026 and 56% expect higher travel spend. Europe's optimism rose to 55% but still trails North America, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. Buyers cited rising travel costs (69%) and geopolitical uncertainty (45%) as top planning factors.
SAP Concur Blog SAP Concur Positions Real-Time Travel Spend Reporting
SAP Concur published an article outlining its travel spend reporting capabilities, arguing that consolidating booking, expense, and approval into one platform creates a real-time, single source of truth. The article cites common pain points: data scattered across booking platforms, card statements, expense reports, and inboxes; backward-looking reporting; hard-to-verify policy compliance; underused negotiated rates; and unreliable budget forecasting. SAP Concur says its approach embeds policy rules at booking, automates data capture, and produces connected reports to help finance teams improve compliance, strengthen supplier negotiations, and improve budget management.
SAP Concur Blog Faster Isn't the Same as Better When Scaling Automation
SAP Concur blog discusses that after finance teams deploy automated expense tools, early results are positive, but inconsistencies emerge later, such as out-of-policy expenses being approved and teams interpreting policies differently. This stems from a lack of governance. With global business travel spend projected at $1.69 trillion, small inconsistencies can multiply. The article recommends aligning policy design, approval logic, and governance to ensure automation delivers consistency and confidence.
SAP Concur Blog SAP Concur Data Shows Increased Business Travel Spending in 2024
SAP Concur analyzed 2024 expense transaction data and found higher business travel spending than the previous year. Domestic air travel volume for business trips rose 3% year over year, while international travel volume increased nearly 6%. Total expense transactions increased 13% year over year, with an average transaction of $102. Lodging, ground transportation, and meals saw the highest transaction increases at 17%, 16%, and 13% respectively. Average transaction amounts remained largely flat, with lodging falling from $140 to $136 and air rising from $425 to $438. On average, 15-20% of expense reports contain non-compliant spend.
SAP Concur Blog Viable for VAT? Blue dot on Domestic and Foreign Tax Compliance
A SAP Concur podcast conversation with Dr. Mark Stirling of Blue dot discusses the complexity of domestic and foreign VAT reclaim. Blue dot finds 23% of expense reports have incorrect tax information, and about 100 VAT rule changes occurred across multiple countries. The discussion also covers the post-pandemic rise of non-trip spend from under 5% to 25%, and the tax treatment of taxable employee benefits and bleisure travel.
SAP Concur Blog The Hidden Costs of a Bad Expense Process
A SAP Concur blog post outlines the hidden costs of a sluggish, manual expense process. Relying on paper and spreadsheets leads to back-and-forth communication among finance, employees, and managers, with every claim requiring manual validation and approval. Paper receipts get lost and manual data entry invites errors. Employees delay submissions due to tedium, hurting cash flow, and reimbursement averages nine days from approval. The post also notes that without automation, companies miss spend-analysis opportunities, while automated systems can reduce expense submission complications and errors by 36%.
SAP Concur Blog SAP Concur Explains How Automation and Reporting Can Help Budget Management
A SAP Concur blog post discusses common budgeting and cash flow challenges for business owners, including surprise employee expenses, late payments, and travel spend control. It recommends expense report automation, invoice process automation, and automated travel solutions to improve financial visibility, avoid late fees, maintain credit scores, and better manage employee travel and duty of care. It cites Statista data that 43% of US business travel managers expect an increase in business travel this year.