2021 Travel and Expense Trends: Safety, Sustainability, and Automation
This SAP Concur blog post shares insights from NielsenIQ's Global VP K.G. Subramanyam on 2021 travel and expense trends. Trends include: safe travel as a priority with vaccine passports and health checks becoming common; sustainability beyond recycling with focus on ESG goals; cloud solutions and AI, ML, RPA driving data-driven decisions; and compliance with changing tax laws with VAT recovery as a CFO focus. The article emphasizes technology-enabled, data-driven approaches to achieve long-term ESG goals.
Impact and considerations
Companies need to focus on travel safety, sustainability, and technological automation to address travel management challenges in 2021 and beyond.
Key points
- Safe travel is the hallmark of 2021, with vaccine passports and health checks becoming common
- Sustainability goes beyond recycling, with focus on ESG goals
- Cloud solutions and AI, ML, RPA drive data-driven decisions
- VAT recovery is a CFO focus
- Technology-enabled, data-driven approaches achieve long-term ESG goals
- Companies must adapt to changing tax laws
Sources and time
- Primary source
- SAP Concur
- Other sources
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- First source publication
- 29 Jun 2022, 19:47
- Page published
- 14 Aug 2026, 08:36
- Last updated
- 29 Jun 2022, 19:47
- Original links
- SAP Concur Blog：Top Travel and Expense Trends of 2021: NielsenIQ's VP Shares His Insights (opens in a new tab)Primary source · en · Published 29 Jun 2022, 19:47