Global business travel spending reaches €1.45tn in 2025, up 6.6pc, this week’s GBTA VDR Conference in Copenhagen was told.
Sessions covered decarbonisation, climate resilience, and regulatory preparedness in business travel.
The sustainability Summit, part of the event, heard about the GBTA Sustainability Acceleration Challenge and how progress had been made in emissions tracking but there was stagnation in carbon fees and online booking tools.
The adoption of sustainable aviation fuels reached 15pc among corporations purchasing certificates. Discussions addressed pressures from high visitor numbers in destinations and business travel contribution to location strain.
Follow-up actions have been igtemised focus on implementing benchmark findings to accelerate decarbonisation in corporate programmes.
