This week, quarantine for arriving travellers in the UK has been cut from from 14 to 10 days. The government’s test to release scheme – which allows people arriving in England to cut their quarantine in half if, after five days, they get a negative Covid test – was launched, although it was quickly overwhelmed and attracted criticism.
In Europe, the Netherlands and Germany announced stricter lockdowns while France emerged from a weeks-long one. In the UK, London and much of the south of England went into the highest level of restrictions amid a new surge in cases.
Some countries are allowing business travel, others are too but making it impossibly difficult to get an exemption from quarantine. Economies are shuddering to a halt yet again
This week's podcast is hosted by BTN Europe digital editor Mark Frary, with Daniel Tallos, travel manager EMEA at Nike, Karen Hutchings, global head of travel, meetings and events for EY, Dave Bishop, CCO at Gray Dawes Group, and Pascal Jungfer, CEO and founding partner of Areka Consulting.
Our panel discusses whether new schemes such as test to release can get business travellers moving again, the outlook for business travel after Brexit and whether companies will require their employees to be vaccinated to resume travelling.