KDS poll finds lack of corporate communication over flu epidemic
Less than a third of companies have formally communicated with their employees about travel in light of the swine flu epidemic, according to a snap poll by KDS.
Only 31% of the 163 executives and business travellers polled by the online travel and expense management systems company said their companies had communicated with their staff about the epidemic.
Some 46% of respondents said their companies were looking at cancelling their Mexican trips, while 15% said they were considering avoiding the US, where cases of the illness have been reported in several cities.
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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