Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Demise of business travel?

Business travel provides a good opportunity for corporates to get a break from the monotony of their office. It allows them to get away from their desks and boardrooms for some time, no matter how small.
But there is a recent trend in which companies are reducing the number of business trips and concentrating on conducting long distance business through video conferences and the like. With high speed internet connections now readily available, it is only reasonable that companies switch to it, since it provides a cheaper alternative to making people travel halfway across the globe. In case there is a discrepancy of language between the concerned parties, there is a translator at both ends to help their respective parties understand.