ABTA survey reveals managers’ top concerns for travelling staff

Managers have revealed their major concerns for staff on business trips, with organising correct entry documents, health and medical issues and terrorism and security threats at the top, according to ABTAAssociation of British Travel Agents.The survey shows more than half believe none of their employees have encountered any problems on business trips over the last year.However, the research found marked differences between managers’ concerns and the actual problems cited by staff. In particular, 60 per cent of bosses expressed worry over terrorism or security-related issues while only 6 per cent of employees had encountered such problems.