SPEND BY SIZE Is more really more?


Before we analyse IT spend in travel in relation to the size of companies based on number of šŨËƖƺǝĒŨǛšǝƃĺśŨďǝšóŨŨĒİĉǝĺŭŨǝšĺįóǝ çĺİŨóƈŨǝśóĨËŨĒİĉǝŨĺǝďĺƃǝŨďóǝšóçŨĺśǝ ĒšǝšďËŘĒİĉǝŭŘǝËĈŨóśǝËİĺŨďóśǝƉóËśǝ of recovery post-pandemic. As has been a continual feature of


ŨďĒšǝśóŘĺśŨƺǝlcSǝƛĉŭśóšǝšďĺƃǝŨďËŨǝĒİǝ terms of the number of businesses, ŨśËƂóĨǝĒšǝíĺįĒİËŨóíǝæƉǝįĒçśĺǑƛśįšǝ óįŘĨĺƉĒİĉǝĈóƃóśǝŨďËİǝƣƢǝŘóĺŘĨóƿǝ GİǝƤƢƤƥƺǝŨďóšóǝƛśįšǝËççĺŭİŨóíǝĈĺśǝ


nearly 68% of the total number of óİŨóśŘśĒšóšǝĒİǝŨśËƂóĨǝǍƣƤƺƨƨƢǝĺĈǝƣƪƺƨƧƧǎƿ ĺİƂóśšóĨƉǝŨďóǝĨËśĉóšŨǝ


çĺįŘËİĒóšǝǐǝŨďĺšóǝóįŘĨĺƉĒİĉǝ įĺśóǝŨďËİǝƣƢƢǝšŨËƖǝǐǝËççĺŭİŨǝĈĺśǝ ËĨįĺšŨǝƨƥȎǝĺĈǝËĨĨǝŨśËƂóĨǝĒİíŭšŨśƉǝ óįŘĨĺƉóóšǝǍƥƦƥƺƫƢƥǝĺĈǝƧƦƪƺƧƣƧǎƿ GŨǝĒšǝƃĒŨďĒİǝŨďóšóǝĨËśĉóśǝçĺįŘËİĒóšǝ


that the vast majority of the šŘóİíǝĺİǝŨóçďİĺĨĺĉƉǝŨËĥóšǝŘĨËçóƿǝ GİǝŨĺŨËĨƺǝŨďóǝƥƧǝçĺįŘËİĒóšǝƃĒŨďǝ ƣƺƢƢƢǑŘĨŭšǝšŨËƖǝËççĺŭİŨóíǝĈĺśǝƦƨȎǝ ĺĈǝšŘóİíǝĒİǝƤƢƤƥǝǍdzƪƩƥǝįĒĨĨĒĺİǎƿ ĺįæĒİóíƺǝŨďóǝƣƢƢǑƫƫƫǝËİíǝ


ƣƺƢƢƢǑŘĨŭšǝšĒƒóǝçËŨóĉĺśĒóšǝËççĺŭİŨóíǝ ĈĺśǝËǝšŨËĉĉóśĒİĉǝƩƩȎǝĺĈǝŨďóǝGTǝ šŘóİíǝĒİǝŨśËƂóĨǝĨËšŨǝƉóËśƺǝËĨŨďĺŭĉďǝ ŨďĒšǝƃËšǝËǝíĒŘǝĈśĺįǝƪƣȎǝĒİǝƤƢƤƤƿ ¸ďĒĨóǝŨďóśóǝĒšǝŘĨóİŨƉǝĺĈǝĨóĉËçƉǝ


ŨóçďİĺĨĺĉƉǝšŨĒĨĨǝËŨǝŘĨËƉǝĒİǝŨďóǝĒİíŭšŨśƉƺǝ ƤƢƤƥǝšËƃǝËǝśóËĨĨƉǝŘĺšĒŨĒƂóǝšŨóŘǝ ĈĺśƃËśíǝĈĺśǝĒİİĺƂËŨĒĺİǝĒİƂóšŨįóİŨƺǝ ËİíǝİĺŨǝĢŭšŨǝæƉǝŨďóǝæĒĉǝŘĨËƉóśšǝóĒŨďóśƿ ¸óǝçĺİŨĒİŭóíǝŨĺǝšóóǝƛśįšǝŭŘíËŨĒİĉǝ


ËİíǝĒįŘśĺƂĒİĉǝŨďóĒśǝŨóçďİĺĨĺĉƉǝ šŨËçĥšƺǝšĺĈŨƃËśóƺǝíËŨËǝËİíǝįĺśóƿ SįËĨĨóśǝƛśįšǝśóçĺĉİĒšóíǝŨďóǝƂËĨŭóǝ ĒİǝĒİƂóšŨĒİĉǝĒİǝGTǝšĺǝŨďËŨǝĒŨǝƃËšİǛŨǝĢŭšŨǝ


Fig 20: THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY: EMPLOYEE AND ENTERPRISE NUMBERS, 2023 ƤƢƢƺƢƢƢ ƣƧƢƺƢƢƢ ƣƢƢƺƢƢƢ ƧƢƺƢƢƢ 1 - 9 staff 10 - 49


ŨďóǝĉĒËİŨšǝƃďĺǝƃóśóǝËæĨóǝŨĺǝĒİİĺƂËŨóƿ TďĒšǝçËİǝæóǝšóóİǝĒİǝDĺŨóĨšƿǝTďóǝšĒƒóǝ


band that recorded the best spend ĉśĺƃŨďǝĒİǝŨóçďǝĺƂóśǝŨďóǝŘËšŨǝƣƤǝįĺİŨďšǝ ƃËšǝŨďóǝƣƢǑƦƫǝçËŨóĉĺśƉƺǝŨďóǝšóçĺİíǑ šįËĨĨóšŨǝšĒƒóǝæËİíƿǝZĒĥóƃĒšóƺǝËįĺİĉǝ TĺŭśǝlŘóśËŨĺśšƺǝŨďĒšǝšĒƒóǝçËŨóĉĺśƉǝ óƈŘóśĒóİçóíǝŨďóǝæóšŨǝŭŘŨŭśİƺǝšŘóİíĒİĉǝ ËǝįËįįĺŨďǝƩƩȎǝįĺśóǝƉóËśǝĺİǝƉóËśƿ įĺİĉǝçĺįŘËİĒóšǝĺĈǝƣƢƢƢ+ǝšŨËƖƺǝ


PËššóİĉóśǝ ĒśǝTśËİšŘĺśŨǝšŘóİŨǝŨďóǝ įĺšŨƺǝƃĒŨďǝËİǝĺŭŨĨËƉǝĺĈǝdzƦƩƧǞįĒĨĨĒĺİǝ ǐǝóŚŭËŨĒİĉǝŨĺǝËǝƃďĺŘŘĒİĉǝƫƢȎǝ ĺĈǝŨďËŨǝšóçŨĺśǛšǝŨĺŨËĨǝGTǝšŘóİíƿ bóËİƃďĒĨóƺǝĈĺśǝŨďóǝšįËĨĨóšŨǝšĒƒóǝ


æËİíǝĺĈǝƣǑƫǝšŨËƖƺǝTśËƂóĨǝ ĉóİŨšǝšŘóİŨǝ ŨďóǝįĺšŨǝǐǝdzƧƪǝįĒĨĨĒĺİǝǐǝįĺśóǝŨďËİǝďËĨĈǝ ĺĈǝŨďóǝŨĺŨËĨǝšŘóİŨǝæƉǝËĨĨǝƛƂóǝšŭæšóçŨĺśšƿǝ


2024 PREDICTIONS ZĺĺĥĒİĉǝËďóËíǝŨĺǝƤƢƤƦǛšǝƛİËĨǝƛĉŭśóšƺǝ ĺśĉËİĒšËŨĒĺİšǝƃĒŨďǝĺƂóśǝƣƺƢƢƢǝšŨËƖǝ


50 - 99 100 - 999 1000+


are expected to account for nearly ďËĨĈǝǍƦƨȎǎǝĺĈǝŨĺŨËĨǝGTǝóƈŘóİíĒŨŭśóƺǝ ƃďĒĨóǝóİŨóśŘśĒšóšǝƃĒŨďǝƣƢƢǑƫƫƫǝšŨËƖǝ ËśóǞĈĺśóçËšŨǝŨĺǝďËƂóǝËǝƥƦȎǝšďËśóƿǝ PśĺƂĒšĒĺİËĨǝƛĉŭśóšǝšŭĉĉóšŨǝ


ŨďËŨǝŨďóǝĨËśĉóśǝŨďóǝçĺįŘËİƉƺǝ ŨďóǝĈËšŨóśǝŨďóǝĉśĺƃŨďǝĒİǝGTǝ ĒİƂóšŨįóİŨǝƃĒĨĨǝæóǝŨďĒšǝƉóËśƿ TďóǝŨśËíĒŨĒĺİËĨĨƉǝďĒĉďǑšŘóİíĒİĉǝ


TśËƂóĨǝ ĉóİŨǝšóçŨĺśǝĒšǝĈĺśóçËšŨǝŨĺǝ ĒİçśóËšóǝšŘóİíǝæƉǝƣƧȎǝĺƂóśËĨĨǝËçśĺššǝ ËĨĨǝšĒƒóǝæËİíšƺǝæŭŨǝİĺŨËæĨƉǝæƉǝƥƦȎǝ ËįĺİĉǝƛśįšǝƃĒŨďǝƧƢǑƫƫǝšŨËƖǝËİíǝæƉǝ ƥƥȎǝËįĺİĉǝŨďĺšóǝƃĒŨďǝƣƺƢƢƢ+ǝšŨËƖƿ GİŨóśóšŨĒİĉĨƉƺǝĈĺśǝTĺŭśǝlŘóśËŨĺśšƺǝ


ĒŨǛšǝĒİǝŨďóǝĨËśĉóšŨǝšĒƒóǝçËŨóĉĺśƉǝĺĈǝ ƣƢƢǑƫƫƫǝóįŘĨĺƉóóšǝŨďËŨǝŨďóǝæĒĉĉóšŨǝ šŘóİíǝĉśĺƃŨďǝĒšǝŘśóíĒçŨóíƺǝƃĒŨďǝĺŭŨĨËƉǝ ŨĒŘŘóíǝŨĺǝśĒšóǝæƉǝƤƪȎǝŨĺǝdzƣƤƧǝįĒĨĨĒĺİƿ PËššóİĉóśǝ ĒśǝTśËİšŘĺśŨǝƃĒŨďǝĺƂóśǝ


ƣƺƢƢƢǝšŨËƖǝĒšǝŘśóíĒçŨóíǝŨĺǝĉśĺƃǝŨďóǝ įĺšŨƺǝæƉǝƣƦȎƺǝŨĺǝdzƧƦƢǝįĒĨĨĒĺİǝŨĺĺƿǝ


NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES


NUMBER OF ENTERPRISES


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