The State of Corporate Travel and Expense 2022 4 SKIFT + TRIPACTIONS Yet amid these curveballs, new technologies and other solutions born during the pandemic will help alleviate challenges, while setting corporate travel on a reimagined and retooled course for the future. Within every crisis lie the seeds of opportunity; and as with any departure f rom the status quo, new assumptions and paradigms point to the definite silver linings playbook for business travel. These changes are not confined to the management and experience of travel. Continuing the trend f rom last year, there has been even more of a focus on expense, payments, and reimbursements. The result: improvements in modern, streamlined spend management tools that are creating even more visibility, control, and efficiency over spend. The bottom line, according to the available data: Domestic and short-haul corporate travel and spend are recovering at a marked clip. The road ahead may remain unusual for a while, but there are many reasons to look forward to 2022, including an increasing volume of international travel.