TY - JOUR AB - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief perspective on the growth of business travel over the past 60 years and how it may unfold in the future, highlighting certain themes and noting limitations in the research.Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on selected academic literature and industry sources on business travel which briefly reviews its growth and directions of research in this field.Practical implications The paper distinguishes between different types of business travel and provides a bird's eye view of the future.Originality/value The review distinguishes between different forms of business travel and concludes that greater clarity of the business travel concept will enable research to be conducted within a properly defined theoretical framework. VL - 75 IS - 1 SN - 1660-5373 DO - 10.1108/TR-05-2019-0178 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/TR-05-2019-0178 AU - Lubbe Berendien PY - 2019 Y1 - 2019/01/01 TI - Business travel: a perspective paper T2 - Tourism Review PB - Emerald Publishing Limited SP - 113 EP - 116 Y2 - 2024/09/20 ER -