Trip.com's 5th anniversary EVP - Celebrate the Traveller in You - Seite 2

When asked about his future travel plans, Jeremy is looking forward to a 'revenge travel' trip, one that is further afield and possibly more luxurious than usual, in a bid to enjoy an incredible travel experience post-restrictions.

With revenge travel firmly on the radar, Amsterdam-based Marketing Campaign Specialist Cezara Butnaru embarked on a longer trip to explore the world earlier this year, travelling to long-haul destinations such as Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Dubai, while also visiting Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland.

"A trip of a lifetime and even better being able to travel for such a long period of time" Cezara notes "Staying mostly in hotels, Asia was a new destination for me, however, most countries were not yet fully open, so we had to quarantine"

"Most beaches in Thailand were quiet and it was just me and my husband - we were incredibly lucky!"

Also in Asia, Pratyush Pandab is a Senior UX Designer currently based in Shanghai, who was able to meet his wife in Bangkok after 3 years of disrupted travel. He notes that 'the ecstatic experience of meeting my wife at the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, after such a long interval is etched in my mind as a "memory of a lifetime''.'

'The best part is that Trip.com helped arrange the entire travel and relocation to the Bangkok office'. Opting to now travel closer to Bangkok rather than on long haul trips, Pratyush said he enjoyed a variety of city breaks from the Thai capital 'just to feel the thrill of travel again!'

With Bangkok being a key location for both business and leisure purposes, and a key location for the growing 'bleisure' trend, Elisa Agosta is a Country Manager from our London office who has travelled multiple times in recent years. Travelling between London and her home country of Italy, Elisa was able to stretch her legs by travelling to the Trip.com Conference in Bangkok.

Elisa notes that she now prefers driving to flying when it comes to travelling further afield, with her appreciation for more local adventures growing - as she discusses, whether that's exploring unknown areas of London to driving across the incredible Aeolian islands close to her home in Italy.

With the growth in business trips happening post-2020, PR Manager Kyoungah Lee is based in Korea and chose her first overseas trip in 3 years to be a business trip to Singapore. Staying in a central hotel for one week in order to see as much as possible, Kyoungah Lee notes that 'time passed too quickly', also adding to the growing trend of long-haul 'bleisure travel' where business trips can become the basis for a larger leisure experience.