{"id":158283,"date":"2023-10-03T11:54:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T09:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=158283"},"modified":"2023-10-03T11:54:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T09:54:29","slug":"sncf-trafic-business-return-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/sncf-trafic-business-return-2019","title":{"rendered":"SNCF back to pre-Covid business levels"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guillaume Confais-Morieux, the SNCF's Travel Agencies Market Director, was all smiles when he unveiled the results for professional traffic at the tourism trade fair. IFTM Top Resa<\/a>. \" Whereas 2022 was a record year for the leisure sector, 2023 will see the resumption of business traffic <\/strong>with a small increase of 1% since January compared to 2019 <\/em>\"he adds. While business traffic last year was only 85% below its pre-pandemic level, this catch-up is a year ahead of SNCF's initial forecasts. \" The jump was particularly marked with a 22% increase in business traffic.<\/em> compared to 2022<\/em> \"he adds.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Pro products in demand<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This positive trend can be seen at every level of the rail company, starting with.., the signing of 10,000 Pro contracts<\/strong> with very small businesses, SMEs, the self-employed and self-employed professionals...\". This volume is not insignificant, as we now have 42,000 active contracts.<\/em> \"Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Miel, director of the SNCF's business market, points out that free membership opens the door to price reductions based on rail consumption.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Similarly, the promotion of Carte Libert\u00e9<\/a>which ends this Friday 6 October, generated sales of some 70,000 cards, an increase of 35% on last year. \" We exceeded our target with a total of 270,000 Libert\u00e9 cardholders<\/strong>This product is particularly attractive to very frequent travellers who make two or three TGV journeys each week. <\/em>\"he adds. He added: \" New entrants will increase their train consumption by an average of 30%<\/em> \". Finally, a recent survey shows a 5-point increase (to 29.5%) in companies' intention to make business trips by train in the coming months.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n