Companies are delaying sending employees back on the road this fall amid another surge in coronavirus cases.

Airlines and hotels had hoped that business travel—one of the most lucrative pillars of their business—would start to bounce back in the coming months. Those hopes are fading as the busy summer travel season peters out, and the spread of the Delta variant of Covid-19 postpones some companies’ plans to return to offices and resume in-person meetings and events.

This post first appeared on wsj.com

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