After 18 months of being stuck at home, business leaders are getting evermore impatient to get overseas to see clients and close deals.

150 of them will be taking part in the self-isolation pilot in the coming weeks.

Tomorrow, Flight Centre is hosting a virtual event to look at the future of business travel post-pandemic, with Qantas and Virgin Australia bosses speaking.

Human behaviourist and founder of The Behaviour Report told Andrew Dickens one of the things we haven't been able to do is adequately prepare for how much of an impact reopening has on people.

“What we’re seeing is that people are actually reticent about going to cafes and restaurants and they're sort of hedging their bets a little bit.”

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