Companies Provide Mobile Data Boosts Business Travel Security

DUBLIN, Sept. 29, 2026 /CourierPR/ -- According to Holafly’s 2026 Summer Travel & eSIM Report, 53.4% of planned business travelers manage their own internet access when traveling for work. This can mean relying on hotel or airport Wi-Fi, activating roaming themselves or finding another way to connect once they arrive. For companies, it also means that an essential part of the employee’s digital journey sits outside their direct control.

The research reveals that security is the top connection priority for 41.7% of business travelers overall, but among those whose organization provides their mobile data, that number rises to 52%. This is particularly relevant because security is competing with very practical concerns when employees choose how to stay connected abroad, from cost and ease of use to coverage and data availability. But when the connection comes from the organization, security moves to the top of the list.

For businesses, this means that the way teams connect can play a different role depending on who is responsible for providing it: what might otherwise be seen as an individual travel decision becomes a part of the employee experience the company can actively shape. With it, security becomes an expectation on its own.

For IT and operations teams, this brings secure connections into the corporate travel setup. With Holafly for Business, organizations can assign international eSIMs to employees before they travel and manage their plans centrally through the Holafly Business Center. A company-provided mobile connection gives employees an approved way to get online without making that decision in the last few minutes before a meeting, client call or important work task.

As international business travel continues to rely on immediate access to corporate systems, the question is no longer only whether employees know which networks to avoid. It is also whether companies have already decided which connection they should use.