First, there was a significant increase in travel costs since last year. We were just beginning to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic. At that time, many conferences continued to be virtual and numerous customers continued to prohibit outside visitors. In contrast, this year, our business development team has been doing significantly more travel to meet with customers and bid on new opportunities.

Aug 3, 2023 / CFO / receipt, needs a key / Chuck Griffith, CFO | earnings call 2023-08-03 | transcript 753fe26b-44b3-420f-baf2-3f9322d3d5e1 | chars 4085-4484 | segment 4