Business Travel Industry

The Travel Institute announced the release of a new Lifestyle Specialist course for travel agents that’s focused on sustainable travel and tourism. This course joins eight other Lifestyle Specialist courses offered by The Travel Institute each one allowing travel professionals to test and earn an industry recognized credential. - More

Atlas Travel International will soon offer its business travel clients a smartphone-based itinerary and productivity application through an agreement with Concur, a technology provider whose on-demand services help companies increase efficiency and manage employee spend. - More

Stephen P. Joyce, President and Chief Executive Officer of Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH) has been named National Chairman of the U.S. Travel Association, the 1,500-member national organization representing every segment of the travel community. - More

Decreasing Government Employee Travel to Cost Taxpayers More than it Saves - More

Each American Taxpayer Would Owe $950 More in Taxes This Year without Tax Revenues from Travel Industry - More

In 2010, better economic times should mean more trips - but travel managers will keep a tight hold on the purse strings - More

Business travel in 2010 will match or surpass last year's levels and more executives will be opting for first class seats, according to a survey. - More

As business travel slowly comes back, company travel departments are sending out a strong message: - More

However, Americans expect to spend more on transportation and other vacation costs - More

So which is it: the travel industry is beginning to recover from the recession, or prices will continue to circle the bowl for the next 12 months? - More

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This report was created for strategic planners, international executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for merry-go-rounds, swings, shooting galleries, fairground amusements, traveling circuses, traveling menageries, and traveling theatres. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, ba - More

This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Air Travel in Billions of Revenue Passenger Kilometers (RPKs). Air Travel can be categorized as follows: Business Air Travel, Leisure Air Travel, Domestic Air Travel, and International Air Travel. The report provides separate comprehensive analytics for the US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia, Latin America, Middle East, and Africa. Annual forecasts are provided for each region for the period of 2006 through 2015. A five-year historic analysis is also - More

Finaccord’s report titled Travel Insurance and Assistance in Northern and Central Europe investigates the market for stand-alone travel insurance and assistance in ten countries in this region and is one of two studies published in July 2009 on the subject of travel insurance and assistance in Europe. This market is estimated by Finaccord to have been worth €1.21 billion in gross written premiums in 2008, and has been growing in most of the countries in the region. The market is also - More

Summary of Key Points

• The current optimism expressed by corporate executives and travel managers is likely to be dented as the current global growth slowdown spreads from its epicentre in the US to engulf first Europe and then the emerging economies.
• MICE and incentive travel in particular are vulnerable to the current economic downturn due to their largely discretionary nature.
• The future of videoconferencing is brightening up due to companies cutting travel cost - More

Introduction This report is an invaluable source of information on the UK travel insurance market. It provides unique market size information and discusses the main issues and trends facing the sector. It also reveals which insurers are leading the way in this market and forecasts what the future holds for the sector in the next five years under two different scenarios. Scope Consumer data giving insight into travel insurance purchasing habits Analysis of the major competitive issues sh - More