AirPlus survey: encouraging outlook for business travel

AirPlus has published a survey designed to measure the growth expected in the business travel sector in 2012: figures are expected to stabilise or even increase this year, with significant variations depending on the region.

The survey, published on Thursday by AirPlus and carried out by 2hm, was based on the forecasts of 1,700 travel managers worldwide. More than a third of them (35%) anticipate an increase in the number of business trips during 2012. However, Western Europe (31%) and, even more so, Southern Europe (28%) are likely to see smaller increases. Conversely, Latin America (48%) is set to play a leading role, as are Asia-Pacific (37%) and the United States (38%).