Business travellers in need of a routine according to Homewood Suites
A study published this week by Homewood Suites by Hilton deciphers the habits of business travellers, highlighting their attachment to business travel, their priorities and their shortcomings.
Hotel Price Radar: HRS highlights the French exception
On 23 August, HRS published its "Hotel Price Radar" indicator for the second quarter of 2012, which shows an overall increase in rates worldwide, with the French market being the exception.
Alcohol, drugs: the supposed bad reputation of business travellers
Alcohol, drugs, extramarital affairs: a study published by ON24 paints a bleak picture of the lifestyle of American business travellers, who are said to indulge in many excesses while on business trips. At least according to the general opinion, which systematically equates travelling with bad behaviour.
Trivago index: hotel rates fall in Paris
After soaring in recent weeks, Parisian hotels lowered their rates significantly in August (-18%) according to the trivago Hotel Price Index (tHPI) published on 6 August.
GTMC report: second quarter up for British business travellers
The Guild of Travel Management Companies (GTMC) recently published its dedicated report on the UK business travel market, which shows an overall increase in the number of transactions during the second quarter of 2012.
Roaming: as business travel becomes more connected, it also becomes more expensive
"Roaming": in English as in French, the result is the same: an explosion in costs for businesses, which have to deal with increasingly connected business travellers and ever-increasing bills. A CCMI study commissioned by Truphone, a service provider specialising in reducing these costs, highlights the scale of the problem.
CWT study: advice for travel managers faced with the business travel maze
The CWT Travel Management Institute has published a new study entitled "Air and ground transport: a practical guide to making savings": a range of updated advice on how to meet new market challenges and optimise business travel management.
Deloitte report: business travellers take the long way in May
Deloitte-In Extenso has published a report on hotel performance in France for the month of May 2012, a month in which most business travellers stayed away from French establishments: the calendar, favourable to bank holidays, seems to have massively limited business travel.
American Express study: concierge services make their mark on business travel
Ten years after its creation, the VIP-Concierge department of American Express Business Travel published on 19 April the results of a study into the state of the market among business customers. The document highlights the recent but still limited growth of concierge services within companies, as well as their main expectations of this top-of-the-range service.
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.
Opinion poll of Swiss business travellers
Car rental specialist Avis has published a survey of Swiss business travellers to identify the main trends in the sector, and has come up with a rather optimistic assessment.
