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Archive for January, 2009
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27 JAN 2009 |
Business around the Christmas tree?
Posted in Blog, Business Traveler by AirPlus Editor
Even during the Christmas holidays, hundreds of business travelers were underway daily. Was this due to commitment to their companies – or in order to “escape” the holidays? It is apparently neither the desire to follow in the tracks of Santa Claus nor the inclination to view New Year’s Eve fireworks from high in the sky that kept many business travelers in action during the holiday season. The AirPlus Business Travel Index shows that nearly 5,000 AirPlus customers took care of business between December 24th and 31th in Germany alone last year. Read more
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22 JAN 2009 |
Travel managers in 2009: Cut costs, support business travelers
Posted in Blog, Industry Topics by AirPlus Editor
All we need is savings – from a cursory look at a study on expectations from travel managers for the upcoming year, you could get the impression that this is true. But take a closer look, and several new trends become apparent. Travel managers are split beings. That at least is the impression you could get from reading the results of a study about the assumptions and expectations for the upcoming year: they have to give highest priority to costs savings, and yet a quarter of travel managers have no specific policy in the areas of flights, overnights, rental cars or train travel Read more
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08 JAN 2009 |
The future of travel management: Costs are still in a steady climb
Posted in Blog, Industry Topics by AirPlus Editor
Travel managers expect travel costs to rise again next year. In particular, new destinations for business travelers will lead to more expensive flights: while short and mid-haul flights are cutting costs, the number of expensive long-haul flights is increasing. A rough generalization would be: “Things will remain the same – travel costs will continue to climb in 2009″. Around 60% of travel managers expect a rise in costs, above all in the particularly cost-intensive areas of flight and overnight stays. Read more
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