Economic crisis: Massive effects on business travel

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Tags: economic crisis, travel

First analyses had hinted at what a current AirPlus study now confirms: the financial and economic crisis is influencing the number and quality of business trips to a pronounced degree. Every fifth American company could stop most of its travel activities in the future.

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Is business travel a “victim of the economic crisis”?

Posted in Blog, Business Traveler by AirPlus Editor
Tags: business travel, economic crisis

The economic crisis is pressuring companies to avoid business travel. But the current discussion is often very near-sighted – after all, developing and maintaining business contacts is crucial to the global economy.   

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Short trips: Preferably by car

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Tags: mode of transportation, Poll

When in doubt – drive! And with one’s own car. Nearly half (46%) of all businesspersons and other company representatives prefer to drive their own cars when taking short trips. The next-best alternative is the train: Some 43% choose this means of transportation to travel shorter distances to a business partner.  Only every tenth traveler would take a plane if a business meeting takes place only a few hundred kilometers away.

This is the result of the current AirPlus quick-survey “Which mode of transportation do you prefer when taking short trips?”, which was made among readers of this blog.

New poll: Do you also fly Business Class on short trips?

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