A comparison of international trends, costs and planning of business travel.

We are pleased to announce the release of the UK edition of our annual AirPlus International Travel Management Study – a comprehensive analysis of global and UK-specific market research. The Study reveals travel managers’ views on the impact of the global recession and demonstrates how the BTM landscape has changed in the past 12 months. The research interestingly shows that the effects of the recession were not all negative – at least not for the UK companies. In fact, 49% of the UK travel managers surveyed reported no detrimental change to their travel volume and a further 10% said they experienced growth during the recession.

Although there was a divided opinion on whether business travel volume will increase or decrease in the next 12 months, the majority of the respondents predicted that both volume and spend will remain the same. As many UK companies started focusing their efforts on a more comprehensive use of travel policies to save costs, the belief of many travel managers is that this trend is going to continue, with 65% of the companies predicting that tougher policies will govern their travel booking behavior in 2010.

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