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12
FEB
2009

Putting the environment on the bill

Posted in Blog, Business Traveler by AirPlus Editor
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Despite rising costs, travel managers and business travelers are willing to incorporate not only the usual expenses into their travel budgets, but also environmental impact.

Some 32% of all travel planners consider it to be reasonable to use carbon-offset programs, which offset CO2 emissions through compensation payments. Another 39% want to wait for corresponding offers when costs for environmental impact between airlines and travelers are split. This is the result of a current survey of AirPlus Community members that was completed yesterday.


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27
JAN
2009

Business around the Christmas tree?

Posted in Blog, Business Traveler by AirPlus Editor
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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.


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17
DEC
2008

And how do you do it?

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“All roads lead to Rome” – this is certainly true, at least when it comes to how to book flights to the Eternal City or other travel destinations. A recent survey from AirPlus suggests, however, that the road more often than not leads past a travel agency. But that could change in the future.

It’s a neck-and-neck race between travel agency, reseller and online booking. When it comes to the question of where travelers like to book their business trips, there are no clear favorites: 37% go to a travel agency, 32% use their company’s “reseller,” and 31% turn to their computer to book their flights online themselves.


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