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28 JUL 2011 |
Hotel Rate Negotiations for 2012
Posted in Blog, The Wire by AirPlus US Team
Nearly half of all travel managers expect 2012 to bring an increase in negotiated hotel rates along with rising hotel volume and corporate hotel budgets. Many corporate travel managers are optimistic about business travel in 2012, with nearly half of the corporate travel managers responding to an AirPlus survey expecting both their company’s total room nights to increase in 2012 (47 percent) and their company’s overall hotel budget to increase (48 percent). Another 44 percent expect their total room nights to stay the same, while only 9 percent are anticipating a decrease.
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11 JAN 2010 |
On Average, Every Travel Manager Supports 100 Staff Members
Posted in Facts and Figures by Florian Gränzdörffer
The larger a company, the more staff members are supported by each travel manager. On an international average, travel managers in small companies are responsible for 31 traveling staff members. In medium-sized companies, they tend 101 staff members and 351 travelers in large corporations. This results in a total average of 100 staff members per travel manager. The differences when comparing countries are also significant: a travel manager in the U.S.A. attends to an average of 447 travelers – a much higher number than his colleague in Western Europe (327). In Latin America (215), Southern Europe (199), South Africa (185) and Asia Pacific (111), this ratio is considerably lower. Read more
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17 DEC 2009 |
International Travel Management Study 2009 China
Posted in Blog, Industry Topics by Lucy Wang
 Lucy Wang, Country Manager China, AirPlus International Welcome to the fifth edition of the AirPlus International Travel Management Study. Each year we survey 1,500 travel managers on the state of their corporate travel programs. The respondents are based in 15 countries and cover every continent, so it is arguably one of the most comprehensive and authoritative research into corporate travel on the planet. Read more
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