Is a slowdown coming in corporate travel? (Winging It)

Is a slowdown coming in corporate travel?

This is a topic we think travelers and airlines will be talking a lot about the rest of this year, at the very least. A new survey sponsored by the UBS investment bank has detected a downward trend in spending on corporate travel, despite airlines seeing little evidence of it yet in their boardings. The survey results, and responses from carriers and industry observers were reported in Business Travel News Online, one of the best sources we know of for early intelligence on what companies, especially big ones that spend millions of dollars a year on employee travel, are thinking and doing. Read the full BTN Online story to learn more.

Posted by Tom Belden on May 14, 2008 9:55 AM | Permalink

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