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We ve gotten back to 2008 levels and better, renaissance hotel tulsa said Scott Mast, chief operating officer and owner of Burkhalter Travel, in Madison. Interest in travel came roaring back last year, for both business and leisure travel, Mast said.
Economic uncertainty in Europe will dramatically slow the growth of business travel in the United States through renaissance hotel tulsa the end of the year, said the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), in a report released last week at its annual convention in Boston.
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It is on the rise if you compare it to two or three years ago, said Mary Miller, president and CEO of Middleton Travel. International travel, in particular, is increasing and makes up more than 50 percent of the agency s business from corporate clients, Miller said.
Business travel services are 20 percent higher than last year s for AAA, said Denise Dettman, director of business travel for The Auto Club Group, which serves Wisconsin and seven other Midwest states.
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That s a drastic change. That s great, airport renaissance hotel tulsa spokesman Brent McHenry said. The airport does not track whether passengers are flying for business or leisure and does not tally flight data based on individual days of the week.
Airline tickets, in general, are more expensive, so that has an impact. Instead of sending two or three persons to a trade show, (companies) might send one person to a trade show, said Miller, of Middleton Travel.
According to Carlson Wagonlit Travel, ticket prices will be even higher next year. Flights out of Minneapolis-St. Paul s airport likely will cost 5.4 percent to 7.9 percent more in 2013, substantially higher than the 2.8 percent fare hike projected nationwide, said a report Carlson Wagonlit released Monday.
American Family Insurance Group has kept a close eye on its business flights, spokesman Ken Muth said. From April through June, the Madison-based insurer used air travel 20 percent less than a year ago, taking 1,830 flights instead of 2,290 flights during the 2011 second quarter.
The number of emergency situations did not necessarily have a bearing on American Family s air travel because many of the catastrophe response teams drive to the disaster locations, renaissance hotel tulsa Muth said. Because they never know how long they re going to be there and they need a car, anyway, he said.
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There had been so many frustrating experiences that these travelers had, when they got stranded and nobody was there to help them, she said. In the past two weeks, renaissance hotel tulsa I ve had four companies come back on board with me That s been a nice trend.
Airlines are taking more steps to woo business travelers, who are less likely to bargain-hunt than leisure travelers. United Airlines is among those offering some lie-flat seats and American says it will begin offering them to business-class and first-class travelers on some cross-country renaissance hotel tulsa flights in 2013.
Middleton renaissance hotel tulsa Travel s Miller said international travelers, in particular, will see what they can get as far as more comfortable seats. But they aren t going to buy the really expensive tickets, like business class. We don t necessarily sell a lot of $10,000 and $20,000 renaissance hotel tulsa tickets, she said.
Travelers, at least from the Madison area, will readily use their accumulated points renaissance hotel tulsa to upgrade their seats or will pay a little extra for economy-plus tickets on overseas flights, Miller said. But they are less likely to upgrade on domestic flights, if it means paying extra.
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