August 16, 2010
The firestorm of layoffs that charred the corporate travel
industry at the lowest depths of the recession may have cooled, hiring managers
may be warming to the prospect of adding more travel buyers to their employment
rolls, and travel managers' attitudes toward their future, employment and
industry viability may have warmed to pre-downturn levels, but corporate travel's
new Ice Age still holds one aspect of professional management in a deep freeze:
travel managers' salaries, according to Business
Travel News' 27th annual Travel Manager Salary & Attitude Survey.
March 08, 2010
Starwood Hotels & Resorts' artsy Le Meridien brand this
year by a hair ended JW Marriott's three-year reign atop the upper
upscale tier in
Business Travel News'
2010 U.S. Hotel Chain Survey, which tabulated ratings from 387
buyers. The upper upscale tier had the most varied and heated
results, and other tiers saw a mix of familiar winners and newly
emergent top brands. Among multibrand hotel companies,
InterContinental Hotels Group and Hilton Worldwide fared the best,
with the former boasting at least a third-place finish in all
eligible tiers and the latter garnering three of the top five
upscale slots and nearly sweeping the midprice tier with its
Hampton brand.
February 01, 2010
Business Travel News editors again proudly
recognize the 25 business and government executives whose decisions held the
greatest sway over the business travel industry in the previous year.
December 07, 2009
Expense managers are tightening policies in response to the economy, including more thorough audits and stricter requirements for receipt submission, according to Business Travel News' sixth annual Expense Manager Survey.
November 23, 2009
The very largest buyers always can capture travel vendors' attention, but their large market colleagues have to try a little harder. Large market travel buyers don't have the most clout, but they have enough to get supplier attention. While large market companies usually don't have to work as hard as those with smaller travel budgets to prove their value to suppliers, more size only ensures an opportunity to show what they can deliver to suppliers.
November 16, 2009
Continental Airlines for the second consecutive year took top honors in Business Travel News' Annual Airline Survey, with corporate travel buyers rating it as outperforming its domestic peers in half of the 10 survey categories.