Transportation
BCD Travel expects 2009 corporate airfares to increase 8 percent to 10 percent
"Subject to considerable revision," as capacity shrinks. BCD also predicted 2009 U.S. hotel rates would increase up to 3 percent and noted "the problem of suppliers declining to bid on business, a trend that began in 2007, due to high demand and low supply." Car rental costs are projected to increase 2 percent to 6 percent.