Table of Contents
Introduction
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- Figure 1: US domestic and outbound business travel market, by trips and revenue, 2000-05
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Data Sources
Background
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- The economy and the business travel budget
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- Figure 2: US gross domestic product (GDP), corporate profits after tax and unemployment rate, 1998-2006
- Figure 3: Average expenditure on business trips by US residents, 2000-04
- Cost control and corporate travel policies
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- Figure 4: How business travel habits have changed, 2001
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- Figure 5: Top five current actions emphasised to control travel costs, 2005
- Figure 6: Business travel price forecasts, 2004 and 2006
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
- The price of oil
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- Figure 7: International and domestic airfares paid by US business travellers and the average price of jet fuel, 2000-05
- The generation gap
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- Figure 8: US population by generation, 2000-10
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- Figure 9: Hotel amenities used by business travellers, by age, October 2005
General Market Characteristics
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- Demographics
- Expenditure
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- Figure 10: Average expenditure on business trips, 2000-05
- Mode of transport
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- Figure 11: Frequency of domestic travel services used in the last year, by travel mode, October 2005
- Figure 12: Transportation outside the US taken by US business travellers, 2004
- Destinations
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- Figure 13: Top ten destination cities for domestic business travel, 2003
- Figure 14: US cities in planned business travel over the next six months, March 2005
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- Figure 15: US outbound business/convention travellers by destination, 2000-04
- Booking methods
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- Figure 16: Booking methods employed by domestic US business travellers, 2004
- Figure 17: Booking methods employed by outbound US business travellers, 2000 and 2004
US Meetings, Incentive and Conference Travel – Key Market Trends
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- Figure 18: Meetings organised by US planners, by geographical location, 2003-06
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- Figure 19: Top ten US cities for US convention, conference/seminar travellers, 2003
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- Figure 20: Projected venue usage by US planners, 2003-06
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US Business Travel Trade – Travel Management Companies and Internet-Based Agencies
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- Figure 21: US domestic business travellers, by form of travel management, 2004
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- Figure 22: Major US travel management companies, 2006
- Figure 23: Major US online agencies, 2006
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Technology
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- Online bookings
- Global Distribution Systems (GDS)
- Virtual meetings: videoconferencing, teleconferencing and web conferencing
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- Figure 24: In-person meetings and usage of virtual meeting technology/solutions, 2002, 2004 and 2005
- Travel and expenditure reporting systems
Airlines
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- Airfares
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- Figure 25: Domestic unit cost as a percentage of revenue, 2002-05*
- Airline marketing and distribution strategies
- Private business aviation
- Business traveller behaviour and attitudes
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- Figure 26: Air travel services used, October 2005
- Figure 27: Airline services regarded as ‘very or somewhat important’, 2004
Car Rentals
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- Figure 28: Business car rental sales, at current prices, 1998-2004
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Accommodation
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- The US lodging industry
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- Figure 29: Room rates paid by US business travellers and US room rates at year end, 2001-04
- Extended-stay hotels
- Catering to the next generation – branding strategies
- Business traveller behaviour and attitudes
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- Figure 30: Type of accomodation primarily used by domestic and international US business travellers, 2003-05
- Figure 31: Ranked requirements in choice of accommodation by domestic and international US business travellers, 2005
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- Figure 32: Type of hotel amenities used by domestic US business travellers, October 2005
Outlook
Index to Travel & Tourism Analyst
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- Index grouped by geographic area
Index to TTI Destination Reports 1993-2006
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- Country reports Andorra No. 1 1993 Antarctica No. 1 1999 Antilles, Netherlands No. 4 1994 Argentina No. 1 2003 Australia No. 1 2006 Austria No. 2 2003 Bahamas No. 1 2005 Barbados No. 3 1999 Belgium No. 3 2004 Belize No.
Special Reports Index
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- 2003
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
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