Databank WHAT TRAVELLERS REALLY, Source: Choice Hotels Europe FREE WIFI
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FITNESS CENTRE REALLY WANT £248 million
Easyjet’s 2010/11 pre-tax profits, up £60 million on the previous year, on revenues of £3,452 million.
BUYERS’ big issues
The Institute of Travel & Meetings (ITM) has published results of a survey into UK and Ireland travel buyer attitudes:
80% say business aviation is
taxed too highly
77% are in favour of the high-
speed rail developments US$101,736
The average annual travel management industry salary – equivalent to just over £65,000 per annum – in North America, according to the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA).
HOW GREEN IS YOUR POLICY?
Corporate travel’s eco-consciousness remains disappointingly low, according to a poll of travel buyers conducted for the Business Travel Show.
68% of buyers say they still have no eco-travel policy
18
19% 12%
of those said they were planning to instigate one
60% are in favour of
the expansion of regional airports
45% of members are in favour
of expansion to London Heathrow, with 19% against and 36% unsure
77% think that the UK
government needs to engage in transparency and competition issues created by unbundling and ancillary fees
46%
thought that the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) had not provided support and guidance to buyers on pricing and capacity of accommodation in the UK during the 2012 programme
46%
thought that protections over data use by airlines were insufficient
The results below were drawn from a wider pan-European survey conducted for the European arm of the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA Europe), which revealed:
78% of buyers would like
to see standardised security across European airports
74% are in favour of the
of those without a policy say it is because it’s not economically viable to have one
37% have written off the idea altogether – it’s just not a priority
Source: Business Travel Show
introduction of a fast-track ‘trusted traveller’ programme
70%
think that the European Union’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) should be delayed until it includes all airlines globally
85%
think airlines are acting in ways contrary to fair competition, through unbundling and direct- connect distribution
65%
think airline consolidation will result in higher prices, although 47% thought it would result in better schedules
59% believe existing data could
be or possibly is already being abused by airlines