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Editorial
Editor
Adam Coulter
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Chief Sub-Editor
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The issue of ttgbusiness is a special commemmorative edition,
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which both celebrates the winners of the ttgbusiness Awards and
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also incorporates the second annual ttgbusiness Industry Report.
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Art Editor
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Coverage of the Awards, now in their fourth year, begins on
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p7 and continues on p11, with details of the judging panel and
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all the winners, including the judges’ comments and highlights
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from winning entries. I am writing this a week before the event,
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but I know that it will be our biggest and best ever!
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Business Development Manager
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The Industry Report, the most comprehensive overview of
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the UK business travel market, begins on p20 and constitutes
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the rest of this issue. We dedicated the majority of the
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magazine to the report because we believe it
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provides a unique insight into the current state
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of business travel and gives predictions on the
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direction it is heading.
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The results are encouraging. Despite the
Circulation
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both the country and the industry, there are
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Paula Martin a number of bright spots in this report, not
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Group Director least the fact that all three sectors we
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surveyed predict that they will be booking
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more business travel in 2009.
Simone Buckley, Julian Cartwright,
Lisa Eastwood, Andy Hibbert,
Norman Gage, Ashleigh Murray,
Danny Price, James Runnicles
How can that be? Our experts believe that
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there are two reasons: business travel is so
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globalised that while the UK and Western
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Europe suffer, the BRIC economies and the
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Middle East continue to grow; and this is very
much by sector. So for example, while the
financial sector has fallen off a cliff, other sectors
such as IT and energy are holding their own.
All that remains is to wish you a Happy Christmas
and increased prosperity in 2009!
Adam Coulter, Editor
For all the latest business travel news, visit ttgbusiness.com
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