Corporate Travel Survey

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:07:00 GMT

A recent survey with travel researcher PhoCusWright to add some questions to a travel manager survey they were running. The objective was to understand more about the trends affecting corporate travel buyers and the impact on their organizations.

Question 1:

“In the face of escalating air, hotel and car rental rates, how actively are you evaluating ways to save money in other travel-related spend categories, like ground transportation, meals, etc?”

95% affirmed that they are evaluating other travel related spend, 79% are “actively evaluating”

Question 2:

Which one statement best describers your company’s efforts to promote the use/value of Web/audio/video conferencing for reducing travel expenses and carbon emissions?

70% are promoting or plan to promote conferencing to reduce travel expenses and carbon emissions, nearly half (48%) are actively promoting

Question 3:

“Do you rank employee productivity and satisfaction” as one of your top three priorities when evaluating a new or current online booking tool?”

80% responded that employee productivity and satisfaction are among their top 3 priorities when evaluating online booking tools

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Corporate Travel Survey