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New Business-Travel Survey: Most Concerns Unchanged Since November A national business-travel intentions survey conducted by Yesawich, Pepperdine & Brown suggests that "predispositions of business travelers remain unchanged since November." According to the survey, 18 percent of business travelers still say their future... More

Corporations Eyeing More Travel Cost Cutting for 2002 According to a survey of more than 220 travel managers conducted by the National Business Travel Association this month, 74 percent of the U.S. companies surveyed are continuing to seek out new travel cost-cutting measures for 2002. And the bad news... More

TIA: Winter Travel Down More Than 8 Percent According to the most recent figures released by the Travel Industry Association of America, travel will decrease 8.4 percent for the remainder of December and into January and February. TIA’s Winter 2001-2002 Travelometer reports that Americans are... More

Another September 11 Victim: The Caribbean With safety and security on the minds of the flying public after the September 11 terrorist attacks and the American Airlines crash, the normally resilient Caribbean tourism industry is suffering. Occupancy and average rates are well below expectations.... More

Boeing Survey Shows Optimism for Air Travel Perhaps not surprisingly, unlike the survey conducted by TBR (see article below), results from a September-to-October air traveler survey conducted by Boeing/Wirthlin Worldwide found air travelers feeling optimistic about taking to the skies: 91 percent... More

Survey Finds Travel Rebound Will Be Slow The travel business rebound will be slow, according to a Travel Business Roundtable survey conducted by Penn, Schoen, Berland and Associates and Burson-Marsteller on October 2 and 3. The survey has a sample size of 800 respondents (margin-of-error +/-... More

Airlines Offer More Deals Similar to hotels, airlines—perhaps the hardest-hit of all the travel-related industries—are being negotiable these days. "The attacks truly had a precipitous impact on air travel through October 11," said David Castelvetter, spokesman for US Airways.... More

American Express Poll Says Majority of Companies are Traveling According to a recent American Express poll of more than 100 corporate clients, the majority of companies have not changed their corporate travel policy in response to the September 11 terrorist attacks. Sixty-five percent of the 113 travel managers... More

Delta Giving Away Tix to NYC Delta Air Lines, named the official airline of NYC & Company Convention & Visitors Bureau, is providing 10,000 free inbound tickets to New York City to help stimulate the tourism industry. "Delta Loves NYC" is the nationwide giveaway that will bring... More

Airlines Hard Hit Getting back to normal may be most difficult for the airlines, which were so drastically impacted by the attacks that upwards of 100,000 layoffs have since occurred. But, with the exception of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, which had opened... More

ATA Outlines Airline Security Plan In an Oct. 2 address to the Travel Industry Association of America (TIA) Marketing Outlook Forum, in Atlanta, Carol B. Hallett, president and CEO of the Air Transport Association of America, reminded attendees that in 1996 the ATA had presented a comprehensive... More

Worldwide Travel Caution Issued On October 7, the U.S. Department of State issued a worldwide caution due to "strong anti-American sentiment and retaliatory actions against U.S. citizens and interests throughout the world by terrorists and those who are sympathetic to or otherwise... More

Latest NBTA Survey's Recovery Predictions The National Business Travel Association’s (www.nbta.org) latest survey, released October 1, found that 70 percent of the more than 200 corporate travel managers surveyed anticipate a recovery in business travel within three to six months. Only 12 percent... More

Domestic Travel Coming Back to Hawaii According to the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau, booking activities for domestic travelers have picked up and many who initially cancelled trips have rebooked for later dates. Visitor statistics released by the Hawaii State Department of Business,... More

New FAA Guidelines in Effect According to the Federal Aviation Administration, new airline security measures have been put into effect in the wake of last week's tragedy. *Only ticketed passengers will be allowed beyond an airport's security checkpoint. Those holding electronic tickets should contact the airline to determine the needed ticket documentation, such as tickets, boarding passes, or reservation confirmation. All passengers should bring government-issued photo identification. Provisions will be made for parents... More