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The Global Business Travel Association released its latest quarterly report this week, which indicates that business travel will continue to climb in 2012, but at a slower pace than has been the case thus far in 2011.
The report, Business Travel Quarterly Outlook–United States, shows that business travel spend has been on the rebound this year and is expected to grow 6.9 percent over 2010 figures, reaching an estimated $250.2 billion by the end of December. T
IN-DEPTH: Robert Dawson, VP, Internet Marketing & Web Development Services, Sabre Hospitality Solutions, says one of the next big innovations in the mobile space that will quickly impact the travel industry is the inclusion of the NFC (Near Field Communications) chipset in smartphones. This is also expected to change the way the industry sells travel in the future.
M-commerce and Near Field Communications (NFC) are improving and enhancing the travel experience for travellers.
The ability of the mobile device to pay for goods and services, coupled with the seamless exchange of information electronically, enabling payments, check-in and personalised marketing messages with a simple swipe of the device against a reader, offers not only traveller efficiency but new opportunities for personalised interaction with the travel provider.
Overall, mobile is growing incredibly fast. Whe
With climate change back in the spotlight, Bob Papworth identifies the advantages of a greener travel policy…
Once a year hundreds of politicians, scientists and civil servants, accompanied by hangers-on of varying shades of green, hold a mega-meeting to discuss the planetary peril that is climate change.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has been held in a host of different locations – this year it’s Durban’s turn – and each time delegates have signally failed to agree on anything remotely approaching a course of unilateral action.
Some of the participating nations, the UK included, have pledged to reduce their home-grown emissions, by varying amounts and by varying dates in the distant future – mostly when the politicians involved won’t be around to take the flak. However, so