Participants
in Inaugural NBTA Business Travel Financial Forum Learn About
the Business of Business Travel
Mar. 29, 2007 - The National Business Travel (NBTA) welcomed
more than 230 participants to the NBTA Business Travel Financial
Forum for “A Wall Street Look at the Business of Business
Travel.”
ABTA
to merge with NBTA
Mar. 30, 2007 - Australasian Business Travel Association (ABTA)
have voted to join forces with the US-based National Business
Travel Association. ABTA will officially become the Asia Pacific
subsidiary of the NBTA effective 02 April.
Corporate
travelers find more difficult to travel nowadays
Mar. 29, 2007 - Eighty-six percent of corporate travelers
feel business travel today is as or more difficult now than
it was two years ago. However, 70% of business travelers who
booked their trip online have had positive experiences in
doing so.
Business
trip costs are rising
March 29, 2007- Companies that send their employees on business
trips are trying to tighten their budgets, but paid more for
travel and hotel stays last year.
Business-Class
Boom
Mar. 23, 2007 - Business travelers looking for a headache-free
way to jet to Europe needn't worry about securing one of a
limited number of reclining seats. Now they can choose from
four airlines where it’s all business class all the
time.
United
Airlines launches the first non-stop US-China flight
Mar. 30, 2007 - United Airlines have launched their landmark
inaugural flight from Washington DC to Beijing that has been
welcomed by passengers and the aviation community alike.
Flight
attendants at Northwest Airlines may not strike
Mar. 30, 2007 - A federal appeals court left a strike ban
in place for flight attendants at Northwest Airlines on Thursday,
clearing up a murky area of labor law in a way that unions
won't like.
American
Airlines wants 47 Boeing 737s
Mar. 30, 2007- American Airlines wants 47 Boeing 737s four
years earlier than its original request, a move that industry
experts said could signal a wave of orders for new passenger
jets.
TSA
boosts checks on airport workers
Mar. 29, 2007 - The Transportation Security Administration
is stepping up screening of airport workers nationwide amid
growing concern that nearly 1 million employees can get into
airplanes or other restricted areas without going through
security.
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