Business passengers expect growth in corporate travel this year, predicting increases in both flights and budgets, according to an annual global survey by Ascend.
The poll of business travellers found that 49 per cent expect to fly more for business in 2011 – compared to 35 per cent last year and only 10 per cent in 2009
A 5.5 per cent increase in the number of business flights for 2011, and 48 per cent expecting an increase in travel budgets – compared to 28 per cent last year and just nine per cent in 2009
Only eight per cent of travellers expect a decrease in 2011 budgets, compared to 20 per cent last year and 54 per cent in 2009.