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Global business travel spending plunged by 60% year-on-year to USD 504 billion amid the pandemic, while leisure travel spending dipped 50% below pre-Covid-19 levels

RoomIt by CWT, the global hotel distribution division of CWT, announced new strategic partnerships with multiple global hotel guest acquisition platforms. SiteMinder and Vertical Booking…

A new GBTA Foundation survey of business travellers who are based in Europe’s three largest business travel markets – Germany, the United Kingdom and France – revealed business travellers…

Peak US travel industry body the GBTA has revealed the impact Trump’s travel ban has already had on the country’s business travel sector.  In a comment piece written by Michael W.…

Asia was home to the fastest-growing business travel market in 2016, a new report has found. The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) Foundation's latest BTI Outlook report reveals…

China’s business travel market has overtaken the United States to become the largest in the world, the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) has revealed. According to the latest…

The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) has announced the launch of GBTA India, by entering into a partnership with ProKonsul, an Indian business travel management consultancy.…

Rental cars are the most popular form of ground transport for business travellers, a new report has found. According to the GBTA's 2015 Ground Transportation Study, which was released…

Chinese business travel spending will continue to experience strong growth in the next five years, despite the economic turbulence currently affecting the country, a new report has…

Rising demand from business travellers will drive up airfares in four major Asia Pacific countries next year, a new study has found. According to the ‘2016 Global Travel Price Outlook’,…

India's business travel sector is experiencing "dramatic" growth, and the country is expected to become a global "leader" in the coming decades, according to a new report. The Global…

India's business travel sector will expand at a much faster rate than previously expected this year, according to a new report. In its second BTI Outlook report for India, the Global…

The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) expects Chinese business travel spend to experience double-digit growth over the next two years. It will then increase 16% in 2014 to US$262…

Global business travel spending is expected to reach a record US$1.18 trillion by 2014, according to the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA). Unveiled at this week’s ITB Asia…

The growth of business travel in Asia Pacific, led by China, is outpacing the rest of the world, according to a new forecast by the GBTA Foundation. In its new GBTA BTI Outlook, the…

ITB Asia has enhanced its business travel credentials following a new partnership with the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA). As part of the arrangement, GBTA will hold a…

India is now the world's 10th largest business travel market and is likely to climb the rankings in the coming years, a new report has revealed. In its first BTI Outlook for India,…

China will overtake the US next year to become the world’s largest business travel market, a new report has predicted. According to the latest ‘BTI Outlook – China’ report from the…

Europe’s top five travel markets are expected to see a 5% increase in business travel this year with a further boost in 2016, a new report has found. Corporate travel originating in…

Business travel spend in the UK is set to grow 1.6% this year to US$41.3 billion as confidence continues to grow in the western Europe economy. The latest report from the Global…

Technology companies and travel management companies (TMCs) have been battling to put their mobile and expense tools in the spotlight as the Global Business Travel Association’s (GBTA)…

Business travel agents are gaining more influence and control over business travel policies following new products and knowledge, according to a new report. Those booking business travel…

Chinese business travel spending will experience strong double-digit growth in the coming years, and is likely to surpass the US by 2015, a new report has forecast. The 'Business Travel…