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And, the independent survey reveals that the era of more flexible corporate expense accounts has come to an end, and a value- driven mentality has taken hold not only of today's leisure traveler and corporations themselves, but of the individual business traveler as well.
"The industry is looking to the business traveler to drive the travel rebound, but we'd be wrong to think that yesterday's corporate traveler has the same profile today," said Amy Ziff, editor-at-large for Travelocity.
"The most successful travel companies will offer the business person service at a good value istanbul hotels.
This poll is intended to examine this evolving segment's needs, looking closely at business travelers' life on the road and finding out what makes them tick."
The poll, a phone survey of nearly 600 business travelers independently conducted for Travelocity by Synovate Market Research, was completed in August 2003 istanbul hotels.
According to the study, business travelers show more similarities to today's leisure traveler, with purchase decisions being led by price and overall value.
The largest group of respondents (25 percent) said price was their main motivator when booking airfare, and 53 percent also noted cost as the most important factor in their rental car decisions, even above overall convenience factors istanbul hotels.
In the continued economic conditions, who's filling up all those business class seats?
Our survey showed that 85 percent are flying in coach, 9.7 percent are in business class and 4.5 percent are in first class.
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