Entries tagged with: business travel
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Business Convention Travel Season - Take the Stress Out
Spring has arrived! It's time to start thinking about sunny days, warm temperatures and the start of business convention travel. For some, it is a welcome relief from the daily grind of the office, a chance to travel to new...
Posted on May 1, 2013 4:10 PM
How Much?
The world economy is recovering... but the recovery is uneven, and that's illustrated in how business travel costs have increased, decreased or remained about the same in various regions. For example, hotel and food costs have jumped in fast growing...
Posted on April 29, 2013 4:13 PM
Get Some Rest - Staying Rejuvenated During Business Travel
The holiday season is over and many of us will be back on the road traveling for business. Traveling around holiday time can be stressful and hectic enough, but having to travel extensively right after for "work" is just adding...
Posted on January 9, 2013 12:47 PM
Business Convention Travel 'Do's and Don't'
Many of us in the so-called 'business world' have had the opportunity to attend a tradeshow or convention. Does it get much better than seeing another part of the country or world as part of your business travel? At the...
Posted on November 14, 2012 2:43 PM
Finding Some Space to Spread Out
Business travelers are becoming more and more mobile. Increasingly, they are un-tethered to strict rules about how much time they spend at headquarters. As a matter of fact, many frequent-traveling executives may not even have permanent office space at all...
Posted on October 3, 2012 3:04 PM
Corporate Travel in Canada looking robust!
By all accounts it appears that corporate travel in Canada looks as healthy as ever! In fact, a recent study co-authored by Deloitte and the Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC) has some pretty encouraging stats. Here are just a...
Posted on September 5, 2012 10:54 AM
Fall 2012 travel outlook
Election-year uncertainty and a weak US economy combined with higher gasoline prices, airfare and hotel rates have not deterred American travelers this summer, and healthy demand should carry on into the fall months. This year, the fall travel season begins...
Posted on August 31, 2012 5:02 PM
What's better: Fast, or Free wi-fi?
I'm going to stick with the hotel wi-fi theme introduced in a previous post this month because there's a new study that shows just how important this issue has become to business travelers around the world. It's not just Americans...
Posted on July 23, 2012 10:15 AM
What's better: Fast, or free wi-fi?
Hotel wi-fi has been in the news a lot lately-- for example, a recent and widely read article in USA Today suggested that some of the biggest hotel chains in the US are now considering adding new charges for in-room...
Posted on July 9, 2012 3:48 PM
Low Gasoline Prices Leading To Summer Travel Boom
Rapidly falling gasoline prices are prompting Americans to cast away their economic fears and hit the road on vacation this summer... in droves! As a matter of fact, advance bookings for trips from June through August at Best Western are...
Posted on May 21, 2012 10:38 AM
Trend Report: Outlook for Summer Travel
Increasing consumer confidence in the US, moderating gasoline price increases and the release of pent up demand for vacations will likely lead to an extremely busy summer travel season. This means business and leisure travelers should be formulating plans and...
Posted on May 16, 2012 12:47 PM
Business Layover Activities
For most of us, airport layovers can be almost unbearable. Spending several hours in a packed and uncomfortable airport lounge flipping through a magazine or fiddling with a smart phone just isn't the most enjoyable part of business travel. The...
Posted on May 9, 2012 10:36 AM
Are You Eating Less On The Road?
In 2011, spending on business travel continued to grow as the economy began a slow climb out of recession. As usual, most of our travel budgets were gobbled up by airfare and lodging costs. In the US, airfare rose about...
Posted on May 3, 2012 1:11 PM
How to Be Healthy While On the Road
There is something about traveling that makes me forget about all my food morals. I'm sure I'm not alone. With fast food joints at practically every freeway exit across the country, it is quite tempting to give in and jump...
Posted on May 2, 2012 10:01 AM
Technology Replacing Business Travel?
Is web-based technology such as video conferencing replacing business travel? Well, you would have thought so in the deepest, darkest days of the recent "great recession." Remember the media frenzy surrounding business travel boondoggles and the so-called "AIG effect" when...
Posted on April 24, 2012 12:58 PM
Caring for the Far Flung Business Traveler
Here's the third in my series on the issue of "frequent travel guilt." I'm writing these posts in response to a recent Best Western survey of 500 business travelers where 62% said that they feel guilty while on the road...
Posted on April 5, 2012 11:07 AM
Keeping The Home Fires Burning
Here's the second in my series on the issue of "frequent travel guilt." I'm writing these posts in response to a recent Best Western survey of 500 business travelers where 62% said that they feel guilty while on the road...
Posted on March 21, 2012 4:34 PM
Progress, But Persistent Problems On US Roads
Best Western's best customers tend to drive on business trips much more often than they fly, so this post should make them (and their loved ones) happy. According to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), roadway fatalities and...
Posted on December 14, 2011 1:35 PM
Finding Rental Car Deals
With airlines cutting back or cutting out service to smaller towns across the US, it's increasingly likely that business travelers will be picking up rental cars at major airports, and then driving to small town destinations. While rental car prices...
Posted on December 12, 2011 9:29 AM
Unusual Travel Poll Results
Have you ever wondered how your fellow Americans feel about travel? Poll Position, a new company that conducts a wide variety of scientific polls, zeroed in on travel lately, and the results are interesting. According to a recent poll of...
Posted on December 1, 2011 12:16 PM
Staying Healthy While Traveling
With business travel back in full swing and with countless travelers traversing the airports and highways soon for holiday travel, the spread of germs and sickness become almost inevitable. Many people will become exhausted from travel, thereby weakening their immune...
Posted on November 30, 2011 8:30 AM
Tips From A Road Warrior
I had a great conversation last night with a hockey teammate who is definitely what one would consider a "road warrior." He works in sales for a manufacturing company and spends more time in his car than anyone I know...
Posted on November 28, 2011 9:05 AM
Best Travel Apps for Business Travelers
I am officially an "Apple" guy after two recent purchases. The first purchase was my new MacBook Pro (which I am using to write this blog) and the latest was my new iPhone 4S, my third generation. I was one...
Posted on November 21, 2011 3:38 PM
That Old Bag
Are you tired of lugging around that scuffed up wheelie bag with a missing zipper tab, a tear mended by duct tape or a handle that pinches when you grab it the wrong way? Maybe it's time to consider investing...
Posted on November 15, 2011 3:03 PM
Five Tips To Make "Biz Travel" Relationships Work
Best Western's most frequent guests spend days, weeks or months on the road, often leaving loved ones behind as they carve out a living in far-flung places. With that in mind, I thought I'd share some tips and advice from...
Posted on November 9, 2011 10:14 AM