Survey Shows Most Business Travelers Expect Similar or More Travel in 2013
In an Orbitz partnership survey, of the more than 500 business travelers surveyed, 74% reported that they expect the same amount or more business travel this year compared to 2012.
Newsweek and The Daily Beast in partnership with Orbitz for Business released the results of a survey of business travelers on March 13.
Of those surveyed, 74% of business travelers expect the same amount or more business travel in 2013 compared to last year.
Additionally, online adoption is also strong with 90% of respondents booking travel online “at least some of the time” and 67% booking at least three fourths of their trips online.
In the past 12 months, 37% of respondents took five or more business trips and nearly 39% stayed at least 20 hotel nights.
Among the respondents in a managed travel program, 47% book their own travel while only 17% report that their travel is booked by the company travel department.
The companies surveyed 572 business travelers online between Dec. 14, 2012 and Jan. 1, 2013.
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