CHANGES IN BUSINESS TRAVEL BEHAVIOR AND DEMAND
The author discusses his observations regarding changes in business travel and demand. Though business travel seemed to be in decline a few years ago, we recently read about a boom in business travel. Business people are flying again, though the reason for that is not clear. The author provides a list of factors that he thinks contributed to the decline in business travel that occurred in 1991-1993. These include the following: closer scrutiny of travel expenses by large corporations; increase in the number of small companies now existent (who would less readily spend money on flying); drastic cuts in middle management positions - people who used to fly a lot; decentralization of corporations - less travel to company headquarters; an aging population; automobiles equipped with car phones; telecommunications advances; and, until recently, very high, unrestricted airplane fares.
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Supplemental Notes:
- These proceedings, Volume 8 of the TRF 36th Annual Conference, were funded by the UPS Foundation.
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Corporate Authors:
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Authors:
- Bender, A R
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Forum, Post-Meeting Proceedings, 36th Annual Meeting, Volume 8
- Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
- Date: 1994-11-3 to 1994-11-5
- Publication Date: 1994
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 90-92
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Serial:
- Publication of: Transportation Research Forum
- Publisher: Transportation Research Forum
- ISSN: 1052-7524
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Air transportation; Air travel; Behavior; Business trips; Cellular telephones; Decentralization; Demand; Expenses; Fares; Managerial personnel; Small business; Telecommunications
- Uncontrolled Terms: High; Middle managers; Reduction (Decrease)
- Old TRIS Terms: Aging; Car phones; Changes
- Subject Areas: Aviation; Finance; Planning and Forecasting;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00727117
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: Volume 8
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Oct 23 1996 12:00AM