Economic Growth
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BCD Holdings N.V. announced a record $20.8 billion in revenues in 2011
… Drechsel indicated he expects "demand for business travel to continue to increase in the coming years, largely due to strong economic growth in the emerging markets." The largest portion of BCD Holdings is BCD Travel. Among the smaller components, Park 'N …
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ACTE released an index that tracks business travel spending
such as the Consumer Price Index and Gross Domestic Product . The interactive ACTE Index is based on monthly reports submitted by more than 100 companies and allows users to track by geographic …
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Obama Proposes New Transportation Fees, Taxes
<p>President Barack Obama proposed new travel taxes and fees as part of his plan for economic growth and deficit reduction, which also dedicates several billion dollars to travel industry initiatives. </p>
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WTTC Study Calculates Global Business Travel ROI Of 10:1
… spending accounted for 1.7 percent of gross domestic product , followed by the European Union and ..... travel intensity at 0.9 percent of GDP . "Differences across regions are partly ..... year period and determined that global GDP over five years would drop 5 percent …
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Interview: Delta CEO Richard Anderson
… where there is a little more weakness. We do think overall GDP growth in the U.S. is going to be in the 2 percent range, and given the correlation between our revenues and GDP , we feel pretty confident about strong trends continuing …
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Survey: CFOs Expect Improving Economies To Power Business Travel Growth
… sooner than their counterparts in mature markets." Globally, 22 percent of respondents anticipated an acceleration of economic growth during the current quarter. Thirty-two percent anticipated such acceleration in this year's third quarter and another …
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Marriott CFO Details Softer-Than-Expected Q1
… ultimately, you could see that effecting a slowdown in the economy. The hotel business tends to follow GDP . We're assuming a 3 percent GDP growth in 2011. Anecdotally, as those ticket prices to particular cities go up pretty quickly, people …
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PwC Measures Annual U.S. Meetings Industry Spending At $263B
… the meetings industry with supporting 1.7 million jobs and contributing $106 billion to the annual U.S. gross domestic product and more than $25 billion in federal, state and local taxes. Industry Arms Itself With Data Absent from the …
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Face To Face With Southwest CEO Gary Kelly
… carriers say they peg growth plans to GDP growth . Does that rule of thumb apply to ..... monitored our growth vis-à-vis GDP . As we're thinking about the future ..... don't tie it so numerically to a GDP forecast. As importantly, or maybe …
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NBTA: Premium Bookings Fuel Projected 2011 Business Travel Spending Jump
… and sourced business trip volume and spending from D.K. Shifflet & Associates using figures such as U.S. gross domestic product , U.S. employment and unemployment figures and key travel components of the Consumer Price Index. International …
