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Survey Says Most UK Business Travellers Book Online and Half Use Low-Cost Carriers

Hotel Booking A new survey from Company Barclaycard, a member of Visa and the UK’s leading issuer of corporate charge/credit cards, says that almost two-thirds of business travellers now book tickets and accommodation online.

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Cheap Hotel Barclaycards annual survey of 2,500 business travellers found that, in 2002, 58 per cent had booked business flights online and 38 per cent had booked business train tickets online. Nine out of ten did so because the internet was convenient, and almost all (97 per cent) said they would do so again. Of those respondents who had not booked online, half said that they were interested in doing so in the future.

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Flight Booking The survey also revealed that business travellers are continuing to switch to low-cost airlines. Half the respondents flew at least one business trip on low-cost airlines last year, and of those, 77 per cent did it primarily to keep XII costs down. Interestingly, the vast majority of low-cost travellers (94 per cent) said they were happy with the experience and would do it again.

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Travel Agent Another reason for opting for low-cost airlines - cited by 17 per cent of respondents - was the absence of other available travel options. Of the business travellers who did not use low-cost airlines, 63 per cent said they would consider doing so in the future. The remaining 37 per cent said they ruled out low-cost carriers because of poor service standards (50 per cent), because it was not an option available from their business travel agent (34 per cent), or because of the fact that it was not suitable for their position (6 per cent).

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Hotel Chicago Business Class travel clearly remains an option for some - a fifth of respondents said they fly business class because it is company policy.

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