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Whats Hot and Whats Not at The Business Travel Show 2005

Hotel Booking The Business Travel Show at Londons Olympia has just closed its doors following its 11th successful year and Internet Travel News went down to the show to check out some of the latest product innovations.

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Travel Agency The business travel market is on the upswing and this was reflected by the increase in visitors and the positive atmosphere at the Business Travel Show.

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Cheap Hotel Paul Robin, (pictured) Group Event Director, Business Travel Show, told Internet Travel News: The Business Travel Show serves the purpose of giving everyone a good look at the market so they can see whats on offer so they can make comparisons. It is designed to help travel planners to plan trips that are as comfortable and hassle-free as possible within the budget, to make sure that staff can work efficiently. This is something which we are nor really taught to do. He added: Our message is clear come to the business travel show and find out how to secure the best level of service for your travel budget.

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Flight Booking With costs in mind there is a seminar and masterclass program which runs alongside the business travel show which tackles themes such as preparing your organisation for an online booking tool.

Travel agents book hotels, cruises, and activities every day. The companies that provide these services know that and want their business and will work to keep that business coming back. So while a place might be telling you “Sorry we are booked, ” for your one time trip, they are more likely to make an acceptation for the travel agent to insure that the agent sends them more business in the future.

Travel Agent Among those showing off their latest products and innovations were Accor Hotels and Resorts, AMEX , British Airways, e-Travel, Expedia, Etihad Airways, Eurostar, lastminute.com and Jumeirah Internationa;.

Tim Wright, Fexco AllTravels head of business development and distribution, Once again, travel agents, consolidators and online travel services are strengthening their armoury in the battle to remain competitive. With PlacesToStay, they can offer more hotel content and therefore choice for their trade and consumer customers, which should help to increase bookings. well give you full booking access to a growing range of worldwide hotels offering competitive rates, and well collect and pay attractive commission. Its all about adding value.

Hotel Chicago e-tickets, new routes, journey planners, flatbed seats, self booking tools and competitions were just some of the highlights at the Business Travel Show 2005.

Online Booking British Airways were amongst many airlines exhibiting their new flatbeds and, electronic check-ins and entertainment systems. Louise Dilley, Senior Business Marketing Executive commented: The Business Travel Show is an important exhibition for us every year. It gives us a chance to showcase our latest developments which include our new flatbeds and self-service check-ins. Business Class travel is very important to us so we are always trying to improve our product.

Travel Health Insurance Etihad were exhibiting for the first time since launching their new routes into the UK and they provided attendees with something a little bit different. Exhibitors were invited to step inside a big brother simulated diary room to record a diary entry: what would make your perfect airline?

Hotel Reservation e-Travel used the show to herald their browser-based self-booking tool for corporations with managed travel programs. e-Travel Aergo enables corporations to integrate all elements of their travel program within a single secure site and is designed to help corporate travelers obtain the best value from travel budgets.

London Hotel Booking AMEXs Stephen Echard revealed that the Business Travel Show is a very important venue for AMEX, who were highlighting and leveraging their online presence, which now constitutes 20% of their business in the UK and Ireland and has sparked a great deal of interest amongst corporates. According to Stephen, now that the technology for online booking is in place and is robust enough to deliver solutions with savings to be made, AMEX clients are ready for the online revolution.

Discount Travel Stephen is very optimistic about business travel for 2005. From signs we are seeing, we think business travel 2005 is going to be very buoyant. Businesses will continue to travel and to increase their travelling population, but companies are looking for the most cost-effective deals so we are witnessing some downsizing, some rationalising between first and business class products youve also got the mid-economy products. In terms of transactions and transaction volume, we believe that transaction volume will increase in 2005.

Orlando Hotel "Asia and China is becoming increasingly more important; the volume of trade being done between London and China and its phenomenal and looks set to explode over the next couple of years".

Booking Agency According to Expedia, who were exhibiting at the Business Travel Show for the first time, showcasing their corporate online booking tool, demand from corporations is very high. Christophe Peymirat, Managing Director, Expedia Corporate Travel commented: This is the main show in Europe as far as corporate travel is concerned. It is where we meet with travel managers and corporate buyers from UK and other European countries.

International Travel Medical Virgin trains have recently installed wireless internet access at first-class lounges at Piccadilly and Euston and according to a spokesperson will soon be available on all trains. Meanwhile Eurostar (pictured) recently launched Wi-Fi internet access in its Waterloo International terminal and at Ashford International station. The service will enable business and leisure travellers to use their wireless-enabled laptops or PDAs to connect to the internet and email services without having to plug directly into a telephone socket.

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