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Business travel on the up for IT pros
News The averages work out at 2.4 days per week out of the office and 4.3 nights per month away from home, according to the 2005/6 Barclaycard Business Travel Survey. But IT is also helping some people travel less. [06 Apr 2006]
UK the poor cousin of Europe's business travel
News Just 33 per cent of UK SMEs do the same, almost on a par with the French - Europe's worst stay-at-homes - where only 31 per cent of SME execs regularly travel for business. According to research from Benchmark Reporting, conducted for HP, the Dutch... [09 Aug 2005]
Missing email tops business-travel worry list
News What can be done to make business travel more bearable? Read the top business travel tips from silicon.com staff and our favourite frequent fliers. Missing vital emails while on the road has topped a list of worries for business travellers. [17 Jul 2007]
silicon.com Classics: 30 tips for better business travel
News The latest in our weekly look back through the classic stories of the last decade in the silicon.com archive is a feature on how to make business travel more bearable. The silicon.com editorial staff, along with help from some of our expert... [25 Feb 2008]
BA and GetThere launch Web travel portal for SMEs
News British Airways and US business-to-business travel systems provider, GetThere.com, are to build a portal for the UK's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The portal lets SMEs book discountable travel and hotel details over an intranet. [13 Apr 2000]
Amadeus rocked, but not forever...
News Amadeus, the IT provider behind over 3,000 travel websites, has reported a major drop in profits for its third quarter but insisted the travel business was looking up. However, while business was down 28 per cent in the immediate aftermath of the... [06 Nov 2001]
Strip clubs popular with biz travellers: Shock
News Top five business travel destinations. This is just one finding from a piece of business traveller research conducted by travel portal TripAdvisor, which also found in-room high-speed internet access is the most important feature when selecting a... [28 Sep 2006]
Air scares and security measures deter biz travellers
News The current problems besieging UK air travellers and airports are forcing companies to consider alternative options to business travel - such as a greater use of videoconferencing and online meeting and collaboration tools in order to keep staff... [21 Aug 2006]
US online travel sales to hit $128bn by 2011
News Business Travel Greater consumer purchasing power and improved online compliance in business travel will spur the growth of the industry, the report says. US online travel companies are to sell $128bn worth of plane tickets and hotel bookings by... [14 Nov 2006]
How many Air Miles do techies rack up?
News Surprising new research has claimed that IT workers actually travel less on business than their average peer in other sectors. But it seems a little bit of travel broadens the mind and makes for a happy workforce - or at least two thirds of the... [21 Apr 2005]
Tech workers part of the jet set
News International travel is increasingly becoming a part of the job for people working in IT, with jet set techies travelling around the world on work-related business. Meanwhile nine per cent said they only have to travel internationally for business... [23 Jun 2008]
Business travellers demand more tech
News Denise Leleux, director of commercial cards with Barclaycard Business, said as business travel continues to rise, so too does the need for technological advancements designed to save travellers' time and money. [02 Jun 2008]
Lastminute.com splashes out £55m on OTC
News The deal further strengthens the company's core travel business and represents a slight shift in focus towards the business traveller, through OTC's travelstore.com property. David Howell, CFO of lastminute.com, told silicon.com that 68 per cent of... [03 Mar 2004]
"Hit the high street," e-shopper told
News Mr Philip was advised to take his business offline after UK internet travel group World Travel Direct, admitted that it could not rely on its courier company UPS to deliver tickets outside Britain. After six months of complaints to customer... [22 Jun 2001]
BA to ditch Opodo at cost of £40m?
News Opodo has struggled to make headway against competitors in the fiercely competitive online travel business and its most recent figures show a loss of €87.5m. British Airways is reportedly planning to write off £40m and ditch its stake in struggling... [29 Mar 2004]
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