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Business Travel Continues to Grow in China, While Organizations Adopt a More Traveller-Centric Approach to Their Business Travel Programs
CITS American Express Global Business Travel | October 26, 2016
SHANGHAI, Oct. 26, 2016 -- CITS American Express Global Business Travel today announced the results of its 2016 China Business Travel Survey (the Barometer) during the twelfth annual China Business Travel Forum (CBTF), held in Shanghai. Earlier this year, it was widely reported that expenditure on business travel in China has overtaken the United States to be the country with the largest business travel spending globally*. According to the Barometer's findings, average growth for travel and expense (T&E) budgets in China in 2016 was 4.86%, consistent with 4.8% growth in 2015, and also with the 4.42% that had been anticipated in ...
New Research Reveals Business Travel in Europe Grew at a Higher Rate Than Expected in 2015
the Barometer | January 28, 2016
Growth in business travel budgets was twice as strong as expected heading into 2015. Companies' international development plans stand out as a major growth driver. PARIS, January 28, 2016 -- American Express Global Business Travel ("GBT") today announced the results of its 2015 EVP Barometer by American Express Global Business Travel (the "Barometer") during the 25th annual EVP, held in Paris. The Barometer results show that business travel spending increased by 1.42% in 2015, more than twice the rise anticipated in the 2014 Barometer (0.7%). In addition, "safety and security" has overtaken "cost c...
