Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Business travel will surge in summer, survey says | The latest ...

W?th summer nearly here, ??? m??ht expect t? see a jump ?n leisure travel ? a chance f?r families t? take vacations wh??? th? children ?r? out ?f school.

B?t w?th th? economy ?h?w?n? signs ?f rebounding ?n? companies loosening th? purse strings ?n travel budgets, a n?w survey suggests th?t business travel w??? surge during th? summer wh??? leisure travel w??? remain ?b??t th? same ?? a year earlier.

S? th? lines ?t airports m?? b? crowded th?? summer n?t w?th families packing sunscreen ?n? snorkels b?t w?th business travelers wearing suits ?n? lugging briefcases.

Th? number ?f business travelers wh? h??? committed t? rent rooms th?? summer ?? ?b??t 8% higher th?n last summer, according t? n?w data collected b? Travelclick, a N?w York company th?t provides e-commerce products ?n? services t? th? hotel industry. B?t th? same report indicates leisure travel w??? remain ?b??t th? same ?? last summer.

Overall, th?t ?? ???? news f?r th? hotel industry b?????? business travelers tend t? stay ?n more expensive rooms wh??? families ?n vacation ?ft?n share rooms ?t budget hotels.

Th? revenue th?t hotels collect per room f?r business travelers ?? expected t? ?? up 13% th?? summer compared w?th th? same period last year, wh??? revenue fr?m rooms rented b? leisure travelers ?? expected t? rise ?n?? 4%, according t? Travelclick.

?Th?? summer, business travel h?? b??n ?n? continues t? b? strong ?? th? U.S. economy continues t? recover,? ???? Tim Hart,?executive vice president??f business intelligence ?t Travelclick.

? United t? keep first-class seats ?n international flights

Although ??m? airlines h??? eliminated first-class seats ?n international flights over th? last few years, United Airlines h?? announced ?t w??? n?t follow suit even ?ft?r ?t completes th? merger w?th Continental Airlines th?? year.

First-class seats h??? b??n disappearing fr?m international flights f?r years, b?t th?t trend accelerated during th? recession wh?n business travelers w?r? forced t? ??t costs b? flying ?n business ?r economy seats. T? accommodate such fliers, many airlines improved business-class seats, m?k?n? th?m th? de facto first-class seats.

Delta Air Lines, f?r example ?t????? offering first-class seats ?n international flights years ago, opting instead t? sell a ?business elite? class. Last year, Qantas Airways replaced first-class seats w?th business-class seats ?n ??? ?f ?t? Boeing 747-400 planes, saying ?t w?? responding t? ?changing demands.?

?Th? economy h?? dictated th? m??? away fr?m premium seats, especially during th? recession,? ???? Rick Seaney, founder ?f th? travel website farecompare.com.

On international flights, Continental offers ?n?? economy seating ?n? a ?BusinessFirst? section th?t includes special meals ?n? ?flat bed? seats th?t fully recline.

B?t Jeffery Smisek, president ?f United Continental Holdings Inc., th? parent company ?f United ?n? Continental, t??? Bloomberg News th?t th? first-class seats m?k? ?a lot ?f sense? ?n ??rt??n markets.

George Hobica, head ?f airfarewatchdog.com, agrees.

?United ?? keeping first-class seats ?n order t? compete internationally w?th Lufthansa, British Airways, Air France, Singapore ?n? others, ?n? t? distinguish itself fr?m Delta ?n? US Airways,? h? ????.

? Alaska Airlines t? expand Wi-Fi service, give pilots iPads

Alaska Airlines announced last week th?t ?t plans t? expand Wi-Fi services t? more th?n 90% ?f ?t? fleet ?f 117 Boeing 737s b? th? ?n? ?f th? month. In November, th? carrier h?? wireless Internet ?n ?b??t 70% ?f ?t? fleet.

Last week?s announcement came ?n?? days ?ft?r th? Seattle airline announced th?t ?t w?? issuing n?w iPad tablet computers t? ?t? pilots t? replace th? 25-pound flight manuals th?t th?? take w?th th?m ?nt? th? cockpit.

Alaska w??? b? handing out th? 1.5-pound iPads t? ??? ?t? pilots b? mid-June. Th? devices w??? include a reading application th?t w??? ??t th? pilots scroll through hundreds ?f pages ?f manuals, reference cards ?n? ?th?r material.

B?t pilots w??? n?t ??t a br??k fr?m th? Federal Aviation Administration rules th?t forbid th? ??? ?f electronic devices during takeoffs ?n? landings. Besides, Internet access ?n jetliners ?? available ?n?? ?n th? cabin, n?t ?n th? cockpit.

An? th? iPads won?t h??? computer games, joked Alaska spokeswoman Marianne Lindsey. ?Th? pilots w??? n?t b? playing An?r? Birds during takeoff.?

hugo.martin@latimes.com

Article source: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-travel-briefcase-20110606,0,7606820.story

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