AirPlus International Releases Survey Results on Travel Alternatives.ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- AirPlus International, a global provider of corporate travel payment solutions, releases the June edition of The WireOfrom AirPlus on the topic of Travel Alternatives. The report found that teleconferencing and web-conferencing are increasingly being used as alternatives at 81% and 71% respectively. While over half did agree that virtual meetings are as effective as meeting in person, it is interesting that 25% believed that it is rarely or almost never as effective. The top two weighted reasons cited for turning to travel alternatives included increased travel costs and decreased budgets. For more complete details, including a free PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. of the results, please visit our online community. "We recognize that corporate travel budgets are under scrutiny and we believe that now more than ever, our customers need the rich data that our product suite provides," said Richard Crum, President of AirPlus International, Inc. "In addition, we offer free monthly Data Lab webinars for our customers using the AirPlus Information Manager to gain transparency for analysis of their corporate travel spend." The WireOfrom AirPlus is a monthly report on the pulse of the industry and its relevant topics. Results of this edition are based on a survey of 192 travel management professionals in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Europe in April 2009. AirPlus International provides savings to over 32,000 customers worldwide through a suite of business travel payment solutions which include central bill accounts, corporate cards and online management tools. AirPlus is travel agency neutral, the leading issuer of UATP UATP Universal Air Travel Plan (corporate chargecard system for purchase of air and rail transportation) UATP User Acceptance Test Plan (Sprint) worldwide and the preferred partner and various airlines such as Air China, British Airways British Airways in full British Airways PLC International passenger airline based in London. In 1936 British Airways Ltd. was founded through the merger of three smaller airlines. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BAB), Continental Airlines (NYSE:CAL), Luxair, Lufthansa German Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Swiss International Air Lines Swiss International Air Lines (short: Swiss) is the principal airline of Switzerland operating scheduled services in Europe and to North America, South America, Africa and Asia. Its main hub is Zurich Kloten Airport (ZRH). , TAP Portugal and Singapore Airlines. For more information, please visit us online at www.airplus.com, contribute to our blog at www.airpluscommunity.com and follow us at www.twitter A Web site and service that lets users send short text messages from their cellphones to a group of friends. Launched in 2006, Twitter (www.twitter.com) was designed for people to broadcast their current activities and thoughts. .com/AirPlus. Press may contact: Rana Walker, Marketing and Communications at +1 (703) 373-0947 or rwalker@airplus.com. |
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