BUSINESS TRAVELERS CURTAIL THEIR TRIPS.Byline: The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times After the usual summer slowdown, business travelers will soon be back in force at airports, hotels and rental-car offices - but apparently not in the record numbers that have marked business and leisure travel throughout 1996. Business travel this fall is projected to drop to its lowest level in at least five years, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a forecast from the Travel Industry Association of America, based on a telephone survey of 1,500 adults in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Only 24 percent of travelers said they were somewhat or very likely to travel for business this fall. ``This is the result of a cautious corporate climate, characterized by leaner staffs and executives who have saturated schedules, compounded by the fact that they have absorbed more of the business-travel demands since downsizing (1) Converting mainframe and mini-based systems to client/server LANs. (2) To reduce equipment and associated costs by switching to a less-expensive system. (jargon) downsizing began,'' said William Norman, the president of the association. |
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