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Travel Leaders Unveil Top
Business Travel Trends for 2010
Minneapolis, MN (Vocus) January 27, 2010
Today, Travel Leaders unveiled the top business travel trends for 2010 based on findings from their annual Travel Trends Survey. The survey shows 67% of Travel Leaders’ business-focused travel agents are forecasting that business travel for 2010 will match or exceed their total bookings for last year. Conducted November 30-December 18, 2009, these business travel trends are based on responses from 227 Travel Leaders owners, managers and frontline travel experts throughout the United States and comparables to the overall national results of 521 Travel Leaders experts are included. To view the results from the 2010 Travel Leaders Travel Trends Survey, click here.
“Because business travelers make up a very significant segment of Travel Leaders’ overall mix of bookings, we dived deeper into our annual roll-up results for both corporate and leisure travelers to specifically examine what 2010 has in store for business travel in particular,” stated Roger E. Block, CTC, president of Travel Leaders Franchise Group, which includes hundreds of locations nationwide. “We’re seeing that business travel clients continue to book the same level of hotel accommodations as in the past, but we’re also seeing a noteworthy percentage of Travel Leaders business travel experts indicating a fair number of their clients are now starting to fly in business or in first class, signifying that some business clients are starting to loosen their travel policies. That being said, many clients are still opting for economy class airline tickets as they seek to maximize value at every turn.”
Anticipated level of business travel in 2010
When Travel Leaders business travel experts were asked, “What have your business travel clients indicated in terms of either actual bookings and/or client feedback as to the amount of travel they anticipate for 2010 compared to 2009?” 38.3% said booking levels would remain on par with 2009, 28.6% said that booking levels would increase in 2010, and only 11.9% indicated that they expected a further decline.
First/Business Class vs. Coach
When asked to provide the percentage of business clients who are purchasing first class tickets, over a third (35.2%) of Travel Leaders business travel experts indicated that 11% or more of their bookings are in first or business class. Another 53.7% indicated that 1-10% of their clientele is flying “up front.”
Hotel accommodations
When asked if business travel clients were trading up on hotel reservations to take advantage of the great values/deals available, trading down because of budget constraints or bookings the same hotel category, the vast majority indicated that their clients were booking the same category of hotel accommodations (71.8%), while 17.2% indicated that business travel clients were actually trading up.
Domestic travel
Over 90% of Travel Leaders’ business travel experts indicated their clients make reservations two weeks or less prior to their travel date for domestic trips (the top response was one week at 44.5%, followed by two weeks at 24.2% and less than one week at 21.6%). That compares with the 54.5% of Travel Leaders leisure travel experts who said their clients make reservations eight or more weeks prior to their travel date for domestic trips.
International travel
Nearly 73% of Travel Leaders’ business travel experts said their clients make reservations 1-3 weeks prior to their travel date (the top response was two weeks at 31.3%, followed by three weeks at 22.5% and one week at 18.9%). That contrasts with 90.8% of Travel Leaders’ leisure agents, who say their customers make reservations eight or more weeks in advance of their trip.
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Aspen Avionics Expands Approved Model List STC for Evolution Flight Display
Oshkosh, WI (PRWEB) July 30, 2008
Aspen Avionics has added over 200 more airplanes to its FAA Approved Model List Supplemental Type Certificate (AML-STC) for the EFD1000 Primary Flight Display (PFD).
The expanded AML builds on the original AML certification granted to the company in March 2008, and authorizes installation of Aspen’s Evolution PFD into more than 600 airplane makes and models, covering the vast majority of Class I and Class II airplanes flying today. The AML-STC enables avionics dealers to install the EFD1000 PFD without having to seek separate FAA field approvals for each installation.
The additional makes and models include airplanes with maximum indicated airspeeds up to 264 knots, conventional gear airplanes (taildraggers) and seaplanes, making the Evolution Flight Display’s AML-STC one of the broadest in the industry.
“Today’s expansion of our AML is deeply gratifying,” said Aspen President and CEO, John Uczekaj, “and makes it even easier for more customers to install the Evolution PFD.”
Aspen Avionics also announced approval of the EFD1000 PFD’s ability to interface with Century and Cessna ARC autopilots, adding those popular autopilot systems to its existing approvals for Bendix/King and S-TEC autopilots.
“Demand for the Evolution Flight Display has been strong in all markets,” said Doug Cayne, VP of Marketing for Aspen, “and the expanded AML and additional autopilot interfaces will make it available to even more airplane owners.”
Cayne continued, “Aspen will keep adding aircraft to its AML on a regular basis, and expects to begin adding Class III airplanes by the end of 2008.”
Class III airplanes are those with maximum gross weights in excess of 6,000 pounds.
Updates to the complete list of airplane makes and models covered by Aspen’s AML-STC, as well as other certifications and interface approvals, are available at www.aspenavionics.com/approvals.
About Aspen Avionics, Inc.
Aspen Avionics specializes in bringing the most advanced technology and capability from the commercial and business aviation markets into general aviation cockpits–and budgets. Our products increase situational awareness and reduce pilot workload, making it even easier and safer to fly in both VFR and IFR conditions. The way we look at it, getting the latest avionics technology shouldn’t always mean spending a lot of money–on equipment or installation. At Aspen Avionics, we design products to be affordable, easy to install, and easy to own. The company can be found on the web at http://www.aspenavionics.com, or may be reached at (505) 856-5034. Print-ready images of the Evolution Flight Display are available at http://www.aspenavionics.com/pressdownloads.
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