Survey: biz travel up while leisure slightly down
Business travel: up three percent. Leisure: down four percent.
Those were the results when the Hotel Association of Canada released its 2010 report on travel.
“We’ve got almost half of those surveyed stating they are ‘vacation-deprived,’ which tells me that while people are worried about their jobs and are afraid to spend their money on extended travel, they still plan to travel in 2010,” said Tony Pollard, President of the Hotel Association of Canada.
More than one fifth of travelers say they expect to take more trips to the US this year compared to 2009.
A potentially “new and disturbing trend” emerged with almost 20 per cent of Canadian travelers stating they went by car to a United States airport in 2009 to take a trip using less expensive airline tickets purchased for US or foreign travel.
“Deals in the United States that are not matched by Canadian air carriers are having an impact on 18 per cent of the air travel business in Canada,” said Pollard. “Lower fares from US destinations hurt all of our businesses in Canada.”
Other findings:
• More and more, Canadian travelers are looking to the web for information about where they choose to stay, the report found.
• Canadians are also wired when it comes to internet comparison-shopping, with 86 percent leisure and 81 percent business travelers looking for “specials.”
• Friendly service is still the most important attribute for business (80 percent) and leisure (84 percent) when choosing between accommodations offering the same rates. This attribute is more important than room service, a restaurant, high-speed internet and a spa.
By David Wilkening
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