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Attempted Christmas Day Bombing Will Not Dampen Desire to Resume Business Travel

Posted on 06. Jan, 2010 by Kat Schneider Fotheringham in Blog, Business Travel, Uncategorized, executive accommodations, international business travel

From the White House to your house, with all of the talk about the attempted  bombing on Christmas Day from the Amsterdam-to-Detroit flight, thought it might be a good idea to inject a little cyber “reality check” via The Corporate Housing Network Blog.

According to the a survey of  150 travel managers conducted by the National Business Travel Association — the association for business travel professionals — in the wake of the event, the attempted bombing is likely to have little impact on business travel volume.

In fact, the number of respondents reporting the attempted attack raised new concerns about the safety of air travel (43%) was almost equal to the percentage of those reporting no new concerns resulting from the attempted attack (42%).  And a whopping 81% of respondents said their companies would not reduce travel as a result of the attack, and only 2% said they would reduce international travel.

What an encouraging sign that the economy–and desire to conduct business all across the globe–will not be hampered by this unfortunate event.  Of course, it remains quite important that we all remain vigilant as we travel, but it is good to know that we are getting better at thwarting attacks and picking up on them in the first place.

Safe travels to all.

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