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Travel Business Footnotes
Communication plays a key role in building and maintaining
business travel partnerships. We at Davisville Travel believe in
keeping you, our corporate business travel client, "In The Know"
with current up-to-date travel information. Newsletters target
both business travelers and travel planners and provide a
convenient way to ensure information is getting out to our
client's in a timely basis. Keeping you up to date about
important travel information is an established long term goal at
Davisville Travel. Enjoy.
November - 2005 Travel Footnotes
Web Site is Guide to Hotel Fitness
Centers
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Fitness-conscious business travelers can check a
website for description and color photos of hotel’s
workout facilities.
Additional information in
Davisville Travel’s
November 2005 edition of Business Travel Footnotes!
October
- 2005 Travel Footnotes
Davisville Travel
adds additional agent staffing to our team! -
Read more in Davisville Travel’s October 2005
Business Travel Newsletter.
September - 2005 Travel Footnotes
Airport WiFi
(Technology), Kiosks Bring Convenience, But Delays
Feed Traveler Discontent:
As the number of air
travelers continues to rise, airlines are providing
more conveniences to business customers through
technology, expanded facilities and special
services.
Read more in Davisville
Travel’s September Business Travel Newsletter.
August
– 2005 Travel Footnotes
Nearly half of
employees polled said they travel less for business
than they did a few years ago, according to a study
by Robert Half Management Resources.
Also, a favorite
employee of Davisville Travel retires this month.
Check out the details Davisville
Travel’s August Footnotes.
July -
2005 Travel Footnotes
The Air Transport Association (ATA)
predicts that about 200 million people will fly on the
nation’s airlines between Memorial Day and Labor Day—4.1%
more air passengers than they carried last summer. (2004)
Despite the higher numbers, ATA says the industry will
continue to face the ongoing challenges of high fuel prices,
high taxes and low fares. Read more in this month’s
Davisville Travel Business Footnotes!
June 2005 Travel Footnotes
It’s smart to travel with a
cell phone; it’s invaluable in dealing with delays and
for staying in touch with family members and business
associates. But, many U.S. mobile phones don’t work
overseas.
American Express
Representative Travel Network
has negotiated special pricing and offers with several
international mobile phone providers for American
Express Card members. Read about this new program in
June’s issue of Davisville Travel’s Business Footnotes.
May 2005 Travel
Footnotes
Read
in May’s News letter about: “Business
Traveler Spending and Attitudes”
The most popular services on business trips are in-room
Internet access (45 percent of business travelers use
such services) and hotel fitness centers (43 percent).
April
2005 Travel
Footnotes
Low-Cost Carriers’ Customer
Satisfaction Ratings – “Passengers checking in at
self-check-in kiosks wait about half as long for their
boarding passes as those who check in with an airline
representative.”
March 2005
Travel
Footnotes
Business Travel Upswing
After a five-year decline,
business travel began gaining ground in 2004,
growing more than four percent, a trend that is expected
to continue for the next few years.
February 2005
Travel
Footnotes
Industry Alert….. In-flight Water Quality
The Environmental Protection Agency
released its second round of aircraft drinking quality
data. The findings—that 17.2 percent of 169 randomly
collected samples were contaminated with total coli form
bacteria.
January 2005
Travel
Footnotes
First Aid While Traveling….
Airport Medical Facilities
At least 11 major U.S. airports have medical offices
accessible to travelers, a USA TODAY survey shows. They
range from one-person emergency care facilities to
multi-service operations with 60 staffers.
Travel Footnotes 2004
December Travel
Footnotes
Interesting News:
The nation’s
busiest airports are offering travelers healthier dining
choices, according to a report by the Physicians
Committee for Responsible Medicine. Check out the
details this month on Davisville Travel’s Business
Newsletter.
November Travel Footnotes
Interesting News: The
American Express Global Business Travel Forecast for
2005 indicates a continued steady revival of the global
business travel industry.
October Travel Footnotes
"Leave Your Laptop at Home"
- Tightened airport security and carry-on restrictions
can sometimes make carrying a laptop a hassle. Check
out the alternatives in this month's issue of Business
Travel Footnotes.
September Travel Footnotes
The September Newsletter
Feature: A Profitable Tip for Business Owners from
DAVISVILLE TRAVEL and AMERICAN EXPRESS
August
Travel Footnotes
Now Featured in August's
Newsletter. . . By Popular Demand . . . Davisville
Travel's - LEISURE TOUR CALENDAR
July
Travel Footnotes
Davisville Footnotes
Business Travel Newsletter features the final
installment of the Northstar Travel Media Travel
Behavior Study. Most of its findings are what you'd
expect, but the first was a bit of a
surprise.
June Travel
Footnotes
In our June 2004 Business
Travel Newsletter find: An identification warning for
those booking flights - When booking flight travel, it
is very important for all travelers to give us the name
that appears on their ID. (Passport for international
travel, drivers license for domestic) Recently we at
Davisville Travel have encountered a high number of
tickets that need to be re-purchased at full price to
replace incorrect
names.
May Travel
Footnotes
It is more important than
ever for travelers to book their rental car in advance.
Waiting until the last minute may not only mean higher
costs, but may leave the customer without a rental car
at all. See car rental tips in May's Business Travel
Footnotes from Davisville Travel.
March Travel Footnotes
It is worth the time and
effort to research global etiquette as American business
travelers can make or break a deal just by the way they
exchange business cards, introduce themselves, and
behave at business and social meetings. Body language,
gestures, eye contact, facial expression and touching
vary across cultures. Check out the no-no list in
Davisville Travel's Business Travel Footnotes April
2004.
February Travel Footnotes
In order to provide you
with information you can use to help secure your safety
and enable us to serve you better in the event of a
significant interruption in your travel plans, we offer
you, in February's edition of Business Travel Footnotes
some Safety Tips for Travelers.
January Travel Footnotes
Tipping properly can
contribute immensely to your business travel experience;
however, tipping can be confusing for today's business
traveler. Many questions often come to mind when it's
time to compensate others for services rendered. Whom
should you tip? How much? Do you even need to tip
at all? Check out January's edition of Davisville
Travel's Business travel Footnotes.
