Infographic: How business travel prices will rise over 2013
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If you're in U.S., asking your employees to rent a car and drive to the hotel would be the cheapest option, according to this forecast. Of course, if that's feasible.
CWT has come out with its 2013 Travel Price Forecast for corporate/business travel, focusing on global supplier pricing for the coming year across airlines, hotels, ground transportation companies, and meetings and events providers. The infographic below shows the rise in prices expected across various travel categories next year.
The full report, for download, is linked from here.
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