U.S. business travel growth predicted up, as group spending rises
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Government budget cuts will have some impact on 2013 growth, but overall business sentiment is improving which is enough to keep travel spend climbing upwards at a significantly higher rate than 2012.
U.S. business travel is now expected to rise 5.1% in 2013 to $268.5 billion, which is an upgrade from the 4.6% growth to $266.7 billion that GBTA predicted last quarter and a substantial increase from