Did U.S. Business Travel Benefit From a Trump Bump?
Photo Credit: Travelers are shown at Grand Central Station in New York City on July 31, 2014. A new report from the U.S. Travel Association shows all sectors of travel in the United States grew in November. Flickr / Jens Fricke
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Unexpected business travel growth in the U.S. is good news for the travel industry — but will it last?
Business travel in the United States got a surge of life in November, countering expectations that it would decline.
The monthly Travel Trends Index from the U.S. Travel Association and Oxford Economics, released Tuesday, said all sectors of travel grew above their six-month moving averages in November. It was the first index out since Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election, and an announcement about the results suggested that a post-vote "Trump Bump" could have had something to do with the uptick.
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