Cost savings hammer environment in reasons for cutting business travel: Survey

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the bottom line findings from the new Barclaycard Commerical Business Travel Survey suggest the dire economic climate is far outweighing environmental concerns as a factor in cutting down business travel. Barclaycard's 13th annual travel survey, covering 2,200 respondents attitude to business travel as of December 2008, showed of the 15% of business travellers who anticipated travelling less this year, three out of five respondents (57%) are doing this in response to declining business or cost issues and only one per cent as a result of a company environmental policy.  The 15% expecting to travel less this year compares to 7% who expected to travel less in the previous year's survey.

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