Understanding the Business Traveler of 2015
By Nigel J. Rodgers, Editor for Hoteliers.com
A woman climbs out of bed in a dim, air-conditioned hotel room, she steps onto the balcony and is greeted by the warmth of the morning sun and the scent of sea salt, she’s not on vacation; she’s on a business trip.
According to a survey by Virgin Airlines, 61 percent of business travelers enjoy their job; traveling for work is a luxury. The U.S. Travel Association states that there were over 452 million business-related flights taken in 2013. Those numbers will continue to increase.
This means that business travelers make up a large portion of guests at hotels. Business travelers are all about efficiency, so it is the hotelier’s responsibility to ensure that the guest is well-taken care of and that everything runs smoothly. To do this, a hotelier must understand their business traveler guests.
Hotel businessman Sanjay Nijhawan states that one of the common trends in business travelers is the