FCm Travel Solutions survey reveals 39 per cent business travellers looking to increase corporate travel budgets in 2010

According to a report in asiatraveltips.com, FCm Travel Solutions recently conducted an online survey which indicated that during the next year more than 70 per cent of business travellers, who participated in the survey were looking to increase or consolidate their spend on corporate travel. The survey results revealed that 39 per cent of business travellers will be increasing their corporate travel budgets; 35 per cent will not be changing their spend on business travel, while 26 per cent intend to decrease the amount of money their company spent on business travel.

Shannon O’Brien, Executive General Manager Australia, FCm Travel Solutions said that the outcome reflected a positive shift in business and consumer confidence within the corporate space. “Consumer and business confidence has begun to take a turn for the better on the back of the current cycle of cost-friendly travel prices. Travellers have been relishing the discounted airfares, competitive rates for hotel rooms and valuable extras such as free breakfasts,