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We canvass opinions from ordinary international business travellers to examine their experiences of hotels in the UK...

Many business travellers love aids and gadgets that make travelling easier but realise that many of them are gimmicks that never deliver on their promises....

Netbooks came from nowhere at the end of 2007 to estimated sales of 35 million in 2009 but can they be considered serious tools for the business traveller?...

Making phone calls when on business travel is vitally important these days but the cost can be high, so it makes sense to know all the options and pick the one that will deliver cheap phone calls in e...

Flying to Africa on business is perfectly possible and as long as you pick a scheduled flight from an established airline there shouldn’t be any problems, but that can't be said of many of the interna...

Taking the long haul business trip to Australasia is a big commitment so it makes sense to tailor the trip to get the most out of it, for pleasure as well as business....

Business flying from the United Kingdom to Japan and other parts of the Far East can be done with long-haul but non-stop flights and many of the airlines and airports are feted for being pleasant to u...

Business travel is at it's most competitive when flying from the UK to North America and this gives access to the rest of the Americas for the globe-trotting business traveller....

The Middle East is ploughing on with profitable expansion of airlines and airports as they push to create businesses that will outlast the oil....

Business travel for the self-employed differs in a number of areas from business travel for those employed by a company, not least because the self-employed business person pays all the bills!...

Smartphones are getting smarter but can they replace that heavy laptop; can you read a 1200 line spreadsheet or type a meeting agenda on them?...

Lift sharing and car sharing are being talked about more than ever as petrol process rocket and we become more aware of the effects of pollution, but can business travel benefit from car sharing?...

Buses and Coaches aren’t often thought of as business travel options but in certain circumstances they fit in, particularly in places where trains can't go....

Communication technology gets better every day and has delivered many alternatives to business travel but only changing the mindset of business people that will see these tools replacing face-to-face ...

As successive governments tighten up the rules on company car taxation it's becoming more common for employees to be offered a cash allowance to cover car costs rather than a company car, but which is...

Using technology like laptops and PDAs to keep business travellers in contact with offices and customers while they're on the road is all well and good but attention needs to be paid to connectivity a...

Driving long distances in the UK on business travel is not many people's idea of having a good time, with a congested motorway network and higher prices and taxation, but a few changes in habit can ma...

Business Travel Expert brings you handy hints and tips to make your journey from the airport entrance to the plane seat as quick and painless as possible....

Economising is in the air right now and business flights are firmly in the crosshairs of many financial directors' sights, but looking only at the bottom line can sometimes burst the balloon of saving...

One global airline recently asked industry experts to gaze into their crystal balls and tell us what they though a business traveller would experience when flying at the end of this century....

Flying for business travel in the United Kingdom really got off the ground in the 1990s when deregulation of the air industry allowed competition and the low cost airlines started up....

With historic and linguistic ties to the United Kingdom and booming economies because of low labour costs, direct foreign investment and high educational standards, many Asian cities now see high leve...

Business air travel in Europe has become easier and cheaper in the last decade because of the deregulation of the air travel infrastructure, the rise of the internet as a booking medium and the ease o...

Motorway service stations and large petrol stations provide most of the food and drink for business travellers and they are likely to get more business now that the law is taking a dim view of those w...

When you travel on business a lot then a flight upgrade is a way of making each flight just a little bit more bearable and although the only sure way of being upgraded is to pay, there is a slim chanc...

The glamour of business travel, economy frequent flights in particular, can quickly pale, particularly if your over six feet tall....

We get the low down on airline meals from a former manager of a catering company contracted to produce airline meals for a number of different budget airlines....

Flying is just half the game in international business travel; once the business traveller has landed they need to decide how to continue the journey, either by taxi, limousine, rail, or bus....

Much business travel, at least over a certain distance, almost inevitably means flying, but as focus is bought to bear on the damage that flying does to the planet a shift in management attitude might...

With pressure from rising costs, ecological concerns and global terrorism it would not be surprising if business people started making fewer business trips, but will that actually happen?...

Legendary expense account blowouts and drawn-out drinking sessions are all right once in a while but the savvy business traveller will be doing what they can to keep fit on the road....

The endless rounds of flights, gourmet meals and business hotels may be envied by those who do not have to travel on business but for many who do the attractions soon wane....

Not a day passes when some company or other announces a carbon neutral initiative and many people are sceptical but if organisations who have to do a lot of business travel are prepared to tackle carb...

Frequent flyer membership schemes are deliberately designed to make it difficult for business flyers to reclaim benefits but if you are going to be travelling those distances anyway then you might as ...

Motorway safety is an important subject for business travellers in the United Kingdom to be aware of, but many business people haven't taken on board that a lot of it comes down to keeping the ego in ...

Since the terrorist scares in the summer of 2006 the UK has been in the grip of some of the tightest airport security restrictions in the world....

Many years ago business travellers needing to make stopovers in the UK did not have a very appealing selection to choose from but the accommodation landscape has changed and there's now something to s...

There is a huge number of awards given out each year to the airports around the world, some based on surveys and some on someone's opinion, but the same airports do tend to crop up each time and we ta...

There could be hundreds of top tips for flying but we've isolated a few that are particularly relevant to business travellers....

Most business people want to travel light and for them the perfect baggage will be a lightweight yet capacious bag that keeps everything safe from damage and theft; is this too much to ask?...

Business lounges are becoming standard fare at most major airports and with business travel the main economic force behind scheduled airlines and city airports, it's no wonder that pandering to the ex...

Sat nav, maps and route planning software all attack the same problem, getting from A to B, but they all do it in different ways and all have a part to play for the business traveller....

Letting the train take the strain means business travellers can make better use of their time and arrive in a better frame of mind (unless there's a big delay) compared to their compatriots who have d...

Hotels are vying for the business travel market and as a result standards are going up all the time, but the need of one executive can be very different to another so hotels need to be covering all th...

Upheaval and concern were caused early in 2009 when Airmiles changed their terms and conditions, so what's going on behind the scenes and what does it mean for business travellers?...

For frequent flying business travellers getting a seat in a different class can sometimes make a big difference, but how can they work out which class is worth shelling out for?...

Computers are usually about having the fastest, newest and biggest computer out, but there's a realisation that for business travellers the opposite is true, its' the lightest, smallest and quietest....

We often talk about how the glamorous appeal of business travel is not felt by those who do it a lot so it's refreshing to hear from someone who loves every minute of it....