Bounces Back In Canada - Travel News, Tourism News - By: rajat387220

The Best

Western International, the (GBTA) of Canada

and The Hotel Association of Canada (HAC) (who recently gathered at the

fifth annual Business Travel Summit) collectively opine that the

Canadian business travel market is rebounding and will continue to

improve in 2011.

This annual panel discussion, moderated by

YouMustBeTrippin.com travel blogger and Canadian travel expert Bryson

Forbes, covered themes including 2011 travel trends, the importance of

value for business travellers and corporations, the high cost of airfare

in Canada and Best Western's new descriptor program.
"The business

traveller is back on the road, and the steady increase in hotel bookings

we're tracking is a positive indicator for heavier spring and summer

travel," stated Dorothy Dowling, senior vice president of marketing and

sales for Best Western International. "Revenue at our hotels in Canada

was up 21 percent in the fourth quarter in 2010 compared to the same

period in 2009 and, looking to March and early April, advance bookings

are up more than 20 percent for all provinces," she added. According to

Dowling, 60 percent of guests staying at Best Western’s 186 Canadian

hotels are business travellers.

Tanya Racz, president of the

Global Business Travel Association of Canada, echoed the optimism for a

business travel rebound in 2011. Tony Pollard, president of the HAC,

cited the group's recently released annual survey that 76 percent of

Canadians who do travel for business said they’ll be travelling this

year.
In addition to an uptick in business travel in 2011, another

key theme throughout the panel discussion was the continued importance

of value amongst travellers and corporations.
The Philippine

Department of Tourism (DOT) has lined up plans to increase air capacity,

hotels, and investments to infrastructure for 2011-2012, in an effort

to double tourism in the country.

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The Best

Western International, the (GBTA) of Canada

and The Hotel Association of Canada (HAC) (who recently gathered at the

fifth annual Business Travel Summit) collectively opine that the

Canadian business travel market is rebounding and will continue to

improve in 2011.

This annual panel discussion, moderated by

YouMustBeTrippin.com travel blogger and Canadian travel expert Bryson

Forbes, covered themes including 2011 travel trends, the importance of

value for business travellers and corporations, the high cost of airfare

in Canada and Best Western's new descriptor program.
"The business

traveller is back on the road, and the steady increase in hotel bookings

we're tracking is a positive indicator for heavier spring and summer

travel," stated Dorothy Dowling, senior vice president of marketing and

sales for Best Western International. "Revenue at our hotels in Canada

was up 21 percent in the fourth quarter in 2010 compared to the same

period in 2009 and, looking to March and early April, advance bookings

are up more than 20 percent for all provinces," she added. According to

Dowling, 60 percent of guests staying at Best Western’s 186 Canadian

hotels are business travellers.

Tanya Racz, president of the

Global Business Travel Association of Canada, echoed the optimism for a

business travel rebound in 2011. Tony Pollard, president of the HAC,

cited the group's recently released annual survey that 76 percent of

Canadians who do travel for business said they’ll be travelling this

year.
In addition to an uptick in business travel in 2011, another

key theme throughout the panel discussion was the continued importance

of value amongst travellers and corporations.
The Philippine

Department of Tourism (DOT) has lined up plans to increase air capacity,

hotels, and investments to infrastructure for 2011-2012, in an effort

to double tourism in the country.

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