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Sharp increases in airfares and hotel rates combined with improvements in business class amenities prompted some buyers to tighten restrictions on first class travel hi the past six months, but they are sending more employees on business class, consultants said.
The biggest volume increases ill business class air travel are occurring on routes to India and China, said Dale Eastlund, director of air solutions for Minneapolis-based Carlson Wagonlit Travel North American Solutions Group. "We've seen an increase of 35 percent in business class going to China and 39 percent to India," he said, comparing data from 2006 with 2005. "It's speaking to the growth in those markets and where those companies are moving."
New Brunswick, N.J.-based Johnson & Johnson last year changed its policy allowing first class travel for flights of longer than six hours, said travel analyst Kathleen Byron. "Anything above six hours is now business class," Byron said, adding that improvements in business class amenities, such as lounge access,...
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