http://www.ft.com/business-travelhttp://www.ft.com/rss/businesslife/businesstravelFT.com - Business life, Business travelen© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2009. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:07:02 +0000Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:11:59 +0000Newspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/business-travel(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/af26706c-d92f-11de-b2d5-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fbusinesstravelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/af26706c-d92f-11de-b2d5-00144feabdc0.htmlWith expenses under more scrutiny, many business travellers rightly grouse about the exorbitant rates that many of the big hotel chains charge for Wi-Fi access. But how to avoid them?Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:07:02 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/1b7a2984-ce4f-11de-a1ea-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fbusinesstravelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1b7a2984-ce4f-11de-a1ea-00144feabdc0.htmlA report from a prominent research group indicates that global travel and tourism are facing a gloomy outlook for 2010, with spending in the sector forecast to fall by 5.5% this yearWed, 11 Nov 2009 02:39:26 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/5bf5bd18-cde9-11de-95e7-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fbusinesstravelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5bf5bd18-cde9-11de-95e7-00144feabdc0.htmlThe Hong Kong carrier will add more economy seats in a number of Boeing 777-300 aircrafts on regional routes as passenger demand for premium travel in Asia remains weakWed, 11 Nov 2009 02:25:06 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/4e729192-ce2b-11de-a1ea-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fbusinesstravelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4e729192-ce2b-11de-a1ea-00144feabdc0.htmlTime to get ruthless with the carry-on bagTue, 10 Nov 2009 22:38:32 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/f20fb84a-bdc6-11de-9f6a-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fbusinesstravelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f20fb84a-bdc6-11de-9f6a-00144feab49a.htmlThe owner of City Airport has agreed to buy Gatwick for £1.5bn from Spanish infrastructure group FerrovialWed, 21 Oct 2009 22:33:15 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/1d1428be-b782-11de-9812-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fbusinesstravelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1d1428be-b782-11de-9812-00144feab49a.htmlThe drop comes after falling business traffic on the key Boston-Washington corridor cancelled out growth elsewhere for the company that runs most of the long-distance passenger trains in the USTue, 13 Oct 2009 01:14:21 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/469803e0-ac4c-11de-950b-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fbusinesstravelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/469803e0-ac4c-11de-950b-00144feabdc0.html With the tourism sector in Spain taking a hit, further consolidation in the holiday accommodation sector is expected following NH Hoteles tie-up with HesperiaMon, 28 Sep 2009 18:28:40 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/1c432b0c-a223-11de-9caa-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fbusinesstravelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1c432b0c-a223-11de-9caa-00144feabdc0.htmlThe International Air Transport Association says industry losses are expected to widen to $11bn in 2009 and to continue in 2010 as fuel prices rise and business travel remains weakWed, 16 Sep 2009 01:13:57 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/7c0cadaa-8b45-11de-9f50-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fbusinesstravelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7c0cadaa-8b45-11de-9f50-00144feabdc0.htmlThe key to waiting at airports is not to get frustrated but to view it as an opportunity for activities such as shopping, jogging, novel writing and people watchingMon, 17 Aug 2009 21:34:50 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/d5b5e1ac-8648-11de-9e8e-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fbusinesstravelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d5b5e1ac-8648-11de-9e8e-00144feabdc0.htmlInterContinental Hotels Group, the industry leader measured by number of rooms, sees few signs of recovery in the sector and reports a pre-tax loss of $50m for the first halfTue, 11 Aug 2009 20:20:57 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/2c5c5846-84d3-11de-9a64-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fbusinesstravelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2c5c5846-84d3-11de-9a64-00144feabdc0.htmlThe aviation industry is set to face additional costs of €1bn when it enters the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme in 2012Sun, 9 Aug 2009 15:58:01 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a65be508-7871-11de-bb06-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fbusinesstravelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a65be508-7871-11de-bb06-00144feabdc0.htmlThe real value of frequent flyer programmes to carriers lies in their ability to generate cash rather than loyalty, and they are using the downturn to redefine the schemesSun, 26 Jul 2009 22:19:25 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/c3e74ffe-5b66-11de-be3f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fbusinesstravelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c3e74ffe-5b66-11de-be3f-00144feabdc0.htmlWillie Walsh's grim warning at this week's Paris Air Show comes amid a dearth of new orders that underscores the scale of the crisis facing the aerospace and aviation sectorsThu, 18 Jun 2009 00:10:20 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/55ed777e-51ef-11de-b986-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fbusinesstravelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/55ed777e-51ef-11de-b986-00144feabdc0.htmlExecutives who take their customers to McDonald's may be losing goodwill faster than they are saving money, says Lucy Kellaway Fri, 5 Jun 2009 22:12:32 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/397c5088-4853-11de-8870-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fbusinesstravelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/397c5088-4853-11de-8870-00144feabdc0.htmlJapan is easing up on its concerns about the severity of its swine flu outbreak and local authorities are re-opening schools in the most affected areasSun, 24 May 2009 13:10:49 +0100