Tradeshow Week
Magazine devoted to tradeshows, with directories, research, and more.
Tradeshow Biz USA
Source of information linking the tradeshow, convention and meeting & incentive travel industries.
Institute of Business Travel Management
Provides on-going financial resources to conduct research initiatives beneficial to the entire business travel industry.
Guild of Travel Management Companies
An intermediary between the users of business travel and the providers of travel.
Comparison Travel
Site with a list of the top car-rental specials broken down by category, or use their search engine to find the lowest rate.
St. Bernard Dog
Article at Wikipedia about the history of the rescuing dogs.
International Air Transport Association
IATA is the governing Body that creates regulation for international air transport.
U.S Dept. of State Travel Page
Resources from the U.S. government, including rules for Passports and Visas, tips for international travel, and warnings for certain countries.
Sarbanes-Oxley
Web site all about Sarbanes-Oxley, including Financial and Accounting Disclosure Information.
Credit Card menu
A resource for consumers looking to apply for a credit card online. It allows visitors to choose the card that best matches them.
Credit Card Goodies
Provides grapevine news and information on cards offering rewards program.
The Original Tipping Page
"The first of its kind, and probably still the only one and the most complete"
Five Tips on Tipping
Teresa Morris is the kind of person who always leaves a tip -- generous for good service, small if it's substandard.
International Rules of Tipping
Tips on tipping for more than 20 countries around the world
Bradmans Travel Guides
The smarter guide for the savvy business traveler
SkyTeam Airline Alliance
Caring more about you
Travel.State.Gov
Bureau of Consular Affairs
WebFlyer
This site devoted to frequent flyer programs is the online version of Randy Petersen's InsideFlyer magazine.
Tripadvisor
This online resource features more than 1.5 million travel reviews, giving you the real story about hotels, attractions and restaurants around the world.
Operation Hero Miles
This program allows people to donate frequent flyer miles to military troops in order to supplement their R&R program.
Beyond Basics
Beyond Basics provides solutions that are designed and customized to help you achieve your travel goals.
eTourism Newsletter
Newsletter that analyzes trends in online tourism.
Association of Corporate Travel Executives
ACTE is a member driven, international organization comprised of over 2,500 corporate travel executives and suppliers of business travel products and services.
Business Travel News Magazine
A one-stop resource delivering news and research to corporate travel planners
GreenBook
Marketing research and focus group directory
Free Wi-Fi New York Hotspots
A listing of hotspot locations that offer free wireless Internet access
Philadelphia International Airport
Columbus World Airport Guide
Washington, DC, Wi-Fi Hotspots
Airport locations
Sarbanes-Oxley Will Mean Greater Scrutiny of Meetings
New requirements could mean changes for meeting planners as well, including closer scrutiny of expense reporting and more stringent documentation requirements.
Companies Face Sarbanes-Oxley Law
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is spurring corporate travel managers to redefine travel policies, reexamine reporting practices and set internal controls that restrain expense abuses in efforts to contribute to their companies' compliance with the legislation.
How Draconian Should T&E Audits Be?
It may depend on whether your company prefers a heavy hand or velvet gloves.
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Wireless in the City on Las Vegas Citysearch
Find a restaurant, bar, coffee shop or hotel in Las Vegas with free wireless Internet access.
Wireless in the City on Los Angeles Citysearch
Find a restaurant, bar, coffee shop or hotel in L.A. with free wireless Internet access.
Florida Internet Directory
Finding access in Internet cafes, along Florida's highways, and elsewhere.
Lockheed Debuts Meetings Policy
The new policy is the culmination of an 18-month process conceived to develop a meetings program that would complement its highly managed transient travel program but not centralize all meeting planning functions.
Corporate Travel Policy Example
Widget Corporation Travel & Expense Policy
Making Travel Policy... Intelligent!
The BookIt! Corporate Value Assessment Engine
Holiday Travel
What you need to know
Top 10 Holiday Travel Tips
How to pack, what to bring to the airport, and what to expect when you get there.
2004 Holiday Travel Tips
Traveler's Ed
National Business Travel Association
The collective voice of business travel management provides a forum for the constructive exchange of information and ideas, enhancing the educational advancement and image of the profession and the NBTA's members.
Travel Policies
Written Travel Policy Development
World Travel & Tourism Tax Policy Center
A research organization based at Michigan State University that focuses on travel-related taxes and the impact they have on travelers and travel companies.
Six Tips to Cheaper Car Rentals
Advice on renting by the day, filling up the tank, and avoiding the insurance
Be Prepared Next Time You Rent a Car
Of particular interest is the information on hidden deposits, fees, taxes, and surcharges.
Rental Car Safety
Frank Whyte isn't a consumer activist: He logs a lot of miles because of his job as a corporate trainer. His concern about rental car safety began when he was issued a defective rental car in 2002.
No Luggage Worries When Traveling
No need to struggle with piles of luggage -- have someone else do it all for you, door to door.
Know Your Limits
If an airline employee charges you for overweight luggage -- and you packed according to their guidelines -- here's how to best secure a refund.
eBags
The best online selection of luggage and business travel accessories that Transit Authority has found also features a carry-on calculator that lets you browse baggage based on what airlines will accept it on board.
Dallas, Texas, Wi-Fi Hotspots
There are more than 125 hotspots in Dallas. Use this directory to find the hotspot's address and contact information, wireless network type, and carrier.
Detroit, Michigan, Wi-Fi Hotspots
A similar directory for Detroit.
Houston, Texas, Wi-Fi Hotspots
And a similar directory for Houston.
How Airport Security Works
How Stuff Works' primer to airport security walks readers through checking in at the counter to boarding the plane. Addressing what passengers can -- and can't -- take on the plane, the articles also examine the technologies used to screen travelers.
What to Expect at Airport Security
The Department of Homeland Security developed this brief guide to travel security efforts.
Airport Security Information
Airsafe's general security guidelines are useful, and the "Basic Advice for Air Travel" is even moreso. The article also links to baggage claim advice and an overview of airport security risks.
Business Travel Almanac Business Services
A companion page to the "On-The-Road Business Services" chapter in the Business Travel Almanac the directory offers quick links (direct links to the Web pages most useful to business travelers) and phone numbers for each on-the-road business service company covered in the BTA.
Business Travel Almanac: City Guides
A companion section to the city guide section of the Business Travel Almanac, each individual city Web guide offers an overview (fast facts, information sources, and transportation) and listings and quick links for hotels, airports and convention centers, as well as the top five best business resturants.
DiningGuide Phoenix
Search for restaurants by neighborhood -- as well as cuisine. Options near the airport are featured in their own category, and you can make reservations online.
San Francisco Restaurant Guide
Sortable by cuisine as well as location, this service features reviews and contact information, highlights awards won, and uses OpenTable's reservation engine for online table bookings.
Restaurant Row: Seattle
You can browse your dining options by neighborhood, cuisine, and proximity. The service is also accessible via AvantGo for handhelds and on WAP-enabled cell phones -- useful for active travelers.
Washingtonian Restaurants & Dining
Sort by neighborhood, cuisine, and price before delving into the service's roundups of the best restaurants, the best bargains, and "dirt cheap eats."
Where to Get Business Done on the Go
You've finished your meetings, checked out of the hotel, and checked in for your flight the now-requisite two hours early. That leaves plenty of time to mill about the airport trying to finish that report, check your e-mail, or fax those important documents.
AT&T, Sprint Pilot Airport Wi-Fi Venture
AT&T Wireless and Sprint announce a new Wi-Fi hot-spot roaming pact for several U.S. airports.
Airports Get on Board with Free Wi-Fi
On the road with Harriet Baskas
(USA Today)
Free-for-All Access to Wireless LANs
Airports and hotels find there may be benefits to providing free service
New York Restaurant and Dining Guide
This CitySearch resource features weekly chef profiles, restaurant reviews, a searchable database including cuisine, price, and other characteristics.
Orlando Dining
While the dining by location and cuisine guides are useful, the online reservation service is even moreso.
Philly Restaurant Listings
Featuring more than 1,000 restaurants in the Philadelphia area, this service provides descriptions, location information, hours of operation, ratings, and reviews.
Additional information is available in the Business Travel Almanac's city guides.
Road Trips: Crude Awakening
Soaring gas prices don't have to take a toll on your summer road trip -- armed with our tips, you can hit the highways and save.
(Budget Travel)
Environmentally Responsible Business Travel
Tools and tactics for corporate travel offices, travel agents, and active business travelers looking to live more lightly while on the road.
"Green" Rental Cars Not Easy to Find
Hybrid cars are more difficult to find and likely to be smaller and more expensive than conventional cars.
As Airport Wi-Fi Use Grows, So Does Coordination
Reports on airports' increased control of the unlicensed airwaves in their confines
(Wi-Fi Networking News)
Most Unwired Airports Survey
The top 25 "unwired" airports, as based on the number of commercial hotspot locations and the number of scheduled flights at each airport
(Intel)
Wi-Fi Hotspot List
Active business travelers should bookmark this online directory of Wi-Fi hotspots. Enter a complete or partial address, and learn where the hotspots are within one mile -- or 10. Selecting Browse by Region will highlight every know hotspot in a city.
Market Metrix: Evoking Emotions
Market Metrix announces its first quarter 2004 Hospitality Index results. Staybridge Suites, Jet Blue Airways, and Enterprise Rent-A-Car take the top industry categories.
Driving Dependence
Car rental companies see giving independence as a way to achieve loyalty.
Guest Loyalty Programs for the Next Millennium
Borrowing the best tactics and technology from the travel and supermarket industries.
American Automobile Association
The AAA is an association of independent automotive clubs that serves as an advocate for motorists and travelers. Online, members can get directions, order tour books, and purchase TripTiks, the AAA's point-to-point route maps.
MSN Autos My Car Traffic Reports
This online service allows drivers to enter their ZIP code into a tool that then reports specific traffic incidents in that area. Selecting an individual incident provides additional information about accidents, construction, and traffic that may cause delays.
In-Vehicle ITS in the US: Current Status
A 2001 research report that highlights some of the technologies that will help improve driver assistance systems, route navigation, and other aspects of commuting.
Additional information is available in the Business Travel Almanac's city guides.
Taste of Vegas
This online guide to the best in Las Vegas dining offers reviews, recipes, and online reservations.
LA.com Dining
A dining guide organized largely by cuisine, this resource also offers restaurant profiles, editors' picks, and topical guides -- including one for business lunches.
DiningGuide Miami
While this service offers cuisine- and neighborhood-based directories, the Newcomers guide to new restaurants is also worth exploring.
Additional information is available in the Business Travel Almanac's city guides.
Car Rental Tips
These free travel tips, while low on design, offer a Q&A-styled roundup of information about car rental policies, insurance, and refueling.
Three Tips for Escaping Car Rental Traps
How to escape three frustrating -- but common -- situations with car rental companies.
(bCentral)
Five Keys to Getting the Right Rental Car
Things to consider when determining which rental car company with which to do business.
(bCentral)
Stop Press: First-Class Digs
Conde Nast Traveler 2003 Business Travel Awards: Old favorites and newcomers score big
(Conde Nast Traveler)
The Best Wi-Fi Hotels
A look at why the mid-range hotels were the first to jump on the Wi-Fi wagon -- and why upper-scale hotels may be slower to follow suit.
(Forbes)
High-Tech Hotel: Hotel Valencia
Cisco Systems and HP check in to help Hotel Valencia create a technologically advanced hotel property.
(Cisco Systems)
Rush Hour's Gift to Commuters: Precious Time
How one active traveler views the value of rush-hour traffic.
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Cracker Barrel Long Distance Books on Tape
As recommended in Kevin Kelly's Cool Tools, Cracker Barrel restaurants allow customers to check out audio books while on the road.
Business People Liken Stress of Travel to Trip to Dentist
This news release from Microsoft -- while promoting LiveMeeting -- offers some interesting statistics about business travel. One highlight: 64 percent of respondents indicated that business travel is more stressful than or as stressful as sitting in rush-hour traffic.
Additional information is available in the Business Travel Almanac's city guides.
Wayport
The world's largest provider of high-speed Net access in hotels, airports, and retail locations is a good example of the kinds of services available for travelers.
The Internet "Super Highway" -- Now in a Hotel Near You
A first-hand account of a business traveler's experience using high-speed Net access while on the road.
(The Travel Insider)
High Speed Internet Access in Hotels; A New Amenity Opens up New Liabilities
A thorough, behind-the-scenes consideration of the legal implications for hoteliers offering high-speed Net access, as well as some examples of additional service offerings such as Ritz-Carlton's "technology butler."
(Hotel Online)
Dallas Dines Out
This Dallas-area dining guide that can be searched by price, cuisine, and location also offers restaurant news, monthly spotlights, and dining events.
DiningGuide Detroit
A searchable directory of restaurants and restaurant information for Metropolitan Detroit, this guide also enables online reservations -- useful for the business traveler.
Greater Houston Restaurants
Extremely robust, this online dining resource includes guest reviews; profiles of landmark and hotel restaurants, as well as bars and locations that serve brunch; and a directory of restaurants offering Wi-Fi access.
Additional information is available in the Business Travel Almanac's city guides.
Stress from Travel
How to take the edge off
(American Woman Road & Travel)
Business Travel Glossary
(About.com)
GeekTels
This directory comprises almost 4,000 "geek hotels" with high-speed Internet access and other amenities in about 65 countries around the world.
Airliners.Net
The "biggest aviation site in the world" features more than 500,000 aircraft photos, interior cabin shots, and articles written by planespotting enthusiasts.
Commercial Airplanes
A New Compact Study Guide and Identifier
(Book)
The Psychology of Comfort in Airplane Interior Design
Shape, color, patterns and lighting influence how travelers feel
(Boeing)
Atlanta Restaurants
The world is eating up Atlanta!
OpenTable: Boston Restaurants
OpenTable introduced real-time online reservations to the restaurant industry in 1998. Dining consumers can tap into the OpenTable network and make reservations online.
DineMe!
The fastest way to great dining in Chicago.
Additional information is available in the Business Travel Almanac's city guides.
Five Reasons to Take the Train
Reluctant to fly again? If you need to make relatively short business trips, give the train a chance.
(bCentral)
Airport Nightmares
Most of us will put up with small delays when catching a plane, but what can you do when things go seriously wrong and you miss your flight?
(Telegraph)
The Future of Business Travel
Stick with me while I spin this while I spin this business-travel fantasy.
(USA Today)
In-Flight Tech Use Crosses Signals
Cell phones, laptops not always welcome passengers on flights
(Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal)
An Office in the Sky
(Salary.com)
Signals in the Sky
(Future2Future)
