Research reports

Eight research reports, built from real transactions.

Benchmarks, program shape, air networks, cabin choice, booking behavior, operations, hotel rates and the seasonal rhythm of corporate travel, drawn from aggregated and de-identified corporate travel transactions. Built on the corrected data in the index, through September 2026.

The reports

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1. Corporate Travel Benchmark Report

The normal spread for advance purchase, cabin mix, stay length and rental length, and why the median is the reliable reference.

2. Anatomy of a Managed Travel Program

The shape of a program line by line, what held steady over the year, and what the index cannot split.

3. Air Network & Route Intelligence

Concentration sits with carriers, not corridors: five carriers fly 81.4% of segments while the five busiest city pairs hold 2.6% of trips.

4. Cabin Choice and the Premium Ladder

Economy is about nine in ten segments. What each step up the ladder costs, and how much the answer depends on the record set.

5. Traveler Behavior & Booking Patterns

Lead time is a gradient, not a cliff, and why the data cannot show a trend in it.

6. Corporate Travel Operations & Disruption Index

The typical trip is almost entirely nonstop, and connection risk sits in a minority of programs. National reliability has not improved as demand eased.

7. Where Corporate Travel Sleeps: Hotel Rate and Tier Patterns

Location, not timing or tier, sets the rate, with a 3.3x spread across the six leading markets.

8. The Rhythm of the Corporate Travel Year

Managed hotel demand peaks in January and bottoms in December, and the shape is more reliable than the level.

How to read them

Each report goes back to its original question and opens with a short answer in brief. Every conclusion was derived from the current figures, and each report states its limits where the data runs out.

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