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Summary
Summary
Business travel has become indispensable to the global economy, not only due to its necessity in the maintaining of corporate networks, but also because of the associated economies that cater to the daily requirements of the business traveller. Underlying these developments are concerns over the environmental impact of increasing air travel, which are likely to generate new challenges for the future of business travel. From a team of international experts comes this analysis of the role, nature and effects of modern business travel. Issues addressed include the relationships between airlines and business travellers, the role of mobility in business, and the opportunities and challenges created by mobile workforces. The study combines theoretical advances with comprehensive analysis, and will provoke debate across the social sciences on the nature, organization and space of work in the twenty-first century.
Author Notes
Professor Jonathan V. Beaverstock is Professor of Economic Geography at the University of Nottingham, UK. Dr Ben Derudder is Lecturer in Human Geography at Ghent University, Belgium. Dr James R. Faulconbridge is Lecturer in Economic Geography at Lancaster University, UK. Professor Frank Witlox is Professor of Economic Geography at Ghent University, Belgium
Table of Contents
| Foreword: business travel in the global economyBrian Graham |
| International business travel and the global economy: setting the contextJonathan V. Beaverstock and Ben Derudder and James Faulconbridge and Frank Witlox |
| Part 1 Geographies and Modes of Business Travel |
| A people set apart: the spatial development of airline business class servicesJohn T. Bowen Jr |
| Geographies of business air travel in EuropeBen Derudder and Lomme Devriendt and Nathalie van Nuffel and Frank Witlox |
| 'Official' and 'unofficial' measurements of international business travel to and from the United Kingdom: trends, patterns and limitationsJonathan V. Beaverstock and James Faulconbridge |
| The 'bizjet set': business aviation and the social geographies of private flightLucy Budd and Phil Hubbard |
| Part 2 Business Travel and Mobility Regimes |
| Business travel and portfolios of mobility within global companiesJohn Salt |
| Hierarchies in the air: varieties of business air travelJames Wickham and Alessandra Vecchi |
| '...Travelling, where the opponents are': business travel and the social impacts of the new mobilities regimesSven Kesselring and Gerlinde Vogl |
| Part 3 The Production and Meaning of Business Travel |
| Business travel and leisure tourism: comparative trends in a globalizing worldAharon Kellerman |
| Individual rationalities of global business travelClaus Lassen |
| Understanding mobility in professional business servicesAndrew Jones |
| Face-to-face by travel or picture - the relationship between travelling and video communication in business settingsJon Martin Denstadli and Matthias Gripsrud |
| Index |
