OCTOBER 07, 2009 -- Sabre´s air and hotel booking data from last month indicated little overall improvement in travel demand, as they were relatively flat, year over year, from last September´s economic meltdown, which brought U.S. corporate travel to a near standstill, according to the company´s top executives.
September usually is a good indicator of the corporate travel industry´s performance as it is the first month of the shoulder season in which business travel traditionally increases following the summer months.
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