Travel and entertainment expenditure in Asia up to US$1.52 billion

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Amidst the noise in the market, the Asia Corporate T&E, Index shows that travel and entertainment expenditure of the Top 1,000 corporates from 10 Asian markets has gone up from US$1.52 billion to US$1

Amidst the noise in the market, the Asia Corporate T&E, Index shows that travel and entertainment expenditure of the Top 1,000 corporates from 10 Asian markets has gone up from US$1.52 billion to US$1.69 billion, an 11 percent growth versus 2015.

China and India will continue leading the market with their strong forecast growth during 2016. Eight in ten Chinese corporates will increase their T&E expenditure this year and Indian corporates will increase their budget by an average of 8.6 percent.

We expect China and India to remain the strongest T&E growth markets into 2016

Eight out of ten Chinese corporates are expecting their T&E spend to climb by an average of 8.6 percent

77.9 percent of Indian corporates are forecasting an increase of 8.6 percent

Intra-Asian travel continues to increase, with the MICE segment continuing to represent the largest sector of spend

Event Planners are the preferred route for corporates travel arrangements

Mind share of the top three airlines continues to increase at the expense of smaller players

The T&E report is the result of interviews with CFOs and Corporate Treasurers at Asiaโ€™s Top 1000 corporates by revenue in 10 markets (ex Japan), analysed and reported to clients by East every quarter.

Jonathan Chng, Senior Analyst with East & Partners Asia.

โ€œBesides the core questions asked, this round includes additional special questions which are more in depth in exploring how much weight individual factors have in the decision making process and how it affects the personal travel plans of these C-level executives.โ€œ

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Juergen T Steinmetz

Juergen Thomas Steinmetz has continuously worked in the travel and tourism industry since he was a teenager in Germany (1977).
He founded eTurboNews in 1999 as the first online newsletter for the global travel tourism industry.

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