In 2015, business travelers spent $1 billion more in China, $291.2 billion, than in the United States, $290.2 billion, making China the biggest business travel market, according to the Global Business Travel Association. All but 5 percent of China’s business travel volume is domestic. GBTA also forecasted that business travel spending in China will grow to $320.7 billion in 2016; that’s 10.1 percent growth compared with the United States’ 1.9 percent. China’s growth will dip to 9.8 percent in 2017. While the Chinese economy has been slowing, investment in travel infrastructure has not, according to GBTA: A plan to open 82 airports continues, and more than 70 percent of Asia/Pacific’s hotel construction pipeline is in China.