The global volume of business travel transactions will continue to grow in 2011, according to a travel technology expert.
Ian Wheeler, vice-president of marketing and distribution for Amadeus, said the travel industry was pulling away form the "dark times" of 2009.
Speaking at the Amadeus Total Rail Forum in Nice, Wheeler said businesses were sending employees back on the road, but that yields had still not returned to 2007 levels.
"In 2010 we are seeing a return of volume across all regions of the world, and we expect that uplift to continue well into next year," he said.
"However, traveller are still taking shorter and cheaper trips and yields are still down."
The recent Amadeus Travel Goldrush 2020 report predicted that global travel spend - in both the leisure and corporate sectors - would double over the next decade.
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