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China overtakes US in biz travel spending

By on May 23, 2012
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The Chinese Wall. Photo: Traveling Reporter

BUSINESS TRAVELS. By 2013, business travel spending in China is expected to rise to US$245 billion, meaning that China will beat out the United States to top the business travel market by next year, according to a report by the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), a business travel and corporate meetings organization based out of the U.S. state of Virginia, the CNN reports.

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