New publication

International Business Travel in the Global Economy

Edited by Jonathan V. Beaverstock , University of Nottingham, UK, Ben Derudder, Ghent University, Belgium, James Faulconbridge, Lancaster University, UK and Frank Witlox, Ghent University, Belgium

Ashgate, February 2010
268 pages
Hardback 978-0-7546-7942-4, £55.00
This title is also available as an eBook 978-0-7546-9869-2

From a team of international experts comes this analysis of the role, nature and effects of modern business travel. Issues addressed include the relationships between airlines and business travellers, the role of mobility in business, and the opportunities and challenges created by mobile workforces. The study combines theoretical advances with comprehensive analysis, and will provoke debate across the social sciences on the nature, organization and space of work in the twentyfirst century.

Contents:
Foreword: business travel in the global economy, Brian Graham; International business travel and the global economy: setting the context, Jonathan V. Beaverstock, Ben Derudder, James
Faulconbridge and Frank Witlox;

Part 1 Geographies and Modes of Business Travel: A people set apart: the spatial development of airline business class services, John T. Bowen Jr; Geographies of business air travel in Europe, Ben Derudder, Lomme Devriendt, Nathalie van Nuffel and Frank Witlox; ‘Official’ and ‘unofficial’ measurements of international business travel to and from the United Kingdom: trends, patterns and limitations, Jonathan V. Beaverstock and James Faulconbridge; The ‘bizjet set’: business aviation and the social geographies of private flight, Lucy Budd and Phil Hubbard.

Part 2 Business Travel and Mobility Regimes: Business travel and portfolios of mobility within global companies, John Salt; Hierarchies in the air: varieties of business air travel, James Wickham and Alessandra Vecchi; ‘…Travelling, where the opponents are’: business travel and the social impacts of the new mobilities regimes, Sven Kesselring and Gerlinde Vogl.

Part 3 The Production and Meaning of Business Travel: Business travel and leisure tourism: comparative trends in a globalizing world, Aharon Kellerman; Individual rationalities of global business travel, Claus Lassen; Understanding mobility in professional business services, Andrew Jones; Face-to-face by travel or picture – the relationship between travelling and video communication in business settings, Jon Martin Denstadli and Matthias Gripsrud; Index.