Business Travel News reaches over 113,000 corporate travel managers, procurement/sourcing executives and travel management professionals and has been producing business travel and meeting information, news, data, analysis, and research for 40 years. Annually, BTN publishes the Airline Survey & Report, Hotel Survey & Report, Car Rental & Ground Transportation Survey & Report, Travel Manager Salary Survey & Report, Sustainability Survey & Report, Small & Midsize Travel Program Survey & Report, Corporate Travel 100 Report, Corporate Travel Index, 25 Most Influential People of the Year and more. BTN’s digital portfolio includes BTN Daily, BTN Intelligence, BTN Next, BTN Elevate, Sustainable Business Travel and the industry’s leading website  www.BusinessTravelNews.com

JANUARY – WHAT TO WATCH 2025

BTN’s annual opinion series features editors, buyers, consultants and supplier executives predicting what trends, actions or technologies will shape the industry in the coming 12 months. This feature is updated with new content and promoted daily during the last two weeks of January.

Publishes:  Daily January 20 to January 31 on BTN Website and BTN Daily Newsletter

FEBRUARY – CORPORATE TRAVEL INDEX + CALCULATOR

BTN & BTN Europe collect cost data for hotel, taxi, rental car and meals for 200 cities around the globe. Updated quarterly since 2017, this index serves as a benchmark for corporate managed programs as it includes only the bookings made through corporate travel agencies and hotel program solutions providers. BTN is the only industry source that benchmarks business meal costs in global cities; the Corporate Travel Index consistently attracts website traffic from SME to Enterprise travel programs as we roll out updates throughout the year.

Publishes: February 18; quarterly in April, July & November on BTN Website and BTN Daily Newsletter

MARCH – STATE OF THE BUSINESS TRAVEL INDUSTRY REPORT

BTN surveys travel buyers and suppliers in this once-in-a-decade State of the Industry Report. BTN Editors deep dive into travel program structures and policies, spending/budget recovery, payment strategies, TMC commercial models and revenue streams, supplier positions toward the business travel market, plus, industry M&A, start-up activity and investment.

Publishes: March 31 on BTN and BTNE Websites, BTN Daily Newsletter, and BTN Europe Newsletter

MAY – CAR RENTAL & GROUND TRANSPORTATION SURVEY & REPORT

BTN ranks car rental and ground transportation providers on product-, value-, and relationship-based criteria as rated by BTN’s qualified business travel buyer audience.

Publishes: May 19 on BTN Website and BTN Daily Newsletter

JUNE – SMALL & MIDSIZE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT REPORT

Small & Midsize Travel Programs are driving more activity in the market than ever before. This BTN Intelligence report surfaces today's travel management objectives, strategies and activities in the SME market and will focus on a maturity trajectory for SME programs. 

Publishes: June 16 on BTN and BTNE Websites, BTN Daily Newsletter, and BTN Europe Newsletter

JULY – TRAVEL MANAGER OF THE YEAR & BEST PRACTITIONERS

BTN covers the groundbreaking work of its prestigious annual award winners, driving innovation and next practices in travel business management.

Publishes: July 28 on BTN Website and BTN Daily Newsletter

AUGUST – HOTEL SURVEY & REPORT

BTN ranks hotel chains on product- , value- , and relationship-based criteria as rated by BTN’s qualified business travel buyer audience. This report also deep dives into hotel program sourcing and implementation strategies, identifying the current trends and tactics defining the 2026 sourcing season.

Publishes: August 22 on BTN Website and BTN Daily Newsletter

SEPTEMBER – BUSINESS TRAVEL SUSTAINABILITY REPORT

Sustainability efforts in business travel are gaining traction with increased regulation and scrutiny in Europe, but may start to take a backseat in the U.S. This report will survey both markets to see how durable sustainability strategies have become and what's the next step for both Europe and North America.

Publishes: September 8 on BTN and BTNE Websites, BTN Daily Newsletter, and BTN Europe Newsletter

SEPTEMBER – CORPORATE TRAVEL 100

BTN's annual ranking of the biggest business travel spenders, based on U.S. point of sale airline spend. BTN editors peel back the layers to these mega travel programs not only on spend, but also to reveal objectives, strategies and key suppliers top companies use to build effective travel programs.

Publishes: September 22 on BTN.com and BTN Daily Newsletter

OCTOBER – THE BUSINESS TRAVELER REPORT

BTN enters the mind of the business traveler to understand how they expect to interface with program policies, technologies, booking channels, safety & security programs, preferred suppliers, loyalty programs and more. BTN will also explore the value of business travel to employee job success and advancement, as well as the stressors and pressures it puts on their lives.

Publishes: October 13 on BTN and BTNE Websites, BTN Daily Newsletter, and BTN Europe Newsletter

NOVEMBER – AIRLINE SURVEY & REPORT

BTN ranks U.S. airlines on product- , value- , and relationship-based criteria as rated by BTN’s qualified business travel buyer audience. This report deep dives into changing product, services, loyalty and distribution landscape for major U.S. airlines and what it means to business travel managers.

Publishes: November 17 on BTN Website and BTN Daily Newsletter

DECEMBER – TRAVEL MANAGER SALARY SURVEY & REPORT

BTN’s annual look at travel manager responsibilities and remuneration has tracked industry salary and job satisfaction levels for 35 years. Also features travel managers interviews and insights about career successes, challenges and goals.

Publishes: December 3 on BTN Website and BTN Daily Newsletter

DECEMBER – BTN’S 25 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF 2025

BTN’s highly anticipated list of the most influential people impacting the business travel industry. From insider industry executives to startup technologists, government officials and social and political activists—whose activities will alter the course of business travel in 2025?

Publishes: December 15 on BTN Website and BTN Daily Newsletter