Business travel is bouncing back in Boston. The Hub has the fourth-highest increase in business traveler hotel occupancy in the nation, according to TravelClick North American Hospitality Review - up 14.2 percent this summer, compared to last year.
That’s behind Detroit (up 26.8 percent), Minneapolis-St. Paul (17.2 percent), and Charlotte, N.C. (16.6 percent).
Nationwide, demand for business travel is up 7.4 percent. Business travel is the fastest-growing segment of the hospitality industry, according to TravelClick, a consultancy.
Overall, hotel bookings are up 2 percent from May 2011 to May 2012, with the most gains in Indianapolis (7.8 percent), Philadelphia (6.3), and San Francisco (7.1). In Boston, bookings are up 2.7 percent.
