Travel: Have new technologies improved solo business travels?

Have new technologies improved solo business travels?

Written by Stephane Vergnaud

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last 10 to 20 years, advance in technology has transformed many aspects of business travel; from repparttar 133841

way we book our hotel rooms to staying in touch with relatives left at home. However it seems that it has not changed one aspect of it: repparttar 133842

feeling of loneliness faced by a majority of business people while travelling and in particular, while dining and drinking in repparttar 133843

evening at hotels.

The latest Barclaycard Business Travel Survey (www.barclaycard.co.uk) shows that, whereas 95% of businessmen and women travel solo, 45% of them have felt lonely during their business trips. Technology has only help to reduce repparttar 133844 time spent travelling. The survey tells us that nights way from home have decreased to 4.1 nights per month from 4.4 last year. Technology such as video-conferencing has reduced repparttar 133845 need for face-to-face meetings. It has not made it easier staying alone in far away cities. Women seem to be even more affected by repparttar 133846 negative aspects of solo travel. Up to 61% of women have said feeling uncomfortable drinking at bars on their own and 34% didn’t like dining on their own.

Things to see in Los Angeles

Written by Tony Fenton

Like many large cities, Los Angeles is a collection of smaller towns, glued together with a grid of roads and freeways.

Roughly 60 miles across it is one of repparttar largest cities by area in repparttar 133840 US. Crossing from side to side can take an hour, but with freeway traffic conditions you are more likely to take at least double this time.

Downtown LA is more of a commercial district of skyscraper office blocks than a shopping district. You will find shopping in repparttar 133841 form of small shopping plazas and larger shopping malls dotted all over repparttar 133842 LA basin.

In this respect LA is a little disappointing if you were looking for an american version of London or Paris. However there is still plenty to see and do, it just takes a little planning so that you are not spending your entire time in a traffic jam or driving endless miles across city.

Places To Visit Here are some selected places to visit whilst in LA.

Angeles Crest Highway A little out of repparttar 133843 city this scenic drive twists and turns much like Mulholland Drive along repparttar 133844 mountainous crest of repparttar 133845 LA basin.

Long Beach Home of repparttar 133846 Queen Mary which can be toured.

Aquarium of repparttar 133847 Pacific Whilst in Long Beach repparttar 133848 Aquarium of repparttar 133849 Pacific is definitely worth a visit. From colourful corals and tropical marine fish to California Rays that come out of repparttar 133850 water for you to pet and stroke like small dogs! Also a new shark exhibition is worth seeing.

Dodger Stadium Whether going to a ball game or not, repparttar 133851 stadium is worth a visit. Top of repparttar 133852 Park souvenir shop sells LA Dodger branded clothing and other baseball souvenirs. Parking is free on non-game days.

Griffith Park A good vantage point from where you can see repparttar 133853 cluster of skyscrapers making up repparttar 133854 commercial downtown of LA and also repparttar 133855 world-famous Hollywood sign.

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