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| Media Release - 27 November 2005 |
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| Newsroom |
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| Women single out chatter as preferred travel trait |
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| Sydney, 27 November 2005: The Diners Club In-flight Index* has shown that when flying, women prefer to sit next to the chatter, as opposed to the snorer, while men prefer the noisy eater. |
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| James Atkins, General Manager Marketing, Diners Club Australia, said that when it comes to the personality traits of the traveller sitting next to you on a flight, the differences between business and leisure travellers become apparent. |
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| "Leisure travellers are happier to sit next to the family with noisy children than male business travellers, who rated this as one of their least preferred passenger types," Mr Atkins said. |
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| "The traveller with body odour was the least preferred stereotype to sit next to, closely followed by someone who looks sick or sounds contagious," he said. |
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| Typically, most people like to watch the movies, listen to the radio and do exercises, but 15 per cent of business travellers confessed to trying to see what the person next to them was working on. |
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| "55 per cent of business travellers are likely to read the inflight magazine cover to cover, including completing the trivia quiz and only 48 per cent would do some exercise. |
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| "Over 20 per cent of leisure travellers also admitted to going to the bathroom just for something to do," he said. |
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| Mr Atkins said 61 per cent of Australians had travelled domestically or internationally for a holiday in the last twelve months, as compared to 18 per cent travelling for business purposes. |
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| "Business travellers have a range of attitudes towards their travel experience. 85 per cent believe that travelling just creates more work when they get back to the office, whilst 75 per cent see business travel as a good excuse to get out of the office. |
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| "A staggering 51 per cent of men see business travel as a means of giving them a break from their family. |
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| More key findings include: |
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63 per cent of business travellers were male, compared to 37 per cent females;
For business travellers, 29 per cent fall within the 25-34 age group, followed by 23 per cent aged 35-44;
43 per cent of people have not travelled by air in the last twelve months;
41 per cent of women versus 35 per cent of men have travelled domestically for leisure; and
Only 5 per cent have travelled internationally for business in the last 12 months. |
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| For further information: |
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| Jodie Krenske |
Anita Fu |
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| Manager Public Relations |
PR Assistant |
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| Citibank Consumer Bank |
Citibank Consumer Bank |
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| Ph: 02 8225 1636 |
Ph: 02 8225 1631 |
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| Mb: 0421 610 051 |
Mb: 0401 862 986 |
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| * The research was conducted by Woolcott Research between 4th and 6th November 2005, using OmniAccess Consumer, a fortnightly national omnibus survey, using a representative and statistically valid sample (confidence interval of 3%) of 1000 Australians adults aged 16+. |
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| Citigroup (NYSE: C), the leading global financial services company has some 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 100 countries, providing consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, and wealth management. Major brand names under Citigroup's trademark red umbrella include Citibank, CitiFinancial, Primerica, Smith Barney and Banamex. Additional information may be found at www.citigroup.com |
