Executives are shrugging off terrorism fears and are taking more, and longer, business trips.

Despite security scares and the Sars outbreak, nearly half (47%) of UK businessmen and women travelled more in 2003 than in 2002.

And the number of nights spent away rose from an average of 4.3 in 2002 to 4.4 last year, the survey from Company Barclaycard Travel revealed.

Monday February 02, 2004