| Business Travel Poll | |
| Overall results | Best Hotels Europe |
| Best Hotels Asia Pacific | Best Hotels North and Latin America |
| Best Hotels Indian Sub-Continent and Middle East/Africa | |
| Overall Favourite Airport | |||
| 2005 | 2004 | Points | |
| 1 | 1 | Heathrow | 85 |
| 2 | 2 | Changi Airport, Singapore | 82 |
| 3 | 3 | Hong Kong International Airport | 72 |
| 4 | 5 | JFK, New York | 48 |
| 5 | 6 | Amsterdam | 36 |
| 6 | * |
Dubai | 28 |
7= |
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Inchon Airport, Korea | 20 |
7= |
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Frankfurt | 20 |
9= |
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Dallas – Fort Worth | 12 |
| Best airport lounges | |||
| 2005 | 2004 | Points | |
| 1 | 1 | Singapore Airlines | 108 |
| 2 | 2 | British Airways | 96 |
| 3 | 3 | American Airlines | 48 |
| 4 | 6 | United Airlines | 40 |
| 5 | 4 | Cathay Pacific | 32 |
| 6 | 7 | Lufthansa | 24 |
| 7 | * |
Delta Airlines | 20 |
8= |
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Virgin Atlantic | 16 |
8= |
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Air France | 16 |
| 10 | * |
Swiss Air | 12 |
| Best loyalty and frequent flyer card schemes | |||
| 2005 | 2004 | Points | |
1= |
4 | Singapore Airlines | 72 |
1= |
1 | British Airways | 72 |
| 3 | 2 | American Airlines | 48 |
4= |
6 | Lufthansa | 32 |
4= |
7 | United Airlines | 32 |
| 6 | 3 | Air France | 28 |
| 7 | 5 | Cathay Pacific | 24 |
8= |
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Continental Airlines | 16 |
8= |
* |
Delta Airlines | 16 |
8= |
9 | KLM | 16 |
| Best cabin staff | |||
| 2005 | 2004 | Points | |
| 1 | * |
Singapore Airlines | 160 |
| 2 | * |
British Airways | 52 |
| 3 | * |
American Airlines | 40 |
4= |
* |
Cathay Pacific | 28 |
4= |
* |
United Airlines | 28 |
6= |
* |
Air France | 16 |
6= |
* |
Garuda Airlines | 16 |
6= |
* |
KLM | 16 |
9= |
* |
Korean Air | 12 |
9= |
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Virgin Atlantic | 12 |
| Best Airlines | |||
| Western Europe | |||
| 2005 | 2004 | Points | |
| 1 | 1 | British Airways | 120 |
| 2 | 5 | KLM | 48 |
| 3 | 2 | Lufthansa | 44 |
| 4 | * |
Air France | 40 |
| 5 | * |
Swiss Air | 20 |
| Central and Eastern Europe | |||
| 2005 | 2004 | Points | |
| 1 | * |
Lufthansa | 40 |
2= |
1 | British Airways | 24 |
2= |
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LOT Polish Airlines | 24 |
| 4 | * |
KLM | 20 |
| 5 | * |
Air France | 16 |
| Caucasus airline | |||
| 2005 | 2004 | Points | |
| 1 | * |
KLM | 41 |
| 2 | * |
Lufthansa | 26 |
| 3 | * |
United Airlines | 8 |
4= |
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Air France | 4 |
4= |
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Aeroflot | 4 |
| SouthEast Asia airline | |||
| 2005 | 2004 | Points | |
| 1 | 1 | Singapore Airlines | 160 |
| 2 | 2 | Cathay Pacific | 56 |
| 3 | 4 | British Airways | 42 |
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United Airlines | 8 |
4= |
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Nippon Airways | 8 |
| Asia Pacific | |||
| 2005 | 2004 | Points | |
| 1 | 1 | Singapore Airlines | 92 |
| 2 | * |
Japan Airlines | 44 |
| 3 | 3 | Cathay Pacific | 36 |
| 4 | * |
Korean Air | 20 |
| 5 | * |
United Airlines | 12 |
| Northern Asia | |||
| 2005 | 2004 | Points | |
| 1 | 3 | Cathay Pacific | 32 |
| 2 | 1 | Singapore Airlines | 28 |
3= |
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Lufthansa | 8 |
3= |
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Nippon Airways | 8 |
3= |
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Japan Airlines | 8 |
| Central Asia | |||
| 2005 | 2004 | Points | |
1= |
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Cathay Pacific | 24 |
1= |
1 | Singapore Airlines | 24 |
| North America | |||
| 2005 | 2004 | Points | |
| 1 | 2 | American Airlines | 165 |
| 2 | * |
United | 98 |
| 3 | 5 | Air Canada | 51 |
| 4 | 2 | British Airways | 45 |
| 5 | 3 | Northwest | 34 |
| Latin America | |||
| 2005 | 2004 | Points | |
| 1 | 1 | American Airlines | 52 |
2= |
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TAM, Brazilian Airlines | 12 |
2= |
5 |
United | 12 |
2= |
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Continental Airlines | 12 |
5= |
4 | Lufthansa | 8 |
| Caribbean | |||
| 2005 | 2004 | Points | |
| 1 | 1 | American Airlines | 21 |
| 2 | * |
Delta Airlines | 17 |
| North Africa | |||
| 2005 | 2004 | Points | |
| 1 | * |
United | 32 |
| 2 | * |
Emirates | 21 |
| 3 | 3 | Royal Moracco | 13 |
| 4 | * |
Lufthansa | 12 |
| 5 | * |
Tunis | 9 |
| Southern Africa | |||
| 2005 | 2004 | Points | |
| 1 | 1 | South African Airlines | 28 |
2= |
2 | British Airways | 12 |
| 4 | * |
Virgin Atlantic | 8 |
| 5 | * |
Singapore Airlines | 4 |
| 6 | — |
Continental Airlines | 24 |
| 7 | — |
Delta Airlines | 20 |
| Gulf states | |||
| 2005 | 2004 | Points | |
| 1 | * |
Emirates | 76 |
| 2 | * |
British Airways | 12 |
| 3 | * |
Gulf Air | 8 |
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Singapore Airlines | 4 |
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Qatar Airways | 4 |
| Rest of Middle East | |||
| 2005 | 2004 | Points | |
| 1 | 1 | Emirates | 68 |
| 2 | * |
Swiss Air | 32 |
| 3 | * |
Transairo Airlines | 23 |
| 4 | * |
Singapore Airlines | 15 |
| 5 | * |
Qatar Airways | 4 |
| Overall favourite hotel chain | |||
| 2005 | 2004 | Points | |
| 1 | * |
Four Seasons | 124 |
| 2 | * |
Shangri-La | 97 |
| 3 | * |
Sheraton | 84 |
| 4 | * |
Le Meridien | 65 |
| 5 | * |
Hyatt | 42 |
| 6 | * |
Ritz-Carlton | 41 |
| 7 | * |
InterContinental | 21 |
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Sofitel | 19 |
8= |
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Mandarin Oriental | 19 |
| 10 | * |
Radisson SAS | 18 |
| Best hotel chain loyalty scheme | |||
| 2005 | 2004 | Points | |
| 1 | * |
Hilton | 60 |
| 2 | * |
Marriott | 20 |
3= |
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Sheraton | 16 |
3= |
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Starwood | 16 |
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