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Categories and weightings

The business travel index comprises the following fivecategories and 31 sub-categories. Weighting is dividedequally between sub-categories, except cost (where theindividual weights are shown below):

1. Stability (weight 25%)Prevalence of petty crimePrevalence of violent crimeThreat of terrorism

2. Healthcare (weight 10%)World Bank health indicators

3. Culture & environment (weight 25%)Discomfort of climate to travellersSocial/religious restrictionsCultureFood and drink

Availability of high-quality hotels

4. Infrastructure (weight 20%)Quality of road networkQuality of public transportQuality of regional or international linksQuality of transport links to airportDistance of nearest airport

5. Cost (total weight 20%)Low per diem rate* (weight 2.5%)High per diem rate* (weight 2.5%)Hilton-style hotel rate (weight 1%)Intercontinental-style hotel rate (weight 1%)

Whisky at a hotel bar (weight 1%)Two-course meal (weight 1%)Simple meal (weight 1%)Big Mac meal or equivalent (weight 1%)Car rental low price (weight 1%)Car rental moderate price (weight 1%)Regular unleaded petrol (weight 1%)Initial taximeter charge (weight 1%)Taxi rate per kilometre (weight 1%)Taxi ride from airport to centre (weight 1%)International daily newspaper (weight 1%)Daily local newspaper (weight 1%)Timemagazine or equivalent (weight 1%)

*The Economist Intelligence Units per diem or dailybusiness-trip rate consists of:One nights accommodation in a hotel;One two-course meal;One simple meal;Two 5km (3-mile) journeys by taxi;

One drink in the hotel bar;One international foreign daily newspaper.

All of the qualitative indicators above were based ona range of factors, rated between 1 and 5 in each citysurveyed by our global network of correspondents andverified using in-house research.

The quantitative indicators can be broken down asfollows:

Healthcare ratings were decided using a range of upto 13 indicators by country from World Bank data. Fromthese a final score of 1-5 was calculated based on thecomparative performance of each indicator.

For the distance to an international airport, any

distance of less than 15 miles was awarded 1 and anydistance over 60 miles was awarded 5, with equal inter-vals in between.

The same minimum and maximum was imposed oncostswith equal intervals in between. All rates are indollars and are broken down as follows:

Low per diem under 250=1 over 1,000=5

High per diem under 500=1 over 2,000=5

Hilton style hotel under 100=1 over 500=5

Intercontinental style hotel under 50=1 over 250=5

Whisky at a hotel bar under 5=1 over 20=5

Two-course meal under 60=1 over 150=5

Simple meal under 25=1 over 100=5

Big Mac meal or equivalent under 3=1 over 12=5

Car rental low price under 250=1 over 1,000=5

Car rental moderate price under 250=1 over 1,000=5

Regular unleaded petrol (1 litre) under 1=1 over 2.5=5

Initial taximeter charge under 2=1 over 5=5

Taxi per kilometre under =1 over 5=5

Taxi ride from airport under 25=1 over 100=5

International daily paper under 2.50=1 over 10=5

Daily local newspaper under 0.50=1 over 2=5

Time magazine or equivalent under 5=1 20=5

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Worldwide business trip index, 2006

1 4.60 Vancouver Canada

2 4.90 Calgary Canada

3 5.40 Toronto Canada

4 8.10 Adelaide Australia5 8.40 Honolulu USA

6 8.70 Cleveland USA

6 8.70 Brisbane Australia

8 9.20 Perth Australia

9 9.50 Montreal Canada

9 9.50 Melbourne Australia

11 10.10 Pittsburgh USA

12 10.40 Sydney Australia

13 10.50 Atlanta USA

14 11.30 Vienna Austria

15 11.80 Boston USA

16 12.00 Minneapolis USA

17 12.10 Copenhagen Denmark17 12.10 Zurich Switzerland

17 12.10 Stockholm Sweden

20 12.40 Geneva Switzerland

21 12.50 Washington, DC USA

22 12.60 Miami USA

23 12.80 Detroit USA

23 12.80 Helsinki Finland

25 12.90 Dsseldorf Germany

26 13.10 Auckland New Zealand

26 13.10 Wellington New Zealand

26 13.10 Chicago USA

29 13.50 Hamburg Germany

29 13.50 Seattle USA31 13.60 Los Angeles USA

32 14.00 Luxembourg Luxembourg

33 14.20 Singapore Singapore

34 14.80 Berlin Germany

34 14.80 San Francisco USA

34 14.80 Houston USA

37 15.20 Budapest Hungary

38 15.40 Frankfurt Germany

39 15.50 Hong Kong Hong Kong

40 16.10 Oslo Norway

41 16.30 Paris France

42 16.40 Tokyo Japan

43 16.50 Lexington USA

44 16.90 Brussels Belgium

45 17.30 Dublin Ireland

46 17.60 Barcelona Spain

47 17.80 Madrid Spain47 17.80 New York USA

49 17.90 Osaka Kobe Japan

50 18.10 Amsterdam Netherlands

51 18.50 Lisbon Portugal

52 19.00 Munich Germany

53 19.10 Reykjavik Iceland

54 19.70 San Jos Costa Rica

55 20.00 Athens Greece

56 20.30 Manchester UK

57 20.70 Lyon France

58 21.00 Prague Czech Rep

59 21.10 Bratislava Slovakia

60 21.70 Seoul South Korea61 21.80 San Juan Puerto Rico

62 21.90 Buenos Aires Argentina

63 22.20 Beijing China

64 22.80 Milan Italy

64 22.80 Tel Aviv Israel

66 22.90 Montevideo Uruguay

67 23.00 Taipei Taiwan

68 23.30 Tianjin China

68 23.30 Santiago Chile

70 23.70 Abu Dhabi UAE

71 23.90 Shenzhen China

72 24.30 London UK

73 24.90 Dalian China73 24.90 Dubai UAE

75 25.40 Guangzhou China

76 25.80 Rome Italy

77 26.00 Shanghai China

78 26.80 Amman Jordan

78 26.80 Warsaw Poland

80 26.90 Panama City Panama

81 27.50 Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei

81 27.50 Lima Peru

83 27.90 Bahrain Manama Bahrain

84 28.30 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

85 28.40 Belgrade Serbia & Montenegro

85 28.40 Bucharest Romania

87 29.30 Asuncin Paraguay

87 29.30 Rio de Janeiro Brazil

89 29.60 Kuwait City Kuwait

89 29.60 St Petersburg Russia91 30.60 Moscow Russia

92 31.80 Bangkok Thailand

93 33.50 Manila Philippines

94 33.60 So Paulo Brazil

95 33.80 Kiev Ukraine

96 33.90 Tunis Tunisia

97 34.40 Istanbul Turkey

98 35.60 Tashkent Uzbekistan

99 36.00 Cairo Egypt

100 37.40 Riyadh Saudi Arabia

101 37.50 Mexico City Mexico

102 37.70 Jeddah Saudi Arabia

103 38.20 Al Khobar Saudi Arabia104 38.80 Colombo Sri Lanka

105 39.00 Ho Chi Minh Vietnam

106 39.60 Johannesburg South Africa

107 39.70 Quito Ecuador

108 40.00 New Delhi India

108 40.00 Mumbai India

110 40.40 Baku Azerbaijan

111 40.60 Pretoria South Africa

112 42.50 Hanoi Vietnam

113 43.40 Caracas Venezuela

114 44.90 Jakarta Indonesia

115 45.10 Tehran Iran

116 45.20 Nairobi Kenya117 45.40 Guatemala City Guatemala

118 47.00 Phnom Penh Cambodia

119 47.10 Bogot Colombia

120 49.00 Abidjan Cte dIvoire

121 49.60 Harare Zimbabwe

122 51.60 Douala Cameroon

123 55.10 Algiers Algeria

124 56.10 Dhaka Bangladesh

125 58.40 Karachi Pakistan

126 62.30 Lagos Nigeria

127 62.90 Port Moresby PNG

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