Travel
Business Travelers Short on Sleep
Source: NBN/CP RadioWire
Mar 30, 2005, 10:50

This is National Sleep Awareness Week, a fact that will probably be missed the most by those who need more sleep.  According to a recent British Airways survey, business travelers are simply not getting enough sleep.  One in four admit to falling asleep in a meeting due to lack of sleep, and 70 percent felt they were less productive after traveling.  Nearly one in five had a presentation go badly or lost business as a result of poor sleep due to air travel.  Robin Hayes, from British Airways: 

�Our goal is to ensure our business class passengers get the most sleep possible during flight so they arrive refreshed, alert and ready for business.  As a result of recent improvements to our flat beds in business class, 40 percent of British Airways� passengers are now getting an extra 100 minutes of sleep.�

The average business traveler only gets six-point-four hours of sleep a night which is below the National Sleep Foundation�s recommendation of seven to nine hours a night.  For more information on British Airways� Club World Service, log on to, w-w-w-dot-britishairways-dot-com.

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