Sabre: Travelers may not be alarmed by swine flu outbreak

SOUTHLAKE, Texas Business and leisure travelers are continuing to travel despite growing attention surrounding the H1N1 virus (swine flu), indicating that travelers are not reacting with as much alarm as media reports may indicate, Sabre Holdings stated Friday.

Travel volumes recorded at Sabre Holdings show that aside from the decline in travel to Mexico, business and leisure travel within the United States and to other parts of the world is currently holding steady, reflecting the same pragmatic perspective among travelers that President Barack Obama offered in his news conference on Wednesday.

Travel agencies show similar findings with their clients.

"The vast majority of our clients remain on the road," stated Jane Batio, president of CorpTrav, a Chicago-based travel management company with more than $180 million in annual air bookings. "We've only cancelled six trips across our entire client base in the past week, and future bookings remain in sync with rebounding trends we've seen across the past two months."