Q3–Q4 2026 demand and rate forecasts for every major US corporate travel market — with base, upside, and downside scenarios built on 292 million confirmed transactions. The credible, data-driven view of where travel costs are heading.
Three-Scenario Framework
The most useful forecasts aren't the ones that tell you what will happen — they're the ones that tell you what to do in each scenario. CTI's Predictive Benchmarking Report gives you all three, fully modeled and market-by-market.
Continued moderate demand growth with stable rate environments across most tier-1 markets. Booking windows normalize toward pre-pandemic patterns. Supply additions in select markets create rate softening opportunities.
Stronger-than-expected corporate demand acceleration driven by robust hiring, increased M&A activity, and rising international business travel. Rate pressure intensifies in constrained supply markets. Early booking becomes critical.
Economic softening or macro headwinds reduce corporate travel volumes. Rate concessions become more available as occupancy declines. Budget-conscious travel policies return. Opportunity window for aggressive rate negotiations.
What's Inside
This is the report for organizations that need to get ahead of the market — not catch up to it. The Predictive Benchmarking Report takes CTI's transaction dataset and models forward — giving you the demand signals, rate trajectories, and budget frameworks that matter most in H2 2026 planning.
Whether you're finalizing a travel budget, building an investment thesis on a travel-tech company, or setting supplier strategy for the back half of the year — this is the data foundation that replaces guesswork with evidence.
City-by-city demand projections and rate trajectory forecasts across all major US corporate markets. Know what's coming before you're negotiating against it.
Where supply is constrained and demand is rising — creating the rate pressure that will hurt unprepared travel programs and reward those who lock rates early.
The flip side: markets where supply additions and demand softness are creating room to negotiate. Know where the leverage is before your competitors do.
Full scenario modeling across all three cases for each major market. Includes the assumptions behind each model and the indicators to watch that signal a scenario shift.
Structured tools for translating market forecasts into actionable budget models. Build a Q3–Q4 travel budget that finance will actually defend.
20–25 pages designed for executive presentations and board-level conversations. Every exhibit is clear, cited, and ready to use in any high-stakes setting.
Who This Report Is For
The Predictive Benchmarking Report is CTI's most forward-looking product — purpose-built for organizations whose decisions today depend on what the travel market does next.
Finance & Procurement
Build H2 2026 travel budgets on something better than last year's actuals and vendor estimates. This report gives finance teams the independent forward-looking intelligence to set and defend budgets with confidence.
Corporate Travel
Stop negotiating blind. Know which markets are tightening, which are softening, and what the rate environment will look like when your RFPs close. Position your program to win — not react.
Investors & VC/PE
Travel-adjacent investment theses depend on understanding where travel volume and pricing are heading. CTI's forward-looking model gives investors the credible demand signal they need — built from transactions, not assumptions.
Airlines & Hotels
Demand forecasts built from 292 million confirmed corporate bookings give suppliers a demand signal that no survey can match. Align inventory, pricing, and sales strategy to where the corporate market is actually heading.
Research & Analysis
Sector forecasts are only as good as the data behind them. CTI's forward-looking models give research teams the transaction-based demand signal that replaces proxy-based extrapolations with evidence-based projections.
Real Estate & Hospitality
Hotel investment decisions depend on corporate demand projections. CTI provides the forward-looking demand signal — by market, by tier, by scenario — that hospitality investors need to underwrite new development or acquisitions confidently.
Budget Planning Framework
The Predictive Benchmarking Report doesn't just show you where the market is heading — it gives you structured frameworks for translating those forecasts into defensible budget models. So when your CFO asks why you budgeted what you budgeted, you have an answer backed by 292 million trip records.
Ground your budget in real transacted averages — not supplier-provided benchmarks or last year's actuals.
Layer CTI's base, upside, and downside trajectory models onto your program's top markets and spending patterns.
Pinpoint the markets where supply signals suggest rate softening — and the ones where you need to lock rates now.
Document your assumptions, scenario triggers, and response playbook. Walk into every budget review with a plan for every outcome.
Illustrative data. Actual figures available in the full report.
Ready to Purchase
Available April 15, 2026. Includes a free 1-year CTI platform subscription. Launch pricing through April 30 — regular price is $4,500.
Launch pricing through April 30. Regular price $4,500. Includes complimentary 1-year CTI subscription.
Each report is sold individually and includes a free 1-year CTI platform subscription.