Global markets have been on a roller coaster in April, as governments
and economies reacted to the Trump Administration’s “now-you-see-them,
now-you-don’t” tariff strategy that went into full effect last Wednesday but
only for about 12 hours before the White House put a 90-day pause on the table.
Travel stocks surged on the news Wednesday, with hotels,
airlines and online travel agencies beating the 8 percent increase for Dow
Jones Average by a considerable amount. Another drop on Thursday was followed
by strong performance Friday as investors caught a tailwind with Trump’s
suggestion that he was “optimistic” about progress with China on a trade deal.
Business travel, however, is about business—not as much
about…































