Top Travel Contractors
Airlines
Fiscal 2008 Sales: $3,956,078,939
| Airline | Sales | Market Share |
| United Airlines | $830,628,425 | 21.0 % |
| Delta | 692,581,730 | 17.5 |
| American Airlines | 622,557,633 | 15.7 |
| U.S. Airways | 575,618,124 | 14.6 |
| Northwest | 184,496,115 | 4.7 |
| Continental | 182,114,378 | 4.6 |
| Southwest | 105,422,210 | 2.7 |
| Alaska Airlines | 96,094,351 | 2.4 |
| Other | 666,565,973 | 16.8 |
Top Travelers
In fiscal 2008, agencies spent $16.2 million on travel. The 22 agencies listed here spent the bulk of the government's travel dollars.
| Agency |
2008 Spending (in millions) |
| Defense | $9,073 |
| Homeland Security | 1,299 |
| Veterans Affairs | 596 |
| Justice | 406 |
| State | 286 |
| Transportation | 259 |
| Agriculture | 275 |
| Treasury | 244 |
| HHS | 215 |
| Interior | 202 |
| Commerce | 114 |
| Int'l Assistance Programs | 97 |
| NASA | 97 |
| Energy | 68 |
| SSA | 60 |
| EPA | 58 |
| Corps of Engineers | 55 |
| Labor | 53 |
| FDIC | 35 |
| NSF | 27 |
| HUD | 22 |
| Education | 11 |
Hotels
Fiscal 2008 Sales: $1,944,383,774
| Hotels | Sales | Market Share |
| Marriott | $194,966,076 | 10.0% |
| Residence Inn | 182,222,795 | 9.4 |
| Holiday Inn | 168,370,015 | 8.7 |
| Hilton Hotels/Inns | 105,775,232 | 5.4 |
| Hampton Inns | 96,340,651 | 5.0 |
| Embassy Suites | 92,208,747 | 4.7 |
| Sheraton | 71,812,665 | 3.7 |
| Courtyard Inns | 57,576,905 | 3.0 |
| Hyatt Hotels/Int'l | 56,150,197 | 2.9 |
| Comfort Hotel Int'l | 55,179,813 | 2.8 |
| Homewood Suites | 50,740,907 | 2.6 |
| Best Western | 45,407,243 | 2.3 |
| Doubletree Hotel | 44,489,127 | 1.4 |
| Westin Hotels | 25,323,576 | 1.3 |
| Quality International | 22,340,032 | 1.1 |
| La Quinta Motor Inns | 20,643,050 | 1.1 |
| Ramada Inns | 16,254,727 | 0.8 |
| Renaissance Hotels | 15,026,794 | 0.8 |
| Days Inn of America | 12,088,306 | 0.6 |
| Omni International | 11,088,693 | 0.6 |
| Wyndham Hotels | 8,406,784 | 0.4 |
| Adams Mark | 1,776,121 | 0.1 |
| AmeriSuites | 1,618,969 | 0.1 |
| Other | 487,229,258 | 25.1 |
Car Rentals
Fiscal 2008 Sales: $436,886,099
| Hotels | Sales | Market Share |
| Enterprise | $85,001,920 | 19.5% |
| Avis | 75,627,982 | 17.3 |
| Hertz | 60,515,747 | 13.9 |
| Budget | 58,873,043 | 13.5 |
| Alamo | 37,489,335 | 8.6 |
| Thrifty | 30,777,047 | 7.0 |
| National | 25,583,625 | 5.9 |
| Dollar | 22,748,287 | 5.2 |
| Other | 40,269,113 | 9.2 |
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