In 2015, business travelers spent $1 billion more in China, $291.2 billion, than in the United States, $290.2 billion, making China the biggest business travel market, according to the Global Business Travel Association. All but 5 percent of China¡¯s business travel volume is domestic. GBTA also forecasted that business travel spending in China will grow to $320.7 billion in 2016; that¡¯s 10.1 percent growth compared with the United States¡¯ 1.9 percent. China¡¯s growth will dip to 9.8 percent in 2017. While the Chinese economy has been slowing, investment in travel infrastructure has not, according to GBTA: A plan to open 82 airports continues, and more than 70 percent of Asia/Pacific¡¯s hotel construction pipeline is in China.