UPS Europe Business Monitor

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EUROPEAN BUSINESS PRACTICES

Outside your offices, where would you be most likely to discuss business with your most valuable customer?


	Total	B	D	E	F	I	NL	UK
COUNTRIES SURVEYED %

Lunch	33	41	29	49	43	8	36	33
Hotel or airport	22	11	36	26	21	9	16	28
Dinner	21	27	27	8	15	30	29	22
Breakfast	8	3	1	6	10	30	0	2
Dinner or party at home	3	1	0	2	2	12	4	1
Attending a cultural event	3	10	1	2	3	5	4	1
Golfing/ Attending a sporting event	5	6	3	3	4	6	4	9


	Europeans do lunch
	Italians entertain their clients at breakfast or dinner
	Germans like the environment of a hotel or aiport
	Dinner is not a time to do business for the Spanish
	No Dutch up for breakfast