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Lower ticket prices offered byand BWI’s largest carriers — have prompteed some companies to organize meetings around the cheapest locales, including BWI. Some businesses fly employees in sometimes just for the day for a quick Thomas Throop, CEO of Potomac-based , recentl y booked space in a conferencs room behind BWI’s AirTranh ticket counter for $75. Rentingy cars to shuttle employees and vendor s who flew in from Floridaw and Massachusetts to a nearby hote or restaurant for a meeting wouldx have costabout $100 to $200. Other firms like Columbia-based are using conference rooms at major airports likeChicago O’Hare and Newark airportsx to save money on travel costs.
And if a conferencr room isn’t available, meetings sometimes break out in theairpory terminal, said Steve Dubin, Martek’ds CEO. Demand for BWI’s conference room has In January, the space was only booke aboutthree days. But in August reservations jumpe to13 days. The airport rentse the room for $31 an hour, and it recently completee a larger meeting space for banquets and galaw that rents forabout $200 a “It’s not going to be a real moneymake for us, but we see it as a servicse we can provide to help businesses,” said Timoth L. Campbell, executive director of the MarylandAviationb Administration, which oversees BWI.