Bangladesh, June 29 -- Amex GBT's Business Travel Pulse for June, based on the travel management company's data and expert analysis, showed airfares to World Cup host cities are seeing sharp increases, compared with moderately climbing fares to non-host cities.

On domestic flights, those increases averaged 42 percent year-on-year, while routes from Europe to host cities were up an average of 13 percent, the report said.

However, Amex GBT noted that more than half of hotel owners in host cities are seeing demand below both forecasts for the tournament and typical booking patterns for June and July.

Even so, contracted rates from the 2026 sourcing season were already up in host cities, most sharply in Toronto, climbing 4.8 percent year ...