New York Business Travel Is Costly: New...

New York Business Travel Is Costly: New York was the nation’s most expensive city for business travelers in 1989, with an average daily tab of $312.01, according to a survey by Corporate Travel magazine. The average daily cost of a hotel room, three meals and a car rental in America’s 100 most expensive cities for business travelers was $159.42, virtually the same as in 1988, the magazine said. Chicago was second at $255.77, followed by Boston, $251.87; Washington, $226.16, and Newark, N.J., $218.39. Rounding out the top 10 were San Francisco, $207.22; Los Angeles, $192.42; Dallas, $190.91; Baltimore, $185.84, and Detroit, $185.40. The least expensive city cited was Tallahassee, Fla., at $115.56.