Succeeding with Corporate Travel

Succeeding with Corporate travel

Fortune 500*

1. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Bentonville, Ark., 1, $258.681
2. Exxon Mobil Corp., Irving, Texas, 3, $213.199
3. General Motors Corp., Detroit, 2, $195.645
4. Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich., 4, $164.496
5. General Electric Co., Fairfield, Conn., 5, $134.187
6. ChevronTexaco Corp., San Ramon, Calif., 7, $112.937
7. ConocoPhillips, Houston, 12, $99.468
8. Citigroup Inc., New York, 6, $94.713
9. International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, N.Y., 8, $89.131
10. American International Group, Inc., New York, 9, $81.300
11. Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, Calif., 14, $73.061
12. Verizon Communications Inc., New York, 10, $67.752
13. The Home Depot Inc., Atlanta, 13, $64.816
14. Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Omaha, 28, $63.859
15. Altria Group Inc., New York, 11, $60.704
16. McKesson Corp., San Francisco, 20, $57.129
17. Cardinal Health Inc., Dublin, Ohio, 19, $56.830
18. State Farm Insurance Cos., Bloomington, Ill., 21, $56.065
19. The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, 18, $53.791
20. Fannie Mae, Washington, D.C., 16, $53.767
21. The Boeing Co., Chicago, 15, $50.485
22. AmerisourceBergen Corp., Chesterbrook, Pa., 24, $49.657
23. Target Corp., Minneapolis, 25, $48.163
24. Bank of America Corp., Charlotte, N.C., 23, $48.065
25. Pfizer Inc., New York, 37, $45.950
26. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., New York, 26, $44.363
27. Time Warner Inc., New York, 29, $43.877
28. The Procter & Gamble Co., Cincinnati, 31, $43.377
29. Costco Wholesale Corp., Issaquah, Wash., 33, $42.546
30. Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, N.J., 34, $41.862
31. Dell Inc., Round Rock, Texas, 36, $41.444
32. Sears Roebuck and Co., Hoffman Estates, Ill., 30, $41.124
33. SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, 27, $40.843
34. Valero Energy Corp, San Antonio, 55, $37.969
35. Marathon Oil Corp., Houston, 52, $37.137
36. MetLife Inc., New York, 38, $36.261
37. Safeway Inc., Pleasanton, Calif., 41, $35.553
38. Albertson's Inc., Boise, 35, $35.436
39. Morgan Stanley, New York, 40, $34.933
40. AT&T, Bedminster, N.J., 22, $34.529
41. Medco Health Solutions, Franklin Lakes, N.J., new to list, $34.265
42. United Parcel Service Inc., Atlanta, 43, $33.485
43. J.C. Penney Co. Inc., Plano, Texas, 42, $32.923
44. The Dow Chemical Co., Midland, Mich., 51, $32.632
45. Walgreen Co., Deerfield, Ill., 45, $32.505
46. Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Wash., 47, $32.187
47. The Allstate Corp., Northbrook, Ill., 44, $32.149
48. Lockheed Martin Corp., Bethesda, Md., 56, $31.844
49. Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco, 46, $31.800
50. Lowe's Cos. Inc., Mooresville, N.C., 60, $31.263
51. United Technologies Corp., Hartford, Conn., 49, $31.034
52. Archer-Daniels-Midland Co., Decatur, Ill., 71, $30.708
53. Intel Corp., Santa Clara, Calif., 58, $30.141
54. UnitedHealth Group Inc., Minnetonka, Minn., 63, $28.823
55. Northrop Grumman Corp., Los Angeles, 99, $28.686
56. Delphi Corp., Troy, Mich., 53, $28.096
57. Prudential Financial Inc., Newark, N.J., 57, $27.907
58. Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., New York, 48, $27.745
59. E.I. du Pont de Nemours, Wilmington, Del., 67, $27.730
60. The Walt Disney Co., Burbank, Calif., 61, $27.061
61. Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, Ill., 59, $27.058
62. PepsiCo Inc., Purchase, N.Y., 62, $26.971
63. CVS Corp., Woonsocket, R.I., 68, $26.588
64. Viacom Inc., New York, 66, $26.585
65. Sprint Corp., Overland Park, Kan., 54, $26.202
66. Sysco Corp., Houston, 73, $26.140
67. Kmart Holding Corp., Troy, Mich., 39, $26.032
68. TIAA-CREF, New York, 89, $26.016
69. American Express Co., New York, 69, $25.866
70. New York Life Insurance Co., New York, 65, $25.700
71. International Paper Co., Stamford, Conn., 64, $25.200
72. Tyson Foods Inc., Springdale, Ark., 72, $24.549
73. Wachovia Corp., Charlotte, N.C., 70, $24.474
74. Goldman Sachs Group Inc., New York, 75, $23.623
75. Duke Energy, Charlotte, N.C., 118, $23.483
76. Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, N.J., 78, $23.103
77. Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, Ill., 85, $22.763
78. Best Buy Co. Inc., Richfield, Minn., 91, $22.673
79. Johnson Controls Inc., Milwaukee, 86, $22.646
80. BellSouth Corp., Atlanta, 77, $22.635
81. Ingram Micro Inc., Santa Ana, Calif., 76, $22.613
82. FedEx Corp., Memphis, 83, $22.487
83. Merck & Co. Inc., Whitehouse Station, N.J., 17, $22.486
84. ConAgra Foods Inc. Omaha, 50, $22.053
85. HCA Inc, Nashville, 90, $21.808
86. Alcoa Inc., Pittsburgh, 82, $21.728
87. Electronic Data Systems, Plano, Texas, 80, $21.596
88. Bank One Corp., Chicago, 79, $21.454
89. Comcast Corp., Philadelphia, 157, $21.263
90. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., Springfield, Mass., 84, $21.076
91. The Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta, 92, $21.044
92. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., New York, 98, $20.671
93. WellPoint Health Networks Inc., Thousand Oaks, Calif., 103, $20.360
94. Georgia-Pacific Corp., Atlanta, 74, $20.255
95. Weyerhaeuser Co., Federal Way, Wash., 96, $19.873
96. Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Ill., 100, $19.681
97. AutoNation Inc., Fort Lauderdale, 93, $19.381
98. The Williams Cos. Inc., Tulsa, 196, $19.246
99. Supervalu Inc., Eden Prairie, Minn., 81, $19.160
100. Cisco Systems Inc., San Jose, Calif., 95, $18.878
101. CIGNA Corp., Philadelphia, 87, $18.808
102. Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., Hartford, Conn., 114, $18.733
103. Washington Mutual Inc., Seattle, 94, $18.629
104. Sara Lee Corp., Chicago, 101, $18.291
105. 3M, St. Paul, 110, $18.232
106. Cendant Corp., New York, 133, $18.192
107. Raytheon Co., Waltham, Mass., 105, $18.109
108. Aetna Inc., Hartford, Conn., 88, $17.976.40
109. Visteon Corp., Dearborn, Mich., 97, $17.660
110. AMR Corp., Fort Worth, 104, $17.440
111. Tech Data Corp., Clearwater, Fla., 117, $17.406
112. Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., Atlanta, 108, $17.330
113. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., New York, 109, $17.287
114. McDonald's Corp., Oak Brook, Ill., 124, $17.141
115. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., Milwaukee, 113, $17.060
116. Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, Boston, 129, $16.914
117. Publix Super Markets Inc., Lakeland, Fla., 112, $16.848
118. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., Columbus, Ohio, 111, $16.803
119. Anthem Inc., Indianapolis, 146, $16.771
120. AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Redmond, Wash., 119, $16.695
121. General Dynamics Corp., Falls Church, Va., 137, $16.617
122. Halliburton Co., Houston, 153, $16.271
123. Sunoco Inc., Philadelphia, 154, $15.930
124. The Gap Inc., San Francisco, 130, $15.854
125. Wyeth, Madison, N.J., 128, $15.851
126. Exelon Corp., Chicago, 126, $15.812
127. Loews Corp., New York, 107, $15.810
128. Rite Aid Corp., Camp Hill, Pa., 125, $15.801
129. Lear Corp., Southfield, Mich., 131, $15.747
130. Xerox Corp., Stamford, Conn., 116, $15.701
131. Deere & Co., Moline, Ill., 135, $15.535
132. American Electric Power Co. Inc., Columbus, Ohio, 120, $15.441
133. U.S. Bancorp, Minneapolis, 123, $15.354
134. Federated Department Stores Inc., Cincinnati, 122, $15.264
135. Travelers Property Casualty Corp., Hartford, Conn., new to list, $15.139
136. Qwest Communications International Inc., Denver, 121, $14.936
137. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, 139, $14.741
138. Tenet Healthcare Corp., Santa Barbara, Calif., 136, $14.582
139. Amerada Hess Corp., New York, 162, $14.408
140. FleetBoston Financial Corp., Boston, 115, $14.362
141. Kimberly-Clark Corp., Irving, Texas, 143, $14.348
142. Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc., St. Louis, 142, $14.147
143. AdvancePCS Inc., Irving, Texas, 148, $14.111
144. Emerson Electric Co., St. Louis, 138, $13.999
145. UAL Corp., Elk Grove Township, Ill., 132, $13.724
146. Countrywide Financial Corp., Calabasas, Calif., 209, $13.660
147. The May Department Stores Co., St. Louis, 144, $13.343
148. The TJX Cos. Inc., Framingham, Mass., 161, $13.328
149. Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y., 150, $13.317
150. Delta Air Lines Inc., Atlanta, 145, $13.303
151. Express Scripts Inc., Maryland Heights, Mo., 147, $13.296
152. Staples Inc., Framingham, Mass., 165, $13.181
153. Union Pacific Corp., Omaha, 156, $12.792
154. El Paso Corp., Houston, 152, $12.653
155. Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., Houston, 221, $12.590
156. Eli Lilly and Co., Indianapolis, 172, $12.583
157. Office Depot Inc., Delray Beach, Fla., 166, $12.359
158. FirstEnergy Corp., Akron, Ohio, 159, $12.318
159. Humana Inc., Louisville, 169, $12.226
160. Manpower Inc., Milwaukee, 176, $12.185
161. Whirlpool Corp., Benton Harbor, Mich., 173, $12.176
162. Winn-Dixie Stores Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., 149, $12.168
163. Edison International, Rosemead, Calif., 163, $12.156
164. Dominion Resources Inc., Richmond, Va., 184, $12.078
165. The Progressive Corp., Mayfield Village, Ohio, 197, $11.892
166. Reliant Resources Inc., Houston, 164, $11.707
167. Solectron Corp., Milpitas, Calif., 158, $11.700
168. MBNA Corp., Wilmington, Del., 179, $11.684
169. Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc., New York, 178, $11.588
170. Waste Management Inc., Houston, 171, $11.574
171. Toys "R" Us Inc., Wayne, N.J., 168, $11.566
172. AFLAC, Columbus, Ga., 183, $11.447
173. Sun Microsystems Inc., Santa Clara, Calif., 155, $11.434
174. Chubb Corp., Warren, N.J., 203, $11.394
175. Computer Sciences Corp., El Segundo, Calif., 167, $11.347
176. Public Service Enterprise Group Inc., Newark, N.J., 211, $11.340
177. TexasU Corp., Dallas, 134, $11.325
178. The Southern Co., Atlanta, 177, $11.251
179. PG&E Corp., San Francisco, 140, $11.221
180. Masco Corp., Taylor, Mich., 195, $11.134
181. Health Net Inc., Woodland Hills, Calif., 185, $11.063
182. PacifiCare Health Systems Inc., Cypress, Calif., 170, $11.009
183. Nextel Communications Inc., Reston, Va., 216, $10.820
184. Nike Inc., Beaverton, Ore., 188, $10.697
185. United Services Automobile Association, San Antonio, 199, $10.593
186. General Mills Inc., Minneapolis, 235, $10.506
187. UnumProvident Corp., Chattanooga, Tenn., 192, $10.400
188. Sanmina-SCI Corp., San Jose, Calif., 214, $10.361
189. Kohl's Corp., Menomonee Falls, Wis., 204, $10.282
190. The Pepsi Bottling Group Inc., Somers, N.Y., 200, $10.265
191. Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, Ill., 189, $10.138
192. John Hancock Financial Services Inc., Boston, 208, $10.071
193. Dana Corp., Toledo, Ohio, 182, $10.071
194. Textron Inc., Providence 174, $10.028
195. Circuit City Stores Inc., Richmond, Va., 151, $9.954
196. Colgate-Palmolive Co., New York, 198, $9.903
197. Texas Instruments Inc., Dallas, 223, $9.834
198. Consolidated Edison Inc., New York, 217, $9.827
199. Aon Corp., Chicago, 212, $9.823
200. Capital One Financial Corp., McLean, Va., 191, $9.784
201. CenterPoint Energy Inc., Houston, 236, $9.772
202. Aramark Corp., Philadelphia, 213, $9.712.10
203. Constellation Energy Group Inc., Baltimore, 352, $9.703
204. The AES Corp., Arlington, Va., 181, $9.649
205. FPL Group Inc., Juno Beach, Fla., 226, $9.630
206. National City Corp., Cleveland, 215, $9.594
207. Northwest Airlines Corp., Eagan, Minn., 193, $9.510
208. Oracle Corp., Redwood City, Calif., 190, $9.475
209. United States Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, 264, $9.458
210. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., Fort Worth, 205, $9.413
211. Principal Financial Group Inc., Des Moines, 210, $9.404
212. CHS Inc., Inver Grove Heights, Minn., 237, $9.399
213. H.J. Heinz Co., Pittsburgh, 194, $9.328
214. Occidental Petroleum Corp., Los Angeles, 252, $9.326
215. Gillette Co., Boston, 218, $9.252
216. Marriott International Inc., Bethesda, Md., 175, $9.198
217. Entergy Corp., New Orleans, 224, $9.195
218. Dean Foods Co., Dallas, 201, $9.185
219. Centex Corp., Dallas, 241, $9.117
220. Baxter International, Deerfield, Ill., 222, $9.087
221. Caremark Rx Inc., Nashville, 267, $9.067
222. Pulte Homes Inc., Bloomfield Hills, Mich., 250, $9.049
223. Avnet Inc., Phoenix, 206, $9.048
224. Progress Energy Inc., Raleigh, N.C., 228, $9.027
225. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America, New York, 232, $9.022
226. Calpine Corp., San Jose, Calif., 246, $8.997
227. The St. Paul Cos. Inc., St. Paul, 207, $8.958
228. Limited Brands Inc., Columbus, Ohio, 202, $8.934
229. Clear Channel Communications Inc., San Antonio, 219, $8.931
230. Lennar Corp., Miami 256, $8.908
231. Continental Airlines Inc., Houston, 220, $8.870
232. Fluor, Aliso Viejo, Calif., 186, $8.836
233. Kellogg Co., Battle Creek, Mich., 225, $8.812
234. Premcor Inc., Old Greenwich, Conn., 269, $8.804
235. United Auto Group Inc., Bloomfield Hills, Mich., 244, $8.804
236. PPG Industries Inc., Pittsburgh, 233, $8.756
237. Tesoro Petroleum Corp., San Antonio, 263, $8.718
238. Arrow Electronics, Inc, Melville, N.Y., 245, $8.679
239. Omnicom Group Inc., New York, 247, $8.621
240. American Standard Cos. Inc., Piscataway, N.J., 238, $8.568
241. D.R. Horton Inc., Arlington, Texas, 271, $8.552
242. First Data Corp., Greenwood Village, Colo. 242, $8.544
243. Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, N.J., 141, $8.470
244. Genuine Parts Co., Atlanta, 227, $8.449
245. Yum! Brands Inc., Louisville, 240, $8.380
246. Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, Calif., 305, $8.356
247. Schering-Plough Corp., Kenilworth, N.J., 187, $8.334
248. Boise Cascade Corp., Boise, 254, $8.245
249. TransMontaigne Inc., Denver, new to list, $8.241
250. Paccar Inc., Bellevue, Wash., 257, $8.195
251. Alltel Corp., Little Rock, 234, $8.190
252. Ashland Inc., Covington, Ky., 239, $8.080
253. Eaton Corp., Cleveland, 258, $8.061
254. Xcel Energy Inc., Minneapolis, 180, $7.939
255. Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., Chicago, 230, $7.914
256. Smithfield Foods, Smithfield, Va., 255, $7.905
257. Sempra Energy, San Diego, Calif., 291, $7.887
258. Dillard's Inc., Little Rock, 229, $7.864
259. CSX, Jacksonville, Fla., 231, $7.793
260. ArvinMeritor Inc., Troy, Mich., 266, $7.788
261. Newell Rubbermaid Inc., Alpharetta, Ga., 251, $7.750
262. Fidelity National Financial Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., 326, $7.715
263. Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, 276, $7.665
264. Sonic Automotive, Charlotte, N.C., 253, $7.598
265. MeadWestvaco Corp., Stamford, Conn., 249, $7.553
266. The Bear Stearns Cos. Inc., New York, 265, $7.395
267. Safeco Corp., Seattle, 260, $7.358
268. Devon Energy Corp., Oklahoma City, 369, $7.352
269. Navistar International Corp., Warrenville, Ill., 274, $7.340
270. Pepco Holdings Inc., Washington, D.C., 377, $7.271
271. Automatic Data Processing Inc., Roseland, N.J., 261, $7.147
272. SunTrust Banks Inc., Atlanta, 248, $7.071
273. DTE Energy Co., Detroit, 270, $7.062
274. Keyspan Corp., Brooklyn, N.Y., 290, $6.915
275. Avon Products Inc., New York, 280, $6.876
276. US Airways Group Inc., Arlington, Va., 262, $6.846
277. BJ's Wholesale Club Inc., Natick, Mass., 295, $6.724
278. Gannett Co. Inc., McLean, Va., 275, $6.711
279. Farmland Industries Inc., Kansas City, Mo., 243, $6.703
280. Campbell Soup Co., Camden, N.J., 286, $6.678
281. Dollar General Corp., Goodlettsville, Tenn., 289, $6.665
282. Crown Holdings Inc., Philadelphia, 268, $6.630
283. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., Houston, new to list, $6.624
284. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Minneapolis, 302, $6.575
285. Unocal Corp., El Segundo, Calif., 316, $6.539
286. Nordstrom Inc., Seattle, 293, $6.4912
287. Fifth Third Bancorp, Cinncinnati, 278, $6.486
288. Norfolk Southern Corp., Norfolk, Va., 279, $6.468
289. Science Applications International Corp., San Diego, Calif., 288, $6.457
290. Rohm and Haas Co., Philadelphia, 301, $6.421
291. Parker-Hannifin Corp., Cleveland, 283, $6.410
292. NiSource Inc., Merrillville, Ind., 273, $6.401