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30 SEP 2011 |
New White Paper: Measured and Managed – Getting More out of Your Corporate Travel Data
Posted in Blog by AirPlus Editor
The new AirPlus white paper provides a snapshot of how some of the best and brightest in corporate travel are getting more out of their data. They genuinely are managing as well as measuring, identifying challenges in what the data tells them and then taking positive action to make their programs even better. There is definitely no “one size fits all” approach to data management, but many of the best practice lessons reported here would translate well to other organizations.
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26 SEP 2011 |
Traveler Safety and Security
Posted in Blog, The Wire by AirPlus Editor
Multiple recent environmental and human-created crises have spurred travel management policy changes. As with most areas of travel policy, those that address issues of safety and are ever changing, as technology, employee demographics, a volatile economy and worldwide political, economic and environmental conditions continue to influence business travel.
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17 AUG 2011 |
August 2011: Ancillary Aggravation Eases
Posted in Blog, The Wire by AirPlus US Team
Three years after the introduction of a broad swath of airline ancillary fees, corporate travel managers are still grappling with the best way to tackle such fees from a tracking and policy perspective, as well as the ongoing effects on supplier relationships. According to the results of an AirPlus survey of corporate travel buyers, travel managers continue to have difficulty finding efficient and accurate ways to track ancillary fees. The process can be so overwhelming that nearly half (44 percent) are not tracking the airline ancillary fee data in any way. When it comes to expense reporting, 38 percent rely on travelers to include their ancillary fees manually in expense reports, while only 7 percent include fee menus in those tools and 15 percent have automated capabilities built into their expense reporting tools.
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