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25 MAR 2011 |
Corporate Travel Negotiation Practices
Posted in Blog, The Wire by AirPlus US Team
Corporations are expanding their ideas of what spend categories can be negotiated when it comes to corporate travel. Travel management companies, airline, car rental companies and hotels… these are the traditional supplier categories governed by the travel manager or the now common procurement professional that negotiates and signs preferred contracts for travel. Such contracts solidify agreements between a corporation and key suppliers based on the concept that both parties are entering into a beneficial relationship that consists of guaranteed volume for the supplier and discounted or value-added rates for the buyer. Read more
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25 FEB 2011 |
Expense On the Go
Posted in Blog, The Wire by AirPlus US Team
Mobile expense reporting is gaining traction in nearly 50 percent of companies. Mobile travel management tools continue to create a lot of buzz in the industry, whether in the form of itinerary managers, flight delay/cancellation notification, mobile hotel check-in or other newsworthy technologies. These service-oriented applications are great for travelers, but they do not necessarily support enterprise travel management, with data, compliance assurance or other benefit for the travel program. To that end, the managed program would likely need configurable travel shopping, booking and expense reporting tools on a mobile platform.
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26 JAN 2011 |
Distribution Scuffle or Industry Re-Shuffle?
Posted in Blog, The Wire by AirPlus US Team
A face-off between American Airlines, Orbitz, Expedia and Sabre is causing a row in the travel industry and calling into question the future of airline content distribution. Tension has been building since December 2010, when American pulled its listings from online travel site Orbitz over a charge dispute. In a gesture of solidarity, Expedia delisted American content and, analysts say, the airline is now attempting to cut out the GDS systems entirely. Southlake, TX-based GDS provider Sabre fought back in January by doubling distribution fees and disfavoring American flights in its search results, saying it is “taking actions to protect its interests and those of its customers by supporting airlines who value the transparency and efficiency of the proven system we provide,” but a Fort Worth court temporarily barred the GDS provider from continuing that action. Read more
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