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27 APR 2011 |
Managed Travel Innovation Receives Mixed Reviews
Posted in Blog, The Wire by AirPlus US Team
Majority of travel buyers and half of suppliers critical of current rate of industry innovations to address ongoing pain points for managed programs. Ancillary fee solutions, better mobile technologies, and data consolidation – these are the areas where travel buyers and suppliers see the need for more innovation in the managed travel space, according to a new survey released by AirPlus International.
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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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