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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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28 JUL 2011 |
Hotel Rate Negotiations for 2012
Posted in Blog, The Wire by AirPlus US Team Nearly half of all travel managers expect 2012 to bring an increase in negotiated hotel rates along with rising hotel volume and corporate hotel budgets. Many corporate travel managers are optimistic about business travel in 2012, with nearly half of the corporate travel managers responding to an AirPlus survey expecting both their company’s total room nights to increase in 2012 (47 percent) and their company’s overall hotel budget to increase (48 percent). Another 44 percent expect their total room nights to stay the same, while only 9 percent are anticipating a decrease.
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28 JUN 2011 |
Social Media Use Jumps in Managed Travel Space
Posted in Blog, The Wire by AirPlus US Team Travel managers see increasing value in social media platforms as a way to enhance a corporate travel program. For the past several years, industry insiders have been warning corporate travel managers that they ignore social media at their own risk. That warning seems to be resonating as increasing numbers of travel professionals say they see the value of social media sites as a way to enhance a corporate travel program.
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