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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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28 JUL 2010 |
After the Ash
Posted in Blog, The Wire by AirPlus US Team
Travel management improvements emerge from the ash of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano. When the eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano shut down European air space this past April, it stranded more than 10 million travelers across the globe. As travel management professionals know all too well, it was their company’s responsibility to provide reasonable accommodations during the crises for their business travelers, as well as a safe return home. While most companies worked hard to live up to this responsibility, doing so came at a cost, according to a recent online poll of travel buyers and suppliers conducted by AirPlus International.
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28 JUN 2010 |
Travel management pros see real value in social media tools for increasing travel program agility and enhancing traveler satisfaction
Posted in Blog, The Wire by AirPlus US Team
Whether personal or job-related, corporate travel professionals are participating in more social networks than they did one year ago, and they are doing so at a higher rate, according to a Spring 2010 online survey conducted by AirPlus International. The recent exercise follows up on a year-ago survey also conducted by AirPlus, and included additional social networking platforms where respondents might be active users. Not only did the survey show fairly robust usage numbers for the new inclusions – Plaxo and TripIt – it also showed increased usage on for nearly every social platform making a repeat appearance in the survey this year. Read more
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