February 21, 2012 - 03:45 PM ET
Rockwell Automation last year negotiated new
supplier contracts and reviewed travel policy before devising a demand
management strategy on track to deliver savings this year of more than $1
million. Key to the success was management support—from the...
February 21, 2012 - 03:30 PM ET
The more spending that corporations capture through
their corporate card program, the better the data and the reconciliation, and
the greater the benefits, according to a survey and assessment of card best
practices conducted by the Association of...
February 20, 2012 - 03:30 PM ET
Travelers these days have more ways than ever to
book hotel rooms. A growing number of online travel agencies, content
aggregators and mobile technologies provide the means to search for and book
low rates at desirable properties, exacerbating the...
February 16, 2012 - 04:25 PM ET
Tasked with negotiating rates for thousands of
properties globally, GlaxoSmithKline sourcing group manager Paul Plank turned
to an auction to help keep rates in check, even in a supplier's market.
February 13, 2012 - 03:15 PM ET
Among the benefits of globalizing his firm's travel program, Deloitte senior manager of travel procurement and operations Brian Nichols found a perk: added negotiating leverage in an increasingly challenging hotel market.
February 10, 2012 - 10:10 AM ET
BCD
Travel consultancy Advito this week issued a revised forecast for 2012 business
travel pricing that suggested economic troubles in Europe will contribute to
minimized airfare hikes in that region while increasing corporate demand in
Latin America...
February 02, 2012 - 01:40 PM ET
Corporate rates negotiated for 2012 at Starwood Hotels & Resorts
Worldwide increased by mid-to-high single-digit percentages year over year, the
company reported in its fourth-quarter earnings call.
February 01, 2012 - 07:30 PM ET
American Airlines parent AMR on Wednesday
outlined key objectives for its Chapter 11 reorganization, including plans to
cut employment by 13,000, increase departures in key markets, "modernize"
its brand and continue the fleet-renewal efforts it announced...
January 26, 2012 - 03:45 PM ET
Buoyed by airfare growth and what executives characterized as unflagging
business demand, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and US Airways during
quarterly earnings calls this week reported year-over-year double-digit
percentage increases in corporate...
January 25, 2012 - 11:15 AM ET
Los Angeles - Multibrand
hotel company CEOs speaking at the Americas Lodging Investment Summit here
projected strong demand and rising rates for the next several years, as most do
not expect economic challenges in Europe to have a significant impact...
January 24, 2012 - 03:30 PM ET
Any effort to identify a given year's most influential
business travel executives always will contain an element of futility. True
influence, after all, may not reveal itself immediately or in particularly
dazzling fashion. Still, in a dynamic 2011,...
January 19, 2012 - 02:35 PM ET
EasyJet has signed preferred deals with "a number
of corporates," including modest discounts based on marketshare
improvements for some clients and soft benefits for others, U.K. market
director Paul Simmons told BTN. EasyJet,
which launched on the...
January 12, 2012 - 02:45 PM ET
The
Federal Reserve on Wednesday reported recent year-over-year business travel
growth in Atlanta and San Francisco, and generally improving hotel industry
metrics in other areas. In a summary of current economic conditions from its 12
districts,...
January 10, 2012 - 04:00 PM ET
Business travel spending will continue to grow this
year, but growth will be tempered by economic headwinds, according to the
Global Business Travel Association's latest Business Travel Quarterly
Outlook.
December 20, 2011 - 08:00 AM ET
To her industry peers, A.T. Kearney global
procurement corporate travel director Margaret Hansen is the "data queen,"
often a step ahead of others in data capture and diligence. To Hansen, data
provides the insight needed to do her job: serve as the...