2018 U.S.-Booked Air
Volume: $239 million
Primary U.S. Payment Supplier: Citi
Google’s U.S.-booked air spend jumped 34 percent in 2018
from 2017’s $178 million. That’s the fifth straight year of
double-digit-percentage increases and nearly three times 2017’s 12 percent
rise. Google expects U.S.-booked air spend to grow 16 percent to $277 million
this year. Revenue, meanwhile, jumped 23 percent in 2018 to $136.8 billion, the
same rate of increase as the previous year.
The company made no change in 2018 to its travel policy,
which covers the globe, and it plans none this year. It did roll out SAP
Concur’s triplink last year to reveal corporate negotiated rates to travelers
shopping on United and American’s direct sites and to bring data for business
trips back into Google’s travel program.
Of the company’s 2018 U.S.-booked air volume, 65 percent was
for international travel. CWT was Google’s primary travel management company,
handling 45 percent of the tech giant’s agency business in the U.S., as well as
globally.