2020 U.S.-Booked Air Volume: $31.8 million
Primary U.S. Payment Supplier: Citi
Card Program: Individual Bill/Individual Pay
Consolidated Global TMC: Amex GBT
Google reported a $371 million decrease year over year in
travel and entertainment expenses for 2020, in part due to some of its events
changing to digital-only format. As such, BTN estimates that its U.S. air
volume for 2020 was $31.8 million, compared with a volume of $400 million in
2019.
The company began issuing travel restrictions early in the
pandemic and has delayed its return-to-office plans throughout this year, with
plans now for a return in January 2022.
American Express Global Business Travel last year signed an
agreement with Google to act as its sole global TMC, a move away from its
previous agency CWT. The move likely marked plans to have a more tightly
managed program for the tech giant.
Google’s revenues for 2020 increased 18 percent year over
year to $162 billion. The company reported more than 135,000 employees as of
Dec. 31, 2020.