How to reduce travel costs ?
Travel spending cost savings Best Practices
● Apptricity extends expense management with Expedia Corporate Travel® integration 
● Carson Wagonlit Travel manages business travel for BASF in EMEA
● Acquisition doubles client’s air spend; CWT discovers $650,000 in incremental savings 
● Travel Best Practice Category Management 
● Automobile manufacturer maximizes airline offerings and identifies $664,000 in incremental savings 
● Beverage manufacturer saves 6.2% the first year by increasing advance purchases 
● British Sky Broadcasting Group - Media Giant Simplifies Travel Processes Using GetThere 
● Best Practice / Case Study - A Pre-Trip Approval, Pre-Paid Travel Program at Cavalier Telephone 
● Nikon Precision using Expedia ® Corporate Travel to better manage costs 
● Six Flags - Driving savings with a managed travel program 
● Consulting company saves $4 million by improving discounts and minimizing losses 
● Enterprise-wide travel and meeting solution provides global software leader control and savings 
● Detailed assessment pinpoints $1,367,000 in incremental savings for microprocessing leader 
● EDS Leading IT Company Cuts The Bottom Line Using GetThere For Online Booking 
● Energy leader gains insight through measurement and benchmarking, saving $5 million-plus 
● Financial services company negotiates savings of $253,000 and provides better coverage for its travelers 
● Financial services leader optimizes discounts, uncovers $6 million in savings 
● General Electric Company - Online Booking System Helps Centralize Global Corporate Travel Program 
● Huron Consulting Group Creates Successful Online Travel Program 
● 13% incremental increase in advance purchase saves medical pioneer $312,000 
● Industrial manufacturer saves $1 million and identifies opportunity to save $3 million more 
● Industrial manufacturer saves additional 29% by adding CWT-recommended carrier 
● Insurance company identifies over $330,000 in incremental savings, increases market coverage by 12% 
● Eastman Kodak Company Snapshot of a Successful Online Travel Program
● IT company identifies $440,000 in annual savings potential 
● Process improvement leader saves immediate $60,000 identifies 6% annual savings potential 
● Proposal analysis and negotiations save energy company $1.7 million 
● QBE European Company Operations, International Insurance Company Streamlines Travel Online 
● Strict client criteria used to create customized reports and track savings 
● The American Medical Association Moves Business Travel Online 
● Computer Associates transforms corporate travel with Travelocity Business 
● Extreme Networks reduces travel costs by 40 percent with Travelocity Business 
● Travelocity Business, Lockheed Martin reach a new level of corporate travel management 
● How Cisco Uses Live Broadcasts and Video on Demand to Save Cost of Onsite Meetings 
● Cisco Unified Contact Center enables Cisco to control costs and provide better service for employee events and travel worldwide 
● World's Largest Commercial Aircraft Manufacturer Aligns Processes, Cuts Costs, and Satisfies Employees With SAP Travel Management 
● Rohm
and Haas cuts travel with IBM Lotus Sametime
solution 
● Coronation Fund Managers: Expenses
in financial services
● Bank of America Global Treasury
Services to Offer Concur Technologies' On-Demand
Expense Reporting Solution
● Gapconsulting: Consultants based
at client sites
● Expedia
Corporate Travel Europe uses KDS for its
online corporate travel services
● KDS
Helps Henkel Reduce Travel Expenditure and
Provides Added Services to Travelers
● Otsuka Pharmaceuticals: A complete
solution in the Pharmaceuticals industry
● Six
typical cost reduction examples : raw materials
and supplies; water and waste water; energy;
waste management; transport and travel; and
packaging
● Maleon: An engineering consultancy
implements an expenses solution
● Joraph Consulting: Recharging Expenses
to Consultancy Clients
● iPass: Rapid implementation of an
expenses solution in a small organisation
BP
Books Corporate Travel on KDS
● VEOLIA’s corporate travel
budget in France (Company’s head office)
is an expense item that represents 30 to 35
million euros. The objective with the SBT solution
is to manage 75% of this budget on-line by
the end of 2006
Travel spending cost savings White Papers - Reports & Analysis
● Travel Management Strategies for Operational and Procurement Improvement 
● Corporate Travel Card Benchmark Survey 
● The Benefits Of Conference Calling
for Businesses
● Bringing
Value To Low Cost Carriers
● Eight Trends Affecting Transportation
Technology
● The Effects of Electronic Ticketing
On Revenue Accounting
● SITA
: 7th Airline IT Trends Survey – 2005 
● Why It Pays to Put Capital Expenditures
on Your Business Card
● Low-Cost airlines
in Europe
● Expedia Corporate Travel's New Tools
and Technology Increase Business Travel Cost-Savings,
Convenience and Comfort
● En
Route to a Low-Cost industry
● A
comparison of the level of the taxation,
subsidies and charges
for aviation and for
other transport modes in Germany, France
and the United Kingdom 
● Airlines
Industry outlook improving - but still a
long way to go 
● AIRLINES
: NEW FINANCIAL FORECAST - BOOST
FROM STRONGER ECONOMIC GROWTH - March 2006 
● Winning
at the margin - The impact of low-cost
carriers in Asia
● Economic
consideration of extending the EU ETS to
include aviation -
THE EUROPEAN LOW FARES AIRLINE ASSOCIATION
(ELFAA) 
● Liberalisation
of European Air Transport: - The Benefits
of Low Fares Airlines
to Consumers, Airports, Regions
and the Environment 
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