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switching to self-booking
In the current economic climate, it is vital to reduce the cost of
business
travel.
The need to cut costs and the enormous improvement in self-booking tools has led to a significant increase in self-management on line.
Recent research* shows:
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Self-booking tools save an average of 25.6% on
transaction fees |
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Self-booking tools save an average of 9.1% on
airline
ticket spend |
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In 2008, the number of self-booked reservations increased
by 69% compared to 2007 |
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The Hatch Ferguson self-booking tool is one of the four
largest global e-commerce sites |
Across the 1500 companies interviewed worldwide, 53% of air ticket bookings and 38% of car and hotel bookings were made online. Industry opinion indicates that these percentages are set to increase substantially, year on year.
*The research on global trends in business travel was conducted by
Amadeus in collaboration with Cranfield University's Business Travel
Research Centre and the Association of Corporate Travel Executives.
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case studies
global travel with London billing
A global pharmaceutical company
was looking for an agent capable of processing its international travel arrangements...read more »
central government department
using traditional travel consultants
Hatch Ferguson was approached by
a large government department to
handle a major international travel operation, involving complex and
unusual arrangements...read more »
Selfcontrol - lower costs,
more control
A London-based group of independent shipbrokers was looking for an agent capable of introducing tight controls
over their travel arrangements, with a
view to improving efficiency and cutting costs...read more »
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