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Business Travel Supplement April 2009

This supplement was published with Supply Management magazine in April 2009.

  • Fresh ideasWhile the recession bites, buyers are being asked to look around for innovative ways to save on travel. In this supplement we take a look at the areas that are ripe for improvement, says supplement editor Amon Cohen
  • Pitch some new ideasIn dealing with recession, buyers are being given the freedom to be innovative. Could this be the silver lining they have been waiting for?
  • How do you buy travel in a recession?Amon Cohen asks the SM business travel roundtable how the experts are controlling their travel budgets during the downturn. And he gets some surprising answers
  • The meetings marketIn the first of a regular series of 'How to' guides for newcomers to travel buying, we look at how to build a strategic meetings management programme
  • Ring in the newAs mobile devices gain in sophistication and usefulness for the traveller, it is time that travel managers had more say on which of these tools their company uses
  • The risk factorCompanies are improving the tactical handling of travel security, but a report argues that not many have a complete and coordinated strategy for managing risk in travel
  • Sounding the advanceIf building your own hotel, like Ikea is in Moscow, is not an option, then paying in advance for hotel rooms might prove to be a viable idea
  • Light at the end of the tunnelRail prices have proved a difficult area for value and negotiation, but advance buying and improvements in policy and communication are offering new directions
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