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Business Travel

This supplement was published with Supply Management magazine in April 2010.

Supply Management Business Travel Supplement 2010 award winner
  • Tools of the travel tradeNew challenges develop all the time in business travel increased fare unbundling and VAT changes to name but two. However, as difficulties arise, so too do the technological tools to alleviate them. More are in the pipeline.
  • Price comparisonFrom return on investment to VAT, the hottest issue in the business travel industry is balancing value against cost. In the following pages we find out how buyers are dealing with it, says supplement editor Amon Cohen
  • Check-ins and balancesHow the procurement team at a private jet company ensures every journey counts
  • Returns to spenderIs there really a way to measure the ROI of travel spend?
  • Heading for a breakdownBoth low-cost and mainstream airlines are now introducing ancillary fees. How can buyers manage these invisible charges?
  • What's your policy?Building a policy is key to controlling your company's travel spend and the compliance of bookers and travellers
  • Roundtable: How is technology influencing travel?We ask the SM business travel roundtable how buyers are using the latest technology to change habits and what the future holds
  • Taxing timesRecent VAT legislation has had largely unintended repercussions for the travel industry. But there are ways around the rules
  • Who's on the bill?Hotel billback, an old-fashioned central payment system, used by record companies among others, is earning a new lease of life
Supply Management's April 2010 Business Travel supplement
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