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Corporate travel is back, and brands that are able to exploit the latest technology and data applications, with a firm eye on the overarching business travel experience, will be the ones to draw the most value from them. Budgetary constraints and a decrease in non-essential corporate travel would likely put increased pressure on procurement teams to cut costs.

This webinar will discuss the challenges you and your peers are facing, and your critical role within companywide efforts towards creating a greener travel program. Rest assured, you’ll walk away with concrete examples of how to support your travelers and how to work with key stakeholders at your organization to understand key metrics and how to initiate plans for a more sustainable travel program.

Travel procurement departments can take steps now to make their business travel programs more sustainable, but many companies don’t have the tools or resources to do so. Egencia provides comprehensive reporting, technical capabilities, carbon offsetting options, and consulting services to help companies reach their sustainable travel goals. This report is based on a webinar presented by Egencia in August 2022. The webinar focused on practical steps companies can take to make their travel programs more sustainable and how Egencia’s capabilities can help.

Business travel has recovered more slowly than leisure travel in the post-pandemic economy. This pace of recovery is due, in part, to the risks companies undertake when sending their employees to far-off destinations. This study explores what steps organizations have taken to make their travel programs safer and more effective over the past year. It includes benchmarking information as well as key suggestions for how to manage business travel risks in the post-pandemic travel marketplace.

Procurement plays a key role in the organization’s sustainability strategy. But according to one 2021 study, only 35% of organizations have a sustainability policy that includes business travel. This report explores how procurement organizations are prioritizing sustainable business travel as part of their sustainability and ESG policies. It also provides readers with important benchmarking data, information about the current state of sustainability in the function, and insights from procurement leaders.

Travel remains an intrinsic element in commerce. The face-to-face exchanges inherent in a business meeting are not something that can be fully recreated via a Zoom call, however convenient that and other technologies may be. This report examines the maturity of the travel risk management programs within organizations that have dedicated business travel departments. It also explores the areas that are giving business travel leaders the most challenges in developing risk management programs, what tools or strategies they need to put into place to deliver on their travelers’ expectations, as well as their projections of how travel will continue to come back as part of their corporate strategies post-pandemic.

This report takes you on a specific journey through what your organization can do to meet the specific challenges of the current moment in time, featuring specific steps that you can take to make the most of your spend reviews, identify low-hanging fruit, and maintain strong relationships despite the serious pressures facing your organizations. Claim your copy now! 

In this brief report, learn about the major trends currently being addressed in the travel procurement industry, and how to stay ahead in 2022 and beyond.